Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-22

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 best thing about living in London is that people have more opportunities of job over 40% the range of the shops is over 45% which is the best for any country or city to controll traffic and noise. Here if we talk about the mixture of the people here is living different kinds of people from different countries with different relegion and langauges which is best for development. The people should be entertain they need museums and art gallaries. The night life and transport are playing a crucial role in this section round about 20-25%.

The worst thing living in London is cost of the living expenses are more than 50% which create problems for the people. Traffic congestion are about 60% of the city. Crime report are nearly 60% that make life difficult to live in London. Transport is also a cause worst thing to live in London.

The air quality is good mid range of 65-63% during these three years, litter from 70-80-65% which its might be create an issue why its not remaining same little difference among them. Noise can be controll it is about 60% downward

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify relevant themes from all three visuals, including shops and employment as positive features, living costs and congestion as drawbacks, and litter, air quality and noise as problems. However, the report only partially describes the data: it gives few accurate comparisons across the three years and omits several key categories, such as museums and galleries and housing costs. Some figures are misreported: job opportunities remain around 35–38%, not over 40%; congestion is about 49–56%, not 60%; and crime falls from about 56% to 38–40%, rather than staying near 60%. The final paragraph also calls air quality “good” without explaining that the chart records people saying it is a major problem. A clear overview and more accurate trend comparisons would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic three-part structure: positive features, negative features, and the problems chart. This helps the reader recognise the broad topics, and phrases such as “The worst thing” signal a shift. However, there is no clear overall progression or concise overview, and ideas within paragraphs are often joined in a list-like way. Repeated openings such as “The …” and “here” make the flow repetitive, while links such as “which is best for development” do not clearly connect the point to the chart. The final paragraph moves between air quality, litter and noise without a clear comparison. Grouping related trends and using precise links such as “by contrast” or “over the period” would improve organisation.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “job opportunities,” “mixture of people,” “traffic congestion,” “air quality” and “litter,” so the reader can identify the main subjects. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “opportunities of job” is not a natural phrase, “cost of the living expenses” is redundant, and “the people should be entertain” does not express the intended idea clearly. There are also spelling errors such as “gallaries,” “relegion” and “langauges.” Aim for accurate chart-report language, including “percentage,” “rose/fell,” and “remained relatively stable,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts some longer sentences, for example, “Here if we talk about the mixture of the people…” and “The worst thing living in London is cost of the living expenses…,” but these structures are often faulty. Errors in articles, agreement and sentence construction recur: “Traffic congestion are,” “Crime report are,” and “The people should be entertain” all require grammatical changes. Several clauses are joined without clear punctuation, as in the opening sentence, which makes relationships between ideas hard to follow. Most sentences rely on simple patterns, with limited accurate control of more complex forms. Practise writing short, complete comparisons first, then combine them using subordinate clauses; check subject–verb agreement, verb forms and articles in each sentence.

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