Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-17

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar charts and line graph below show the results of a survey conducted over a three-year period to discover what people who live in London think of the city.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

What are the best things about living in London?

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The blend chart illustrates the information about survey of good items about living in london,worst things about living in london and what are the major problems in london.the data is calibrated in percentage.

After taking the statistical data into account, it may infer that in 1st year the highest propotion of best items during living in london is range of shopes which is noticed as 45%,Followed by the ratio of best things during living in london is job opportunities recorded as approximately 38%.However,only just above 20% best things are transports in same year.Surprisingly, a similarity of 35% had been observed in mixture of people during 1st and 2nd year.

Turning towards the rest of details it can be clearly seen that 58%,56% and 35% worst things observed in cost of living,crime and cost of housing during living in london respectively.Moreover,the equality of 35%had been indulged in cost of housing durin 1st and 2nd year.Furthermore, litter problems mostly fluctuate between 70% to 80% until the last year and other air quality problems and noise problems remained stable till the end year.

Overall, it is readily apparent that the maximum problems obseved during 1st year Whereas, least problems presented during last year.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to cover all three parts of the visual data regarding the survey on living in London. However, there are significant issues with data interpretation, inappropriate terminology (e.g. referring to chart elements as 'good items' and 'best things during living in london'), and a lack of a clear, well-developed overview. While some specific percentages are mentioned, such as 45% for the range of shops and 58% for the cost of living, several descriptions are vague, confusing, or inaccurate relative to the provided charts. The overview at the end is overly simplistic ('maximum problems observed during 1st year Whereas, least problems presented during last year') and does not accurately reflect the complex trends shown across the three separate charts. Consequently, the response satisfies the basic requirements of addressing the prompt but falls short in selection and accurate reporting of main trends.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The report is divided into logical paragraph blocks, starting with an introduction, followed by body paragraphs detailing the charts, and finishing with an overall summary. However, internal cohesion is frequently faulty and mechanical. Phrases such as 'After taking the statistical data into account' and 'Turning towards the rest of details' are awkward or misused. Referencing is unclear in places (e.g. 'equality of 35% had been indulged in'), and paragraphing is dense with multiple disparate ideas crammed together without smooth transitions. While there is a basic structural framework, the progression of ideas lacks fluency and clarity.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is repetitive and often unnatural for an academic report. The student frequently repeats phrases like 'best things during living in london' and uses inappropriate words such as 'items' and 'indulged' in place of statistical terms. There are noticeable lexical errors, including spelling mistakes ('propotion', 'shopes', 'durin', 'obseved') and poor collocations. The range is limited and minimally adequate for conveying basic data, but word choices frequently cause awkwardness and strain the reader's comprehension.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The text displays a limited range of grammatical structures. While there are some attempts at complex sentences, they are often faulty or poorly constructed, such as in the passive constructions ('is noticed as', 'had been observed') and missing prepositions or articles ('in 1st year', 'range of shopes'). Punctuation and capitalisation errors are present (e.g., missing spaces after commas and periods, lowercase 'london'). Errors occur with high frequency throughout the response and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader, though the core meaning can generally be deciphered.

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