Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-22

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 show the survery results conducted on teachers of foreign languages in Britain. First chart shows the main objective of the students to learn other than native language and second chart represents the percentage of teachers think a recent change in the purpose to learn the language.

Overall, it can be clearly seen that large proportion of teachers thought that the biggest reason is to travel and buying land overseas in major objective which is changed in recent times.

33% teachers thinks travel to other countries is main concern to students which decreased significantally to 3% only recently. 26% thought, learning is for business or work which also reduce to 19% and 19% is to buy property overseas expand , 5% is for general inertest, 7% is for personal development and only 3% learn language for their partners which just increased to 4% in recent times

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the topic and include an overview, noting travel as the leading reason in the first chart and buying property overseas as prominent in the recent-change chart. However, the overview is unclear about what the second chart measures, and the report covers only some of the key information. In particular, it omits the 34% who reported an increase for buying property overseas and the 15% reporting no change, while several figures in the first chart are listed without explaining their significance. The claim that travel fell from 33% to 3% also treats the charts as a direct before-and-after comparison, which the data do not establish. The response is two words below the required minimum. A clearer overview and accurate comparison of the two charts would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph with figures. This gives the reader some sense of the report’s purpose. However, progression is limited, and the final paragraph combines several categories in a long, loosely connected sentence. The phrase “which decreased significantly to 3%” links the charts as if they show a direct decline, making the relationship between the data unclear. Some linking is attempted through “Overall,” “and,” and “which,” but connections are not always accurate or easy to follow. Separate the two charts’ findings, group the most important comparisons, and use clear references such as “In the first chart” and “Regarding reported increases” to guide the reader.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing survey data, including “percentage,” “main concern,” “business or work,” and “personal development.” This gives you a basic range for the task, but word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the meaning less clear. For example, “main objective” and “main concern” are not natural ways to describe the most common reason, while “buying land overseas” changes the chart’s wording from buying property. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “survery,” “significantally,” and “inertest.” Aim for precise chart-reporting language and check spelling carefully; terms such as “accounted for,” “was cited as,” and “reported an increase” would help express the data more accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, and the main topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited, and errors recur in sentence structure, agreement, articles, and punctuation. For example, “First chart shows” needs an article, and “33% teachers thinks” has both a missing “of” and incorrect subject–verb agreement. The sentence beginning “26% thought” then shifts between figures without a clear grammatical structure, while the final sentence runs on without a full stop. These problems make some comparisons difficult to interpret. Practise building complete sentences around each figure, maintaining consistent past-tense reporting verbs, and checking agreement and sentence boundaries before submitting.

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