Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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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 bar graph and line chart illustrates the information of a survey conducted over the time period to find out the best things about living in London.

Looking from an overall perspective it is readily apparent that the crime are the most worst things about living in London, but rang of shopes as well as mixture of people are best things, when people live in London over the period. While, Litter is a main issue in London and noise pollution is least reason for people live in London.

Turning towards the detalis, In first year range of shopes were the main reason for individuals to stay here, but over the time their were slight reduction. In job opportunities sector, Year 2 and 3 year were remain constant at 35% for best living things in London, While in mixture of people also same in first and second year at 38%. However, In museums and art galleries increase over the time period from 30% to 40%. Transport was the minimum things in second year at 20%. Whereas,the major problem for people, when they live in London was litter, which was fluctuated over the time period between 70% and 65%.

Moving further, The worst things about living in London was crime in first year, which was remain constant in Traffic congestion and cost of living at 58%, which was maximum thinks over the period in London. Furthermore, In third year, there were rapidly felldown in cost of living, traffic congestion, crime, cost of housing and transport in London almost 20%. Apart from this, air quality and nosie pollution were decrease over the time, which was nearly 10%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify several relevant features, including shops as a leading positive, litter as a major concern, and changes in the reported problems. However, the overview is not consistently accurate: crime is not the worst problem across the period, and the best feature is not simply both shops and the mixture of people. Several details are also misreported. For example, the mixture-of-people figures are 36% in Years 1 and 2, not 38%, and museums and galleries rise from about 29% to 34.5%, not 30% to 40%. The claim that all worst features fell by almost 20% is unsupported. Select the clearest comparisons and report them accurately, with a concise overview of the main patterns.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an identifiable introduction, overview and detail paragraphs, and phrases such as “Turning towards the details” signal a move into data. However, progression within the paragraphs is difficult to follow because positive features, litter, and worst aspects are mixed together, while the final paragraph returns to several categories without a clear comparison. Linking words such as “Furthermore,” “Whereas,” and “Apart from this” are sometimes used where the relationship between ideas is unclear. Organise the report by chart or by positive and negative features, and group related figures together. Clearer topic sentences and more precise references to the years would make the information easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “job opportunities,” “mixture of people,” “museums and art galleries,” and “traffic congestion.” Nevertheless, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the report awkward or unclear, such as “the minimum things,” “main reason for individuals to stay here,” and “least reason for people live in London.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “shopes,” “detalis,” “felldown,” and “nosie.” Use standard chart-report language such as “most popular feature,” “least-cited advantage,” and “declined,” and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish advantages from problems.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts longer sentences and subordinate clauses, for example, “While, Litter is a main issue in London and noise pollution is least reason…,” but complex constructions are often faulty and can obscure the intended meaning. Errors recur in subject–verb agreement (“The bar graph and line chart illustrates”), verb forms (“were remain constant”), articles and plurals (“the crime are”), and sentence boundaries and punctuation. Tense control is also inconsistent when describing the survey’s years. These problems mean that the reader sometimes has to infer the intended comparison. Practise accurate simple past-tense statements first, then add subordinate clauses only when their grammar is secure; proofread agreement and sentence boundaries.

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