Band 5.5 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 5.5)

The charts beneath demonstrate the outcomes of a survey conducted over three continous years. The survey include questions about living standards in London.

Overall, there are minimal changes in answers of three different years with few exceptions. Views about crime and transport have changed to a considerable extent, while views are getting better about air quality and noise steadily.

In three of the years, people's views are relatively same about the things they like about london. Perspectives about museums, art galleries and night life are getting better.

People's opinion about things they get annoyed about living in London is different in the given time. Crime was one of the most serious concerns in year 1, whereas people were lesser concerned about it in the next two years (nearly 56% in first year and around 40 percent in coming years).

Views about about air quality and noise are getting better slowly, Wheras litter has experienced fluctuations.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You provide an overview that identifies generally stable opinions and note changes in crime, air quality, noise and litter. The crime comparison is relevant and broadly accurate: it falls from about 56% in Year 1 to around 40% in the later years. However, the report covers only a small part of the visual data. It gives no figures for the best aspects or most other worst aspects, and it omits the litter, air-quality and noise percentages. The claim that views of museums, galleries and nightlife are “getting better” is supported by their gradual rises, but the overview misses key rankings, such as shops being the leading positive feature and litter being the most widely reported problem. Select and compare more major features to make the account fuller and clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and paragraphs addressing positive and negative views. This gives the reader some direction, and phrases such as “whereas” help signal contrast. However, progression is limited because several points are repeated: air quality and noise are described as improving in both the overview and final paragraph. The final paragraph also returns to litter without explaining the fluctuation, while the positive-features paragraph offers only a broad statement rather than a clear comparison. Some linking is awkward or unclear, as in “In three of the years,” which does not establish a useful contrast. Group the main trends more deliberately and use each paragraph to develop distinct comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “survey,” “concerns,” “crime,” “air quality” and “fluctuations,” and attempt variation through terms such as “perspectives” and “views.” However, the range is limited and several choices are imprecise or unnatural, which makes some statements less clear. “Living standards” does not accurately describe a survey of what residents consider the best and worst aspects of London, while “people get annoyed about” is informal for an academic report. There are also spelling and form errors, including “continous,” “london” and “Wheras.” Aim for precise chart-report language, such as “respondents,” “proportion,” “positive features” and “reported problems,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “whereas” and a sentence beginning “Overall.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but errors occur in basic sentence patterns and reduce accuracy. For example, “The survey include questions” has a subject–verb agreement error; “Views about about” repeats a word; and “people were lesser concerned” uses an incorrect comparative form. “In three of the years, people's views are relatively same” also has problems with article use and sentence construction. Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, particularly the lower-case “london” and the comma before “Wheras.” Practise accurate agreement, articles and comparative forms, then proofread each sentence for repeated words and punctuation.

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