Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-20

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 given pie charts illustrate the information about the proportion of teachers who are interested to learn a international language in Britain.

Overall, the maximum number of teachers are acquiring foreign language for travel and buying property overseas, while minimum are learned for foreign partner.

After analysing, it can be clearly seen that most of masters are learned foreign language for travel, whearas it is decreased to 3%. However, for social contacts, they learned overseas language which is doubled than previous. In contrast, there is non-noticiable increase in the percentum of teachers who learned aborad language for foreign partner and general interest.

Moving further towards the remaining data, 3% teachers are declined who learned foreign language for personal development. Further elaborating, similarity can be noticed between the percentage of headmasters who learned non-native language for buying property overseas and business or work. Further demonstrating, buying property overseas is 8% more than the value of business or work in the given time period.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several relevant categories and include some accurate figures, such as travel at 33%, buying property overseas at 19%, and business/work at 26%. However, the overview is not reliable: travel is not shown as decreasing to 3%; 3% is the share reporting a recent increase for travel. The second chart concerns teachers’ views of recent increases, but phrases such as “they learned overseas language” and “3% teachers are declined” do not explain that measure clearly. Some comparisons are also inaccurate: buying property overseas is 15 percentage points higher than business/work in the first chart, not 8%. The response therefore gives only a partial account of the charts. Clearly distinguish the two measures and summarise their main contrasts before selecting supporting figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure, with an opening, an overview and two detail paragraphs, and it attempts to guide the reader with phrases such as “Overall,” “After analysing,” and “Moving further.” However, the progression between the charts and their data is difficult to follow. For example, “most of masters are learned … for travel, whearas it is decreased to 3%” combines the first chart’s 33% figure with the second chart’s 3% figure without clearly signalling the change in measure. Several linking phrases, including “Further elaborating” and “Further demonstrating,” are repetitive and do not clarify the relationship between points. Organise the report by chart or by clearly labelled comparisons, and use concise references such as “In the second chart” to make connections explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “proportion,” “business or work,” “social contacts,” and “personal development.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear. “Interested to learn a international language” does not accurately describe what the charts report, while “percentum,” “aborad language,” and “non-native language” are unsuitable or inaccurate choices in this context. “Headmasters” also changes the meaning: the data refer to teachers generally. Spelling errors such as “whearas” and “noticiable” further reduce precision. Use standard chart-reporting language consistently—for example, “teachers reported,” “the proportion learning for travel,” and “a recent increase”—and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including “Further elaborating, similarity can be noticed…” and “Further demonstrating, buying property overseas is…”. However, control of sentence structure and verb forms is inconsistent, and errors frequently make the comparisons hard to interpret. Examples include “the maximum number of teachers are acquiring,” “minimum are learned,” and “most of masters are learned,” where the subject and verb form do not fit together. The sentence beginning “However, for social contacts…” also lacks a clear grammatical link between the category and the reported change. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and complete comparison structures, such as “Teachers most commonly cited travel” and “The share reporting an increase was 3% for travel.”

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