Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-06
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 bar chart illustrate the five exports catagories importance of one country during in 2015 to 2016. Than the table demonstrate the export catagory percentage compares how to change between 2015 and 2016.
Overall, the biggest proportion of catagory was petroleum products. While the lowest proportion was textiles.
In 2015, petroleum products was 60% than roughly increased to 63% in 2016 the percentage was 3%. The second highest export portion was engineered goods its inceasred in 55% graguatly percentage 8.5% .Moreover gems and jewellery was dropout in 5.18%.
In contrast, the agriculture products steadily grow approximately 0.81% than compares it to textail their growth dramaticaly inceare 15.24% in 2016.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response addresses the task only partially and fails to meet the minimum word length requirement of 150 words, coming in at just 109 words. While the writer attempts to provide an overview and report some features from the chart and table, the selection of data is confused and inaccurate. For instance, the student states that petroleum products were at 60% in 2015, misinterpreting billions as percentages, and misreads several figures and trends. Furthermore, the information is restricted and lacks sufficient development to fully cover all parts of the visual data.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
There is some basic organisation attempted, including a rudimentary division into paragraphs, but the response lacks a clear overall progression. Cohesive devices are generally inadequate, inaccurate, or overused, such as the awkward transitional phrase "Than the table demonstrate" and repetitive structural patterns. Referencing and linking between ideas are frequently faulty, making the text disjointed and difficult to follow smoothly from one point to the next.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary range is limited and minimally adequate for the task. There are noticeable errors in word choice, word form, and spelling throughout the response, such as "catagories", "catagory", "inceasred", "graguatly", "dropout", and "textail". These lexical errors and awkward collocations cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a weak control of lexical features appropriate for academic writing.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The writer demonstrates a very limited range of structures, relying mostly on simple sentences, and attempts at more complex structures are frequently faulty. There are frequent errors in verb forms, tenses, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions, such as in "The bar chart illustrate", "during in 2015 to 2016", and "steadily grow... than compares it". These persistent grammatical errors can cause considerable difficulty and confusion for the reader.
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