Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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)

Initialy, this graph is all about the household annual incomes in USA, which typicaly about 2007, 2011 and 2015, from less than $25000 to $100,000 Dollars.

There are typicaly 35 numbers of households by their income in millions. Moreover the sigineficant growth in annual income from 2007 to 2015 from various points of householders in $100,000 bar. further more $75,000 to $99,999 are remains same at householder points at all of the seasons, as well bar of $50,000 to $75,000. but the different growth funtion in the list of $25,000 to $50,000 and less than this(0 to $25,000) where they perform incradibal in the middle of the season.

In final, the householders value are functionaly increase in the part of income from past seasons, that is the positive point according to wealth of the people where USA are in greate growth from past as well for upcomig seasons..

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response identifies the chart’s subject and years, and it notices that the two lower-income groups rise to a peak in 2011. However, the report only minimally describes the data and does not give a clear, accurate overview of the main comparisons. It incorrectly says the $75,000–$99,999 and $50,000–$74,999 groups remain unchanged: the former dips slightly and then rises, while the latter is stable. It also misses the key feature that households earning $100,000 or more are the largest group in 2007 and 2015, reaching a high of about 33.5 million in 2015. The response is two words below the required minimum. Select the main trends and support them with accurate figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organisation: the response moves from an opening statement to a paragraph of comparisons and then a conclusion. Linking expressions such as “Moreover,” “further more,” and “In final” signal these stages, but the progression is difficult to follow because several claims are combined in long, loosely connected sentences. For example, the second paragraph shifts between income groups without clearly distinguishing their trends, and “where they perform…” has an unclear reference. The conclusion repeats a general claim about growth rather than drawing together the chart’s main features. Use separate sentences or paragraphs for the overview and key comparisons, and connect each figure clearly to its income group.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some vocabulary relevant to the chart, including “annual income,” “households,” “growth,” and “seasons,” but the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or repetitive. Phrases such as “35 numbers of households” and “householder points” make the data difficult to interpret, while “perform incradibal” does not express a clear trend. There are also frequent spelling errors, including “Initialy,” “typicaly,” and “sigineficant,” which reduce clarity. Aim for precise chart language and accurate spelling; useful terms include “number of households,” “income bracket,” “rose,” “remained stable,” and “peaked.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts longer sentences and uses some linking structures, but grammatical control is weak and errors frequently make relationships between ideas unclear. For instance, “There are typicaly 35 numbers of households” lacks a clear grammatical construction, and “$75,000 to $99,999 are remains same” has faulty agreement and verb form. The final sentence, “the householders value are functionaly increase,” also contains several errors that obscure the intended meaning. Sentence boundaries and punctuation are inconsistent, particularly in the long second paragraph. Build accurate simple sentences first, using patterns such as “The number of households in this bracket was…” and “It rose from… to…,” before adding more complex comparisons.

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