Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The pie charts below show responses by teachers of foreign languages in Britain to a survey concerning why their students are learning a foreign language. The first chart shows the main reason for learning a foreign language. The second chart shows how many teachers felt that there has been a recent change in the reason.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

% of teachers reporting the following as most common reason for learning:

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The given pie charts illustrates the data of given by the teachers whos report the foreign languages in britain survey and also reveal the reason for learning by the students.In first chart demonstrates the main reason for learning the language and in second chart also predicts the changes in the reason.

Overall,According to the report of teacher the students learn foreign languages due the mainly reason of travel with 33%.while after the recent change change this reason is plunege down with only 3% which is very low and less then the before and after the change the most dominent reason is buying property overseas with 34% which is mainly reason in the recent survey. In first survey,the teacher found the main reason of learning the foreign language is travel with 33% of the other which is most sold reason campare then the others,with adding this bussiness and work is also another mainly common reason in this survey with 26%.While buying property in overseas is only 19%,moreover the social contracts and personal development is only 7% in both respectively.Consequently, this trend change in recent survey the teachers found that the mainly reason is buying property with 34% which value is increase up in this survey,morelike this travel also plunege down with only 3%.while the bussiness and w ork is slightly down with 19% and personal development and foreign partner also a bit change with only 4% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main contrast accurately: travel is the leading reason in the first chart at 33%, while buying property overseas is the largest category in the recent-change chart at 34%. You also include several relevant figures, such as business/work at 26% and then 19%, and travel at 3% in the second chart. This gives the report a clear overview and addresses both charts. However, the second chart is about teachers reporting a recent increase, not a new survey of the most common reasons, so phrases such as “the most dominant reason” and “mainly reason in the recent survey” blur what the figures represent. Some categories, including general interest and social contacts in the second chart, are omitted, and the change in buying-property responses is not explicitly compared with its first-chart figure.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an opening, an overview and further detail, and it generally moves from the first chart to the second. This provides some organisation, and comparisons such as travel falling from 33% to 3% help connect the information. However, the progression is weakened by repetition: the overview and body both repeat that travel is the leading first-chart reason and that buying property is highest in the second. Linking words are often mechanical or unclear, as in “Consequently” and “morelike this,” and several ideas are crowded into long sentences. Separate the overview from two concise comparison paragraphs, and use clear links such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile” only where they express the relationship between figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of task-related vocabulary, including “main reason,” “recent change,” “business and work,” and “buying property overseas,” so the reader can usually identify the categories being discussed. However, inaccurate word choice, spelling and collocation are frequent enough to make parts difficult to follow. Examples include “plunege down” for a sharp fall, “most sold reason,” “social contracts” for social contacts, and “dominant” used where you mean the largest reported category. Repeated use of “mainly reason” and “only” also limits precision. Aim for standard chart-reporting phrases and check spelling carefully; accurate, straightforward vocabulary is more effective than attempting an unsuitable expression.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, and some comparisons are understandable, such as “business and work is also another…reason…with 26%.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors in agreement, articles, sentence boundaries and punctuation frequently make the relationships between ideas unclear. For example, “The given pie charts illustrates” has a plural-subject agreement error, while “In first chart demonstrates” is an incomplete construction. The opening also joins sentences without appropriate spacing or punctuation. Practise building accurate sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use shorter sentences when comparing figures. Check agreement and articles, then proofread punctuation and capitalisation.

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