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 bar graphs depict the precentage about the good things and bad things are available in London in year 1 and year 2 as well as in year 3 and the line graph illustrates the proportion of these categories created a serious issue in Landon.

Overall, the proportion of

Regarding to the former bar graph, range of shops category represented the highest number in three years compared to the other categories in good things, which was just over 45%, 41% and approximately 42% in year 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Job opportunities activity ranked second highest in year 1 with more than 35% and almost same percentage was seen in year 1 and year 2. Transportation category consituted the least number among others.

Turning to the bar latter graph, cost of living, crime and traffic congestion were the most worst things in the London compared to the other activities in year 1, which was between 51% to 58%. Traffic congestion comparised the second highest in year 2, with almost 55%. Transport system contributed the least worst things in year 2 and year 3, with a quarter, each.

in the term of line graph, litter recorded the biggest number in year 1 to 70%. A significant rise was seen year 2 and suddenly dropped in year 3 , with less than 70%. Air quality continously declined in three years. Noise sharply fall in the three years.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three chart components and report several relevant features, including shops as the leading positive feature and litter as the highest problem in Year 1. However, the overview is unfinished: “Overall, the proportion of” does not summarise the main patterns, which leaves the report without a clear overall picture. Some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear. For example, job opportunities are described as second-highest in Year 1, although mixture of people is slightly lower but still close; the phrase “almost same percentage was seen in year 1 and year 2” also gives the wrong years, since the figures are similar in Years 2 and 3. The transport figures are not a quarter in the worst-things chart. Include a complete overview and select accurate comparisons across all three charts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction followed by separate paragraphs for the positive features, negative features and line graph. Transitions such as “Regarding to the former bar graph” and “Turning to the bar latter graph” help signal changes in focus, although these phrases are awkward and sometimes make the progression less smooth. The unfinished overview interrupts the report’s organisation, and some sentences combine several figures or claims without making their relationships clear. For instance, the job-opportunities comparison shifts between years in a confusing way. Use a complete overview after the introduction, then group the most important comparisons logically within each chart paragraph. Clearer linking and more precise references to years would make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of chart-report vocabulary, including “proportion,” “ranked,” “represented,” “declined” and “recorded,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being discussed. However, several word-choice, collocation and spelling errors reduce precision: “precentage,” “Landon,” “most worst things,” and “activities in good things” are noticeable. Some expressions are also unnatural, such as “the proportion of these categories created a serious issue” and “transport system contributed the least worst things.” Aim for standard, precise descriptions of survey responses and trends, and check spelling carefully. Reusing accurate terms such as “percentage,” “category,” “problem” and “respondents” is preferable to forcing less suitable vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of sentence forms, including comparisons and clauses describing changes over time, but control is inconsistent. Errors occur in basic sentence construction and grammatical patterns, as in “the proportion of these categories created a serious issue,” where the relationship between the survey results and the problems is unclear. “Regarding to” and “in the term of” show problems with prepositional patterns, while “Noise sharply fall” has incorrect verb agreement and tense. There are also missing or inconsistent articles and punctuation, including the lower-case start “in the term” and spaces before commas. These errors sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to follow. Build accuracy with shorter, complete sentences first, then add controlled comparisons and trend clauses.

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