Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)
The chart given illustrate that the data of one country shipping abroad in different types from years 2015 and 2016 with having a percentage variation in it.
Overall, there is some climb up in the various categories in 2016 in (petroleum, agricultural, textiles and engineered) while a decrease in the (gems and jewellery) category.
Looking at the percentages change textiles show a considerabely high change of 15.24%. Also engineered also produce a good variation of 8.5% over the year 2016. The agriculture products of all the categories show a slight change of 0.81%.
Apart from all categories variations the gems and jewellery show a decline in the percentage over the year whicb is 5.18%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The student attempts to summarise the main features of the chart and table, identifying categories that grew (petroleum, agricultural, textiles, and engineered) and the one that fell (gems and jewellery). However, the response fails to meet the minimum word length requirement of 150 words, stopping at only 114 words. Furthermore, while the general trends are mentioned, the actual monetary values from the chart are largely omitted in favour of percentages alone. Because of the under-length penalty and the lack of full data integration from both the bar chart and the table, the task achievement is limited.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic structure, including a brief introduction, an overview paragraph, and body sentences detailing specific categories. However, the paragraphing is underdeveloped and abrupt, with single-sentence paragraphs used for body points. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes awkward, such as starting a sentence with "Apart from all categories variations". Referencing is occasionally unclear, and logical progression between ideas is limited, leading to a somewhat disjointed reading experience.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for basic communication, but it lacks the range and precision expected for academic task 1 responses. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, such as "considerabely" (which contains a spelling error) and "variation", but also makes unnatural word choices like "shipping abroad in different types". Repetition of basic terms like "categories" and "change" is noticeable, and there are direct spelling and word form errors that restrict the lexical score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response features a mix of simple and emerging complex structures, but is marred by frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing. For example, the opening sentence "The chart given illustrate that the data..." contains a subject-verb agreement error. Other issues include preposition misuse and clumsy word order, such as "with having a percentage variation in it" and "whicb is 5.18%". While meaning can generally be deciphered, the frequency of errors places this in the lower band 5 category.
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