Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-15

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 chart summaries the percentage of households staying in owned and rented accomodation in England and Whale over a period of 93 years.

In 1918 most accomodation was rented. The percentage of accomodation rented decreased gradually, until 1971 were the ammount of rented and owned accomodation was the same.

After 1918 the ammount of owned accomodation increased each year, were the amount of accomodation decreases every year.

In 2011 most people owned their own accomodation and the amount of rented accomodation in percentages was about half to the owns owned by people.

I think people thought that it is beter to pay money on your bond than it is to pay rent. This can be because people swa owned accomodation as an asset.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the main change and the point where ownership and renting were equal: rented accommodation fell to 50% in 1971, while ownership rose to the same level. You also note that renting was dominant at the start. However, the response is only a partial summary: it gives few figures beyond the crossover and does not describe the later rise in ownership to about 69% in 2001, followed by its decline to 64% in 2011. The claim that in 2011 rented accommodation was “about half” the owned share is inaccurate; the figures were approximately 36% and 64%. The final explanation about people’s motives is speculation, not information shown by the chart. The response is also 27 words below the required minimum, limiting the detail provided.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence, moving from the starting point to the 1971 crossover and then to 2011. This gives the reader a general sense of the timeline, and the paragraphs separate the chart description from the final comment. However, progression is limited: the middle years and the important peak in ownership are not organised into a fuller account. Connections such as “After 1918” are also unclear because the sentence does not specify the period or explain the relationship between the two trends. The final opinion interrupts the report’s focus. Group the data into clear stages—early decline in renting, convergence by 1971, and the later peak and reversal—and use precise links between them.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “percentage,” “decreased,” “increased,” and “rented,” so the general subject is understandable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or awkward for a chart report. “Households staying in” is not a natural way to describe accommodation, and “the amount of rented accommodation” confuses a percentage of households with an amount of housing. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “accomodation,” “Whale,” “ammount,” “beter,” and “swa.” The phrase “the owns owned by people” is difficult to interpret. Use standard terms such as “households,” “proportion,” and “ownership,” and check spelling carefully to make comparisons clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentence forms, including “until 1971 were the amount…” and “This can be because…,” but these attempts are often faulty, and most sentences rely on simple patterns. For example, “until 1971 were” needs a grammatical clause such as “until 1971, when…,” while “the amount of accommodation decreases every year” has an unclear subject and an inconsistent present tense for past chart data. In “After 1918 the amount of owned accommodation increased each year, were…,” the second clause is not correctly joined to the first. The final sentence also shifts into an unsupported personal explanation. Practise accurate past-tense comparisons and use complete clauses with clear subjects; this will make the trends easier to follow.

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