Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-05
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 given column graph illustrates the result of a survey conducted over a three year period to discover advantages and disadvantages of living in London.
From the first column graph it is regarding of the advantages living in London. It can seen year-1 has the most ranges of shops which is above 40%. In year-1 and year-2 has the similar ranges of mixed peoples which is above 30%. Likewise, year-2 and year-3 have the similar above 30% range in job opportunities.However other factors of advantages kept flactuating in these years.
From the second column graph it is clear the maximum amount of crime and cost of living occured in the first year about above 50%. In addition, the highest amount of trafiic also happened in year-1 and 2 which is above 50%. However, in year 2 and 3, tranport system ranked the worst things about living in london almost 30%. Moreover, cost of housing was in its peak at year 1 and 2 which is above 30%.
Overall, 70% of people believes litter is the major problem in year-2. Other problems such as air quality and noise was the least problem in year-3. In contrast, living london can be challanging
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response attempts to describe the provided charts, but it only partially addresses the task. While some main features are mentioned, such as the highest advantages like the range of shops and disadvantages like crime and cost of living, the selection of data is erratic and lacks a cohesive overview. Key trends across the three-year period are overlooked, and some details are inaccurately reported or described with vague generalisations, such as stating that maximum crime occurred in the first year without fully capturing the comparative data across all three charts. The response addresses the prompt minimally, resulting in an under-developed summary of the visual data.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some basic organisation into paragraphs corresponding to the different charts, but the response lacks a clear overall progression. Cohesive devices are used mechanically and repetitively, with sentences frequently opening with 'From the first column graph' or 'However'. Paragraphing is attempted, but referencing between sentences is often unclear, meaning the relationships between data points do not flow logically. The abrupt final sentence fails to adequately synthesise the information or provide a coherent concluding overview.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and barely adequate for the task. The writer relies heavily on basic terms and repeats words from the prompt and student text, such as 'advantages', 'disadvantages', and 'year'. There are noticeable lexical errors, including spelling mistakes like 'flactuating' and 'trafiic', as well as awkward word choices and collocations like 'maximum amount of crime' and 'tranport system ranked the worst things'. These errors occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader in grasping the exact meaning intended.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The response displays a very limited range of sentence structures, with most complex sentence attempts resulting in faulty phrasing and frequent grammatical errors. There are persistent issues with subject-verb agreement, missing articles, and awkward prepositions, such as 'it is regarding of the advantages living' and 'transport system ranked the worst things about living in london'. Frequent errors in basic sentence construction and punctuation disrupt the flow and require the reader to decode the meaning, though communication is not entirely obscured.
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