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 charts and line graph illustrates outcome of survey to represents what people think who live in the cities of london that held in three-year period.

Overall, the worst things are experience peak in cost of living category in first year, traffice congestion and crime are followed by same year in london. On the other hands, best things has a highest section in rang of shops that is also slightly up in year 1. lastly on major problem faces declining in air quality and noise over the period of three years, although there is a slight jump on litter but eventually fall down on last year.

Worst things about living in london are increased just below 60% in these areas of cost of living, traffic congestion, and crime, although the two last year crime, cost of housing, and trasport are facing downfall constently, which is almost near the 50% in cost of living, traffic congestion.

Major Problem in london has high position at above the 55% in starting year, but litter eventually and there slight jump on litter but fall down on last year.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify several relevant features, including the range of shops as a leading positive and the decline in air quality and noise as reported problems. However, the report only partially covers the charts: the best-things chart is not described in the body, and the final chart is discussed vaguely without comparing litter, air quality and noise across the three years. Some details are inaccurate or unclear: the worst categories were not all just below 60% in every year, and the statement that crime, housing and transport fell consistently does not match the data, as crime rises from Year 2 to Year 3. Add a clear overview and select accurate comparisons from each chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction, an overview and further paragraphs, and expressions such as “Overall” and “On the other hand” signal relationships between ideas. However, progression is difficult to follow because the overview combines several chart details, while the later paragraphs repeat or contradict them. The final paragraph repeats the point about litter and does not clearly explain the other two measures. Some linking phrases are also used inaccurately, and references such as “these areas” and “the two last year” are unclear. Give each chart a focused paragraph, group related comparisons, and use linking words only where their relationship is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-relevant vocabulary, including “cost of living,” “traffic congestion,” “air quality” and “declining,” so the reader can recognise the topic. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling errors make parts difficult to understand. Examples include “experience peak,” “highest section,” “fall down” and “faces declining”; these are not natural ways to describe chart trends. There are also misspellings such as “traffice,” “rang” and “trasport,” alongside inconsistent capitalisation of London. Practise precise reporting language such as “reached a peak,” “was the most popular feature,” “fell” and “was considered a major problem.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “although,” but control is inconsistent and errors frequently make the intended meaning harder to follow. For example, “The bar charts and line graph illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “what people think who live” has an unclear clause structure. The sentence beginning “Worst things about living in london are increased” also uses an unsuitable verb form and lacks a clear grammatical subject. Articles and sentence boundaries are often missing or awkward. Build accuracy first with clear subject–verb sentences, then add subordinate clauses and check agreement, articles and punctuation.

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