Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-09-12
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 4.5)
The graph illustrates the precentage of people who are live in a personal owned home and those whose on leased house in England and wales from 1918 to 2011.
Overall, from the chart it shows that individuals living in rented accommodation tends to be most popular in the begin then falls dramatically in the other years. While those who owned their home, shows to be lower the express surge the following years. In additional, both household express stable level in 1971.
The people living in a rented homes reach it peak in 1918 with 78%, then decrease 69% in 1939 and 1953 in both year. I
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The student attempts to summarise the chart, correctly identifying the main categories of rented and owned accommodation. However, the response is severely underdeveloped and incomplete, cutting off mid-sentence ("I...") after only 106 words, which falls well short of the 150-word minimum requirement. While key data points such as the 1918 peak for rented homes (78%) are mentioned, comparisons over the entire timeline are missing, and overall data selection is inadequate. Due to the under-length nature of the response and incomplete overview, Task Achievement cannot exceed band 4.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text attempts a logical progression by including an introductory overview paragraph followed by body details. Cohesive devices are attempted (e.g., "Overall", "While", "In additional"), but they are often awkward or misused, such as "in the begin then falls" and "express stable level". Paragraphing is initiated but disrupted by the abrupt ending of the text. Referencing is sometimes unclear, for example, "those whose on leased house". Overall, organisation is basic and progression is halted prematurely, placing it at a band 4.5 to 5.0, rounded to 5.0 based on basic structural attempts.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, featuring frequent word-choice and collocation errors. Examples include "precentage" instead of percentage, "are live" instead of live, and "personal owned home" instead of privately owned. The writer attempts less common vocabulary like "surge", but uses it inaccurately ("the express surge"). Spelling errors ("precentage") and grammatical confusions in lexical forms limit the range significantly. Vocabulary control is inadequate for higher bands, reflecting a band 4.0 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, and attempts at complex sentences are heavily flawed. There are frequent, persistent errors that impede communication, such as "people who are live in a personal owned home and those whose on leased house" and "individuals living in rented accommodation tends to be". Subject-verb agreement is frequently violated ("accommodation tends", "household express"), and verb tenses are confused. Because sentences consistently contain noticeable errors and the text is incomplete, the grammatical performance fits the band 4.0 descriptors.
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