Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-21

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 bar chart compare the number of the one country export in the different things duringt the period of the 2015 and 2016. The table nprovides the information about the average of the different things that can be change the ratio of expoerts in 2026 compared with 2015.

The expoort earn9ing in the year 2015 in peterilum product is 60 bilion and then it will be rose to 62 billion in 2016. In textiles the earning in 2015 is about 25 billion and it will be raise to 30 billio in 2016. The earning of the Agricultural products is almost same in 2015 and 2016. In the earning of the Gems and jewellery will have the minnor change in 2015 and 2016. In the table it will show that the highest change in the percentage of textiles it is about 15.24%. The little bit cange in the percentage of the agricultural products it is about 0.81%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The student attempts to address the task by reporting information from both the bar chart and the table, mentioning figures for petroleum products, textiles, agricultural products, and gems and jewellery. However, the data points are often inaccurate or imprecise (e.g. stating petroleum earnings were '60 billion' in 2015 when the chart shows 61, and textiles were 'about 25 billion' instead of 26). Furthermore, the overview is missing or confused, as the student misinterprets the table's function, describing it as showing 'the average of the different things that can be change the ratio of expoerts'. Key trends and comparisons are underdeveloped, resulting in a partial coverage of the task requirements.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The response is divided into two short paragraphs, but the logical progression and overall arrangement are weak. Sentences are often disjointed, and referencing is frequently unclear, such as the abrupt transitions between data points without clear cohesive links (e.g., 'In textiles the earning... and it will be raise...'). Paragraphing is poorly handled, as the second paragraph crams together a mix of chart data and table data without a clear structural division. Cohesive devices are either missing, inadequate, or used repetitively, making the progression difficult to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The lexical range is very limited and basic, containing frequent spelling and word-choice errors that strain the reader's understanding. Examples include 'expoert', 'earn9ing', 'peterilum', 'minnor', and 'cange'. The student attempts less common vocabulary such as 'percentage' and 'products', but general imprecision and misspelling dominate the text. While meaning can sometimes be extracted with effort, the high frequency of lexical inaccuracies places the response firmly in the lower bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The student struggles with basic sentence structures and tense consistency. There is a frequent mixing of present and future/modal-like auxiliary forms inappropriately applied to past data (e.g., 'the bar chart compare', 'it will be rose', 'it will show that'). Simple sentence forms are flawed, and attempts at complex or compound structures contain heavy grammatical errors (e.g., 'that can be change the ratio of expoerts'). Punctuation is basic, and errors occur in almost every sentence, significantly impeding fluency and accuracy.

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