Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 18 · 2026-10-21

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)

Graph is showing the number of US households by their annual income in 2007,2011,2015.

In 2007, we find it that majorities earned $100,000 per year .This show their good policies .In 2007, Americans became on of the most important traders in the world with respects to trading of weapons .They also got superpower status in those days,that is why many countries tried to make relationship with United States of America .Americans took benefits from this opportunity and hence their people earn more.

In 2011,now majorities earn less than $25,000 because in those days Americans made some restrictions on some countries .As a result some countries refused to have relation with America.This led to a great loss of American economy.

Hence majority led a poor life.

In 2015,again American people work on their relation with other countries,resulting in great opportunities for jobs.Countries investe in America .Industries grew up and producing jobs for Americans.

In 2007, people are in well state but in 2015, they worked on their mistakes and got more incomes .In 2011, they done mistakes but later on they overcome these mistakes.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response is largely off-topic because it explains supposed political and economic causes rather than summarising the chart. Several claims are unsupported, such as saying that most households earned $100,000 or more in 2007; that category was about 29.5 million, while the $25,000–$49,999 group was about 27 million and the under-$25,000 group about 25 million. The response does notice that the lower-income group was largest in 2011 and that the highest-income group rose by 2015, but it gives no clear overview of the main patterns and omits most relevant comparisons. To improve, report the five income bands and their changes using approximate figures, and avoid inventing explanations not shown by the chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response is divided into paragraphs by year, and time markers such as “In 2011” and “In 2015” give it a basic chronological structure. However, the ideas do not progress as a chart summary: each paragraph shifts into speculation about foreign relations, weapons trading and economic causes, so the reader cannot follow a clear comparison of income groups. The final paragraph repeats earlier claims rather than drawing together the main trends. Linking phrases such as “As a result” and “Hence” are present, but they connect unsupported explanations rather than relevant data. Organise the response around an overview and comparisons between income categories, using clear references to the figures and avoiding repetition.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The writer uses some topic-related vocabulary, including “annual income,” “households,” “economy,” “industries” and “opportunities,” and attempts to express cause and effect with phrases such as “As a result.” However, much of the vocabulary is either unrelated to the chart or imprecise. Phrases such as “majorities earned,” “got superpower status” and “people are in well state” are unnatural or unclear, while “good policies” introduces an unsupported judgement. More accurate chart language would help communicate the data: for example, describe a category as having the “largest number of households” and say that a figure “rose,” “fell” or “remained stable.” Check word forms and spelling, including “invested” and “one.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a mixture of simple and longer sentences, including a subordinate clause in “because in those days Americans made some restrictions” and a result clause beginning “resulting in.” Basic meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in sentence construction, tense, agreement and punctuation are frequent enough to limit accuracy. Examples include “This show their good policies,” “people work on their relation,” and “they done mistakes”; these need forms such as “This shows,” “worked on their relationships,” and “they made mistakes.” There are also missing spaces after punctuation and inconsistent comma use. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build longer sentences around clear comparisons, checking subject–verb agreement and sentence boundaries.

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