Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-13

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 5.0)

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of households and rented accommodation in England and Wales within a given period of time from 1918 to 2011.

Overall, it can clearly be seen that the households in rented accommodation was most popular from 1918 to 1961. However, this trend experienced a decline with the passage of time and people prioritise their owned residencies.

In the beginning, the most favorable residencies to live was rented acommodations in terms of houses and apartments. It showed that the people who livwed in the rented acommodation rose from 78% and slightly dropped at 59% through out the period from 1918 to 1961. Furthermnore, later this numbers declined and remained between 35% to 40% from1981 to 2011 the main reason is that the individuals prioritise owned residency. In 1971, these numbers remained equal at 50%.

To contrast, ever since in 1918 78% people love to lived in a rented house , while in 2011 people priorities was changed but they did not matched the number of households back in 1918.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad shift from renting to owning and note the equal 50% shares in 1971, which are relevant main features. However, the overview is not fully accurate: renting was more common through 1971, not just to 1961, and ownership became the majority from 1981 onward. The account also gives only a partial picture of ownership, omitting its rise from 23% to a peak of about 69% in 2001 and its subsequent fall to 64% in 2011. Some rental figures are broadly close, but the final comparison is unclear and does not report the 2011 split precisely. A more complete overview and accurate coverage of both series would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has separate paragraphs and uses basic signposts such as “Overall,” “In the beginning,” and “To contrast,” so there is an attempt to organise the report. However, progression is difficult to follow because the final paragraph repeats the opening-period rental figure rather than developing a clear comparison, and the ownership trend is not presented in a logical sequence. Some linking expressions do not show the intended relationship: “To contrast” introduces an unclear statement, while “Furthermore” does not make the change in rental figures easier to follow. References such as “these numbers” are also vague. Group the data into a clear overview followed by chronological comparisons of both categories, using precise links between them.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “decline,” and “prioritise,” and the reader can generally identify the topic. However, the range is limited and several choices are unnatural or imprecise for describing a chart. “Residencies” is not an appropriate substitute for homes or accommodation, and “people love to lived in a rented house” is informal and does not accurately describe the data. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “acommodations,” “livwed,” and “Furthermnore,” which reduce control. Prefer neutral reporting language and accurate terms for the two categories; avoid explaining the trend through people’s preferences, since the chart does not give reasons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “However” and a time clause beginning “while.” Nevertheless, errors in sentence structure and grammatical forms are frequent enough to make some statements difficult to interpret. For example, “the households in rented accommodation was most popular” has subject–verb agreement and construction problems, while “the most favorable residencies to live was rented acommodations” has several errors in agreement and sentence formation. The phrase “people priorities was changed” also has an incorrect verb form. Work on consistent past-tense reporting, agreement between subjects and verbs, and complete, clearly structured sentences. More accurate control of these basics would make your comparisons easier to understand.

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