Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-03

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 chart illustrates the proportion of given data answers by teachers of foreign languages in britain to a tour regarding why their students are learning a foreign language. The very first pei chart depicts the main causes for learning a foreign language and Second chart shows that how many teachers felt there has been a new change in the reason.

First of all, the first given chart shows main causes that 33% students are learning a foreign language for travelling. while 45% of business and buying property overseas. Moreover, 7% was for personal development and also 7% for social contacts and the most less was the genral interest in students was upto 5%.

On the other hand, the second chart shows that why recent increase in students to learn a foreign language. Afterwards, 34% was for buying property overseas. 19% for the business work. No change and socail contacts were recorded the same percentage of 15%. While others like general interest was 6%. 8% for both personal deveploment and foreign partner. the most least was recorded was travel 3%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response addresses the task only partially. While the student attempts to present data from both pie charts, there are notable inaccuracies in reporting the figures. For instance, the writer states that 45% of students learn for business and buying property overseas combined, which miscalculates the actual figures of 26% and 19%. Furthermore, the second chart is misinterpreted: the student lists 34% as buying property overseas (which is correct), but then includes incorrect or confused data for other categories, and some data points are omitted or inaccurately combined. There is an attempt to provide an overview, but the lack of accurate data selection and mechanical recounting of figures prevents a more complete coverage of the task.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some basic organisation with the use of introductory and transitional phrases such as "First of all" and "On the other hand". However, there is no clear overall progression, and the information is presented in a somewhat disjointed manner. Paragraphing is attempted, but sentences within paragraphs lack smooth logical links. Cohesive devices are repetitive and occasionally mechanical, such as starting multiple sentences with "The first given chart" or "the second chart shows". Referencing is also weak in places, leading to confusion about which data set is being referred to.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and barely adequate for the task. There are noticeable errors in word choice, spelling, and word formation, such as "britain" (capitalisation), "tour" instead of survey, "pei" instead of pie, "genral", "socail", and "deveploment". The student relies heavily on basic vocabulary and direct repetition of terms from the prompt. While some less common attempts are made, inaccuracies in collocation and form, such as "the most less" and "the most least", cause some difficulty for the reader and prevent a higher evaluation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response demonstrates a very limited range of sentence structures, relying primarily on simple sentences and faulty attempts at complex clauses. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including issues with subject-verb agreement ("7% was", "34% was"), missing articles ("Second chart shows"), and awkward prepositional phrases. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also weak, with fragments like "While others like general interest was 6%." These frequent errors cause strain and difficulty for the reader, reflecting basic control over simple grammatical forms.

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