Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-09-04

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 5.0)

The pie charts illustrate the percentage of feedback from British foreign language tutors reporting the following most common reasons (foreign partner, travel, business work, buying property overseas, general interest, social contacts, personal development) why their students are learning foreign language.

Overall, travel, business/work and buying property overseas was seen to be the main reason why students are learning foreign language whereas, foreign partner was the appeared to be the least reasons why acquire the knowledge.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 150 words, as it is only 75 words long. Consequently, the task is only partially addressed. The overview is extremely brief and lacks the necessary detail to describe the data effectively. Furthermore, the second pie chart mentioned in the prompt is completely ignored in your response. To improve, you must ensure you cover all parts of the task, including a clear summary of the main trends and a detailed comparison of the data points provided in both charts. You need to expand your analysis significantly to reach the required length and provide a comprehensive report.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is too short to demonstrate a clear logical progression or effective paragraphing. While there is a basic attempt at an introduction and an overview, the lack of body paragraphs makes it difficult to assess your ability to organize information. You use a few cohesive devices like 'Overall' and 'whereas', but the connection between ideas is underdeveloped due to the brevity of the text. To improve, you should structure your report with a clear introduction, a detailed overview, and two distinct body paragraphs that group related data points together using a wider range of linking words.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is somewhat repetitive and limited. Phrases like 'most common reasons' and 'learning foreign language' are used, but there is a lack of variety in how you describe the data. There are also some awkward collocations, such as 'foreign partner was the appeared to be the least reasons why acquire the knowledge', which is grammatically and lexically unclear. To reach a higher band, you should aim to use more precise vocabulary to describe trends, such as 'predominant', 'significant proportion', or 'marginal', and avoid repeating the same phrases throughout the report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response contains several grammatical errors that hinder clarity. For example, 'travel, business/work and buying property overseas was seen' contains a subject-verb agreement error (should be 'were seen'). Additionally, the sentence 'foreign partner was the appeared to be the least reasons' is structurally incorrect and confusing. You rely on simple sentence structures, and the lack of complex sentences limits your ability to demonstrate grammatical range. To improve, focus on mastering subject-verb agreement and practice constructing more complex sentences using relative clauses or subordinating conjunctions to link your ideas more effectively.

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