Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-22

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 given below presents the percentage of households in personal and rented accomodation in two countries england and wales since 1918 to 2011.

Overall, households in owned accommodation has increasing gradually 1918 to 2011. But the households in rented accommodation decreases gradually from 1918 to 2011.

To commence with, in 1918 the percentage of household owned and rented accommodation is 20- 80%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the chart’s subject and give a broad overview that ownership rose while renting fell. However, the response reports only one data point, and the figures for 1918 are slightly inaccurate: the chart shows about 23% owning and 77% renting, rather than 20% and 80%. It does not describe the intervening years, the point at which the proportions became equal, or the slight reversal by 2011. The overview also overstates the trend because ownership did not increase throughout the whole period. At 64 words, the response is well below the required 150, leaving the task only minimally addressed. To improve, include the main stages and comparisons, supported by several accurate figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence is followed by an overview and then a detail sentence. The transition “Overall” helps signal the summary, and “To commence with” introduces a specific figure. However, the response ends before developing a clear progression through the chart, and the final paragraph does not connect its single data point to the overview. The contrast introduced by “But” is also abrupt. Use separate paragraphs for the introduction, overview, and key details, then organise the figures chronologically or by the main comparison. Linking phrases such as “By 1971” and “In contrast” would help show how the trends relate.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary is basic but generally relevant to the chart: “percentage,” “households,” “owned accommodation,” and “rented accommodation” communicate the topic. There is some repetition of these terms, and the response has limited language for describing changes or comparing figures. “Increasing gradually” and “decreases gradually” are understandable but do not capture the full pattern, including the later fall in ownership and rise in renting. There are also spelling and capitalisation errors in “accomodation” and “england.” Build a small range of accurate trend language, such as “rose,” “remained stable,” “peaked,” and “declined,” and use “home ownership” or “the proportion of households renting” to vary phrasing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response relies mainly on simple sentence patterns, with little variety in clause structure. Several grammatical errors are noticeable: “households in owned accommodation has increasing” has incorrect subject–verb agreement and verb form, while “from 1918 to 2011” needs a more suitable tense and construction to describe a completed period. In “the percentage of household owned and rented accommodation is,” the singular/plural forms and sentence structure are unclear. The dash in “20- 80%” also makes the relationship between the figures difficult to read. These errors do not prevent the general topic from being understood, but they reduce precision. Practise accurate past-tense descriptions and comparison structures, for example, “Ownership rose from about 23% to 69% before falling to 64%.”

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