Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-25

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 chat show the illsurate one country export in the various categories in during two year. The percantage show the different categories in export earning. The export earning is good in 2016. The percantage of all categories are good in 2016 but the less than in 2015. All categories like petroleum, engineered, gems and jewellery, agriculture , textile are the main export in different countries.In the chat the main export is petroleum product are the major export in all around the world. It,s became a billion of dollar coming but the are most earning in this product .Around 60 to 70 percent petroleum product are exprot in all the world but either product are good in all world. In percantage value of all product is change in time . The five main categories are export to make a good earning.The bar chat show the all product are well export in 2016 than 2015. They are better earning in 2016 to make a billion of dollar are coming in five categories.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response attempts to discuss the chart and table, mentioning categories such as petroleum, engineered goods, and textiles. However, it fails to present a clear, accurate overview of the main trends or figures. The student misinterprets the data significantly, stating incorrectly that the percentage of all categories are 'less than in 2015' when most actually increased, and uses vague, imprecise language ('a billion of dollar coming') rather than reporting actual figures from the prompt. Key comparisons between 2015 and 2016 are missing or confused. These shortcomings place the response at Band 4.0 for Task Achievement.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The text suffers from a lack of clear logical progression and poor paragraphing, written essentially as a single dense block of repetitive sentences. Sentences are disjointed and cohesive devices are either missing, inadequate, or mechanical ('In the chat', 'It,s became', 'In percantage value'). There is no clear structure introducing the task, presenting body paragraphs with data, and offering a distinct overview. Referencing is frequently unclear, making the relationship between ideas difficult to follow. These issues align with the Band 4.0 descriptors for Coherence and Cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and frequently incorrect ('bar chat', 'illsurate', 'percantage'). Word choices and collocations are unnatural or inappropriate for an Academic task, such as 'the export earning is good' and 'well export'. Spelling errors are frequent ('illsurate', 'percantage', 'exprot'). The student struggles to use even basic topic-specific vocabulary accurately, meaning the limited range and frequent errors strain the reader's understanding, fitting the Band 4.0 criteria.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, relying almost entirely on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. There are numerous basic grammatical inaccuracies, such as subject-verb agreement errors ('The bar chat show', 'The percantage show'), incorrect verb forms ('are export', 'are change in time'), and punctuation/contraction issues ('It,s'). Complex structures are rarely attempted and, when used, are heavily flawed. The frequency of errors constantly distorts meaning and impedes communication, corresponding to a Band 4.0 score.

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