Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-26
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 charts illustrates the results of a survey conducted over a three-year period to discover what people think about London city.
Overall,cost of living and traffic congestion had worst things in London and range of shops had the best thing in london over a three-year period. Air quality and noise fluctuated throughout the period, while waste of people has increased and decreased during the period.
The best thing living in london is range of shops,just over 40% people agree on it in three years time.Other categories like job oppurtunities, people of different natures and art galleries are also popular among peoples and approximately 30% people vote them.Night life and transport has lowest votes just over 20%.
Cost of living and traffic is the main issue in london approximatey 55% people think like that in first year but a sligthly deacrease in third year.Crime rate is so high in first year but it steadily deacrease over time and just 40% left.
The litter sart with 70% in year 1 and raises
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The student attempts to describe the charts and line graph, covering elements from all three sections regarding the best and worst aspects of London, as well as the problems. However, the response is incomplete, ending abruptly in the middle of a sentence ('The litter sart with 70% in year 1 and raises'). Furthermore, some data points contain inaccuracies, such as stating that 'range of shops had the best thing in london over a three-year period' which is acceptable, but the overview lacks precision and overall development is truncated due to the unfinished final paragraph. Key trends are mentioned, but the lack of a complete conclusion and limited data comparison constrain the task achievement to Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, though it lacks a proper concluding paragraph due to stopping mid-sentence. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of information is somewhat haphazard, cramming multiple distinct charts into brief, choppy sentences. Cohesive devices are minimal and repetitive (e.g., 'in the first year', 'over time'), and referencing is occasionally unclear. There is a lack of smooth progression between ideas, resulting in a somewhat disjointed reading experience. This aligns with the descriptors for Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary to communicate basic ideas about the charts, using terms such as 'fluctuated', 'percentage', and 'categories'. However, there are frequent errors in word choice and spelling, such as 'oppurtunities' instead of opportunities, 'sligthly deacrease' instead of slightly decrease, and 'sart' instead of start. Collocations are sometimes awkward, such as 'waste of people' instead of variety of people or mixture of people. The lexical range is limited and repetitive, which is typical of a Band 5 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writing contains a mix of simple and attempting some complex sentence structures, but control is weak. There are frequent grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('The charts illustrates'), missing articles ('cost of living and traffic congestion had worst things'), and incorrect verb forms ('is range of shops,just over 40% people agree on it'). Punctuation and spacing issues are also present throughout the text. Because errors are frequent and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader, this performance fits Band 5.0.
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