Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-16

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 5.5)

The bar chat illustrates the amount of households in the United States by five diffrent annual earning ranges in three diffrent years that are 2007,2011,2014.

Over , it exhibiates that the households that have earing more than $100,000 remains the highest among other income holders , Whereas data of who's earing between $75,000 to $99,999 remains the lowest.

To dig deeper, in 2007 the data demostrates that the income holder more than $100,00 was the highest which is about 30 Millions and it is followed by the earner of between $25000 to $$4900 which is just above 25 Millions, less that $25000 at 25 Millions , income holders $50000 to $74999 at above 20 Million and $75000 to $99999 at lowest among other that is just below the 15 Millions.

Moving further to the next details, In 2011 similar pattern is shown except that income holder of $25000 to $49999 grow gradually that reach at 30 millions and earner of more than $[redacted phone] fall a dip and reach at approximately 26 millions and annual income holde less than $2500 increase ther numbers at that are at roughly 29 millions andd $50000 to $74999 at above 20 million which is follerd by $75000 to $99999 income holder that figures at just below 15 million. and in 2015 income hloder of more the $[redacted phone] reached its peak at above 30 million . which surpress the other categorers . and in 2015 other four catergories remains stable not showing too much fluctuation in 2015 as compare to 2011.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall pattern: the $100,000-or-more group is the largest by 2015, while the $75,000–$99,999 group is generally the smallest. You also make relevant comparisons across the years and include several approximate figures. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the chart shows 2015, not 2014, and the $25,000–$49,999 figure in 2007 is about 27 million, not just above 25 million. The overview also says the highest-income group remains highest, although it is not the largest in 2011. Your final claim that the other four categories were stable in 2015 overlooks the rise in the lowest-income group from 2011 and the small changes elsewhere. Select the key trends more precisely and distinguish stability from fluctuation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an identifiable sequence: an introduction, an overview, and details for 2007, 2011 and 2015. This gives the reader a basic framework, and phrases such as “in 2007” and “in 2011” help signal time changes. However, progression is weakened by long, crowded sentences that combine several categories and figures, especially in the 2011 paragraph. Connectors such as “To dig deeper” and “Moving further to the next details” sound repetitive and do not clarify the comparisons. The final 2015 information is also attached awkwardly to the preceding sentence. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and grouped data, and organise comparisons by income category or by year with clearer sentence boundaries.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “annual income,” “income ranges,” “gradually,” “peak,” and “fluctuation,” and the reader can generally understand which groups you mean. However, the range is limited and several choices or forms are inaccurate, such as “amount of households,” “income holder,” and “surpress.” Repeated use of “earner” and “income holder” also makes the description less natural; households are better described as falling within income brackets. Spelling errors—including “diffrent,” “exhibiates,” “demostrates,” and “catergories”—are noticeable and sometimes slow comprehension. Aim for accurate, conventional chart language and check spelling carefully, rather than relying on repeated or improvised labels.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including comparisons across years, but control is inconsistent. For example, “the households that have earing more than $100,000 remains the highest” has problems with clause structure, verb agreement and tense, while “income holder … grow gradually that reach at 30 millions” does not form a clear grammatical sequence. Articles, plurals and punctuation are also unreliable, as in “at lowest” and the run-on passage beginning “and in 2015.” These errors sometimes make relationships between figures difficult to follow. Practise building accurate comparison sentences with a clear subject and verb, such as “The number of households earning $25,000–$49,999 rose to about 29.5 million in 2011,” and use full stops to separate year-by-year details.

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