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 the results of survey conducted over three year period to discover the best and worest things and major problem about london who live in Braitain.

Overall, the best things about people who living in the UK ia a range of the shops in over three years. On the other hand, the worst things is cost of living,traffic congestion and crime and the litter problem is major thing in all years.

To begin with, range of shops is the best things about live in united kingdom, is 45% in first year, followed by 42% and 43% in year two and three respectively, which was the most highest things people like about country. followed by job opportunities, mixture of people, museums and art galleries they are range below the 40 % in all the years. On the other hand, the worest thing about is cost of living, traffic congestion and crime rate is high is approximately 58 % in first year moreover litter wa

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 litter as a major problem, and you give some figures for the first chart. However, the report addresses the visuals only partially: the response ends while discussing the worst things and does not describe the line graph’s changes in litter, air quality and noise. Some comparisons are also inaccurate or unclear: the range of shops is about 45%, 42% and 43%, but the worst category is not consistently cost of living, traffic and crime together; traffic congestion is highest in Year 2, while crime falls sharply after Year 1. Develop an overview covering the main patterns across all three visuals, then support it with accurate comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an opening, an overview and a body paragraph, and signposting such as “Overall,” “To begin with” and “On the other hand” shows an attempt to organise the report. However, progression is difficult to follow because several ideas are crowded into long, loosely connected sentences. For example, the sentence beginning “On the other hand, the worest thing…” combines several categories and figures without clearly separating them, and the final phrase “moreover litter wa” is unfinished. The overview also repeats points rather than establishing a clear structure for the three visuals. Use separate paragraphs for positive features, negative features and major problems, and connect each comparison clearly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “job opportunities,” “mixture of people,” “museums and art galleries” and “traffic congestion,” so the reader can recognise the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making meaning unclear. Examples include “worest,” “major problem about London,” “best things about live” and “most highest things.” There are also spelling and form errors such as “Braitain” and “ia.” Aim for precise chart-report language, such as “the most popular feature,” “the main disadvantages” and “the proportion of respondents,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use longer structures, including “followed by…” and “which was…,” but complex sentences are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make parts of the report difficult to interpret. The opening has subject–verb and article problems: “The bar charts and line graph illustrates the results of survey.” Other examples include “the best things about people who living” and “the worst things is,” where verb forms and agreement are not controlled. Sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention, particularly in the long sentence beginning “On the other hand.” Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses, checking articles, plurals and subject–verb agreement.

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