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 below illustrates result of a survey which is conducted over the period of three years.The charts shows opinion about peopple regarding best & the wrosts things about London. Besides that , in graph people identify major problems of London.

According to survey , The best thing about is range of shops. In the first year,45% of people voted 40% in second year and 41% in third. Job opportunities are the second best thing about London.In the first year,38% of people voted, 35% In second year and third year.misture of people with 35% In first and second yeat and decreased in third year to 32%. meuseum & art galleries are alost best thing of london with 28% in first year 30 percent in second year and 32% in third year. Night life of london is also the best. 20% of people in first 22 in second and 25 in third year voted it for the best thind of london. Transport also has 22% in first year ,19 % on second year and 20% on thirt year.

On the other hand , The wrost things of london are its cost af living with 58% of votesin first year 49% in second and 50% on third.Traffic contained 57% of votes in first two years and 50% in third. Crime in first year was on 57% and reduced in next years with 35% in second and 38% in third. Cost of living was at 35% in first two years and 36in third while transport with 35% in first year and 25% in next two years.

The major problems of london according to survey are litter , air quality and noise .in litter problem increased in to 75% in second year while it was on 70 in first year then it faced downward trend and falled to 65%. Air quality has contineous downward ttrend in those there years started from 65% and ended at at 60%. Noise is the third problem that affect people of london. It also faced downward trend , started from 58% in first year and 55% in third.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You cover the three chart topics and include several relevant comparisons, such as the rise in litter concerns before the fall in Year 3 and the decline in air-quality and noise concerns. However, the report does not give a clear overall summary of the main patterns, and some figures or labels are inaccurate. For example, the best-things figures for shops are reported as 45%, 40% and 41%, rather than approximately 45%, 42% and 43%; the mixture-of-people figures are also misreported. In the worst-things section, “cost of living” is repeated where the chart shows cost of housing. These errors and the limited overview mean the task is only partly addressed. Add a concise overview and check each category and comparison against the charts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a generally understandable order: it introduces the survey, discusses the best things, then the worst things, and finally the major problems. Paragraphing helps distinguish these sections, and phrases such as “On the other hand” signal a change of focus. However, progression within some sections is weakened by abrupt or incomplete statements, for example “35% In second year and third year,” and by unclear links between figures and categories. The opening also repeats “charts” and does not clearly preview the report’s main findings. Use complete comparison sentences and clearer references, such as “the figure remained at…” or “this was followed by…”, to make the relationships between data easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “downward trend,” “voted,” and “major problems,” and the reader can usually identify the categories being discussed. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make parts difficult to interpret, including “wrosts,” “misture,” “yeat,” and “falled.” Some expressions are also imprecise: “Traffic contained 57% of votes” is not a natural way to describe survey results, and “the best thing about is range of shops” is unclear. Use accurate category names and standard reporting collocations, such as “respondents identified” and “accounted for.” Proofreading spelling and choosing more precise verbs would improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The report attempts both simple statements and longer comparisons, but sentence structures are limited and errors occur frequently enough to affect clarity. Subject–verb agreement is inconsistent in “The charts below illustrates” and “The charts shows”; articles and sentence construction are also problematic in “the best thing about is range of shops.” Several comparisons lack a complete clause, as in “35% In second year and third year,” while punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent throughout. These issues sometimes make it difficult to see which year or category a figure refers to. Practise forming complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use consistent past-tense reporting, for example, “The proportion fell from… to…”.

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