Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · IELTS Complete Catalyst · 2026-10-25

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 4.5)

The charts illustrates the reasons why students are learning a foreign language, it was reported by teachers in Britain through a survey. The first chart shows the most common reasons in percentages such as forenign partner, personal development, travel, general interest, buying property ovearseas and business. The second chart represents the changes that teachers felt in the same reasons.

Overall, buying a property overseas increased more that the others reasons, in contrast travel fell dramatically.

Regarding to buying a proverty overseas rised just under the doble from 19 per cent to 34. Following the same pattern

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the charts’ general subject and include a relevant overview: overseas property is associated with the largest reported increase, while travel has a low figure in the second chart. You also correctly give the change for overseas property as 19% to 34%. However, the report is incomplete and addresses the data only minimally: it stops mid-sentence at “Following the same pattern” and gives almost no comparisons or figures for the other categories. The second chart’s 15% reporting no change is also omitted. The response contains 96 words, below the required 150, which contributes to the lack of coverage. Develop a complete summary with the main contrasts and accurate supporting figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the report into an introduction, an overview and a detail paragraph, and the opening makes the two charts’ purposes understandable. However, progression is not sustained: the final paragraph ends abruptly with “Following the same pattern,” leaving the reader without the promised comparison or a conclusion to the data description. The overview’s contrast between property and travel is useful, but the body does not systematically group or compare the remaining categories. Some linking is attempted through “Overall” and “Regarding,” though the latter does not lead into a complete sentence. Use complete paragraphs and connect each selected figure to a clear comparison so the report develops logically from overview to details.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentages,” “survey,” “increased,” and “fell,” and the meaning is generally recoverable. However, the range is limited, and several spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “forenign,” “ovearseas,” “proverty,” and “doble” make key chart terms harder to read. “Increased more that the others reasons” is also an awkward way to express a comparison, while “rised” is not the appropriate form. Aim for accurate, varied reporting language such as “accounted for,” “was the most frequently cited reason,” and “rose from … to …”. Proofreading the category names and using standard collocations would make the data description clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more developed sentence forms, including “The first chart shows…” and the contrast introduced by “Overall.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent. The opening has a comma splice between “foreign language” and “it was reported,” and “The charts illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error. The phrase “Regarding to buying…” is not a complete, well-formed construction, and “buying a property overseas rised…” lacks a correctly formed verb phrase. The final sentence fragment, “Following the same pattern,” also leaves the structure unfinished. These errors make parts of the report difficult to follow. Practise complete sentence patterns for describing figures, and check agreement, verb forms, articles and punctuation before submitting.

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