Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual income in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 4.5)

The bar chart illustrate the quantity of household in the US their yearly salaries between the period of 2007 to 2015.

Overall,it can clearly seen that the number of US households was lower and 2007 and higher and 2015.

It,the begining the number of household is 25 millionsand their salary was $25,000 in 2007.However more then $49,999 household number increase to aproximatly 28 million in the same period.After that the quantity of householders was decrase gradualy in it came to 14 million thier salaries was $75,000-$99,999.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

You identify the chart’s subject and attempt an overview, but the overview is inaccurate: the total number of households is not simply lowest in 2007 and highest in 2015, and the chart compares five income groups rather than one overall count. Some figures are attached to the wrong categories or described unclearly. For example, “25 millions” appears to refer to households earning under $25,000, while the $25,000–$49,999 group was about 27 million in 2007, not “more than $49,999” at approximately 28 million. The response also omits the key rise in the $100,000-or-more group to about 33.5 million in 2015. At 86 words, it does not meet the 150-word minimum. Select the main trends accurately and support them with clear comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response, with an opening, an overview, and a further paragraph. Connectors such as “Overall,” “However,” and “After that” show an effort to guide the reader. However, the information does not progress clearly: the final paragraph moves between income groups without explaining how the figures relate, and “After that” does not identify a clear time or comparison. The overview is separated from the details, but the paragraphing does not yet create a coherent account of the chart. Use one paragraph for a concise overview and another to compare the main groups across the years, with references such as “this category” used only when the category is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “quantity,” “yearly salaries,” and “approximately,” and you attempt to describe change with “increase” and “decrease.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms make the data difficult to understand. “Householders” means people who own or occupy homes, not the number of households, while “their yearly salaries” does not accurately describe household income bands. Spelling errors such as “begining,” “aproximatly,” and “gradualy” are noticeable. Use the chart’s precise terms—“households,” “income group,” and “number”—and practise accurate spelling of common trend vocabulary. This would make your descriptions clearer and more appropriate to an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both a complex opening sentence and an overview, but grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes obscure the intended comparisons. For example, “The bar chart illustrate” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “it can clearly seen” is missing “be.” The phrase “was lower and 2007 and higher and 2015” has incorrect prepositions and an unclear structure. In the final paragraph, “the quantity of householders was decrase gradualy in it came to 14 million” does not form a clear grammatical sentence. Most sentences are not yet controlled enough to communicate the data reliably. Build accurate simple sentences first, checking articles, plurals, verb forms, and prepositions, then add a few correctly formed comparisons.

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