Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-14

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 4.0)

The visual chat below shows the value of one country's tranfer in many categories during 2015 and 2016 .

export earning of petroleum products which have increased 3percent slow with enginerring goods in 2015 petroleum products 3percent which have lower than increased to enginering goods.petrolium products 2015 which have increaesd 3percent estimate 60 billions.in the other hand enginering are higher then petrolium to agriculture ,enginerred goods in 2015 to 2016 have same the amount of petrolium like 60 billion approximate. however,agriculture products have increased in percentage which have 0.81 in the year of 2015 to 2016 which have round about 32 billions export earning in the other hand gems and jewellary of export of earning the percentage was 0.81 . Gems and jewellary are decreased in 2015 to 2016 which have 43 billion export earning in 2016 of gems and jewellary . The textile percentage are in 2015 are very high 15.24 which in export earning was slow slow round about 32 percent .in 2016 the earning of textiles to calculate which is 32 to 40 .Highly are petrolium in 2015 to 2016 percentage was low earning in billions but earning was real to 2016 billions whichb

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify several relevant categories and attempt to report changes, including the rise in textiles and the fall in gems and jewellery. However, the response only minimally summarises the chart: it has no clear overview of the main pattern, and many comparisons are inaccurate or difficult to interpret. For example, engineered goods rose from about $57 billion to $62 billion, rather than remaining at the same level as petroleum, while gems and jewellery fell to about $41 billion and their change was a decrease, not the 0.81% figure given for agriculture. The final statement is incomplete. To improve, give a concise overview first, then select accurate key figures and describe each category’s direction of change.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There are attempts to connect ideas with phrases such as “on the other hand” and “however,” and several product categories are mentioned. Nevertheless, the information is not arranged into a clear sequence, and the response reads largely as one continuous, difficult-to-follow passage. Comparisons shift abruptly between petroleum, engineering, agriculture, gems and textiles, while repeated references to the same figures do not build a clear summary. Some linking phrases also do not show a meaningful contrast. Organise the response into an introduction, a brief overview and one or two paragraphs grouping the categories. Use clear sentence boundaries and connect each comparison to the relevant category and year.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some task-related vocabulary, including “export earning,” “percentage,” “increased” and “decreased,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is basic and repetitive, and frequent spelling and word-choice problems make several statements hard to understand: examples include “visual chat,” “tranfer,” “enginerring,” and “petrolium.” Phrases such as “the textile percentage are very high” and “earning was slow slow” do not express the intended data clearly. Build a small set of accurate chart-description expressions, such as “export value,” “rose by,” “stood at,” and “declined to,” and check spelling and collocations before finishing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to form longer sentences and use time references such as “in 2015 to 2016,” but sentence structures are often incomplete or inaccurately joined, and errors frequently obscure relationships between figures. For instance, “petroleum products 2015 which have increased 3percent estimate 60 billions” lacks a clear subject–verb structure, while “the textile percentage are” has subject–verb disagreement. Articles, plurals, verb forms and punctuation are also inconsistently controlled, and the final sentence breaks off before its meaning is complete. Practise writing short, complete comparisons first—for example, “Petroleum exports rose from about $61 billion to $63 billion”—then combine ideas only when the grammar remains clear.

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