Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The bar graph represents the data of annual income of US household across the year of 2007, 2011, 2015.

The families who earned less than$25,000 was about 29% in 2007 and it dropped about 27% in the year of 2011 while in the year of 2015 the proporrtion of those earners surged to about 35% .The households whose income between $25,000 to $49,000 was about 27% and it reached about 30% in the yaer of 201. Somehow, this number dropped about 29% in the year of 2015.

The group of earner of $50,000- $74,999 stoood at same position about 21% among the deceds.The proportion of annual income of $100,000 or more fluctuated across the years.

Consequently, The ratio of less earner house holds in US icreased over deaceds. Simlarly the income porportion for upto $25,000- $49,0000 represents ups and downs. By third position the earner of $50,000 remaind same

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response identifies several income groups and attempts to describe changes, but it reports major figures inaccurately and omits important comparisons. The chart gives household numbers in millions, not percentages: for example, the under-$25,000 group was about 25 million in 2007, rose to 28.5 million in 2011, then edged down to 28 million in 2015; the response instead gives 29%, 27% and 35%. It also misstates the $100,000-or-more group as merely fluctuating without reporting its strong rise to about 33.5 million in 2015. The overview that lower-income households increased is therefore not well supported. The response is also one word below the required minimum. Select the main trends accurately and give a clear overview before supporting it with figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the response begins with an introduction, groups several income categories in the middle, and ends with a concluding statement. However, the progression is not consistently clear. The final paragraph repeats broad claims rather than summarising the most important overall patterns, and “Consequently” does not show a clear cause-and-effect relationship. Some references are also difficult to follow, such as “this number” after the $25,000–$49,000 category and “By third position,” whose meaning is unclear. Use a distinct overview and organise the body by comparable trends, with clear references to each income band. More accurate linking and paragraph development would make the information easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “fluctuated,” “increased” and “remained,” and it attempts to describe trends rather than simply list categories. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or awkward. “29%” and “35%” wrongly present household counts as percentages, while “same position” is not a natural way to describe an unchanged figure. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “proporrtion,” “decets,” “Simlarly” and “deaceds,” which reduce clarity. Use precise terms such as “number of households” and “million,” and choose trend verbs that match the data. Proofreading spelling and collocations would improve control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences joined with “while,” “and” and “whereas”-type comparisons, so there is some structural variety. However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors recur in agreement, articles, tense and sentence boundaries. For example, “The families who earned less than $25,000 was” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “across the year of 2007, 2011, 2015” uses an awkward singular construction for multiple years. The sentence beginning “The households whose income between…” is missing a verb, and punctuation is inconsistent, including the capitalised “The” after a comma. Practise accurate comparative sentence patterns and check each clause for a complete subject and verb.

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