Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-11
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The chart below shows the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 5.5)
The bar graph represents the earnings from exported diffrent product in 2015 and 2026.Additionally, the table illustrate the proportion of change in every category and comparision between 2015 and 2016.Overall, petroleum products had the highest profit in over the ghaph whereas textiles leading the lowest position.Moreover, in the table except gems and jewellery all kind of product experienced growth in the percentage of value.
Moving to the details, petroleum was the highest earning categories with over 60 billions dollar.Engineered goods had the 2nd position in the graph by almost (60).Gems and jewellery also had well amount of profit which was more than 40$.Agricultural and textile incorporately leaded the 4th in 2016 by over 30 billions which half of highest earning.
Additionally, from the table it can be deduced that every category showed rish in the sector of value without gems.Moreover, textiles had the highest growth by 15.24 percent.Beside in the sector of engineered goods also experienced steady rise which is 8.5%.Agricultural and petroleum showed tiny growth with is 0.81% and 3%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the main subject and give an overview that petroleum products earned the most, while textiles had the lowest starting value, and that all categories except gems and jewellery increased. However, the overview is not fully accurate across both years: textiles rose substantially and finished level with agricultural products, rather than remaining in the lowest position. Some comparisons are also unclear or incomplete. For example, “Agricultural and textile incorporately leaded the 4th in 2016” does not clearly report their approximate values or explain that both reached about $31.5 billion. Include the key decline in gems and jewellery and compare the largest and smallest changes to make the main features more fully developed.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by details about the chart and then the table. This gives the reader a basic progression, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moving to the details,” and “Additionally” help signal shifts. However, the progression is sometimes weakened by unclear references and repetitive connections. “Every category showed rish in the sector of value without gems” repeats the overview without adding a clear comparison, while “Agricultural and textile incorporately leaded the 4th” is difficult to follow. Organise the body around clear comparisons—first the export values, then the percentage changes—and use linking phrases only where they clarify how the figures relate.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “earnings,” “percentage,” “growth,” and “highest,” and you attempt to describe rankings and changes. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear: “highest profit” is not the same as export value, “well amount of profit” is unnatural, and “showed rish in the sector of value” does not communicate the trend accurately. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “diffrent,” “ghaph,” and “comparision.” Use precise chart language such as “export value,” “rose,” “fell,” and “remained stable,” and check spelling and common word combinations before submitting.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the overall meaning can usually be recovered. However, errors in sentence structure and grammatical forms occur frequently enough to make some statements difficult to understand. For example, “the table illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “petroleum was the highest earning categories” has a mismatch between singular and plural. The sentence beginning “Agricultural and textile incorporately leaded” is also structurally unclear, and several sentences run together without appropriate spacing or punctuation. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles and plural forms, and build comparisons with reliable patterns such as “X rose from … to …, whereas Y fell.” Use full stops to separate complete ideas.
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