Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-21
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 5.5)
The given bar graph illustrate the value of a country's exports in several during 2015 and 2016 and the table shows the changes in percentage of each category.
Overall, products include five different categories in which petroleum products are most exported whereas textiles were least exports from textile industries.
Turning to details, in 2015 petroleum products of worth about 61 billion dollars were exported while in 2016 approximately 63 billion dollars worth of products were exported. In 2015, engineered goods were exported worth 58 billion dollars but in 2016 it was little above than 62 billion dollars. Gems and jewellery were exported for 42 billion dollars in 2015 and 41 billion dollars in 2016. Agricultural products and textile products were exported for 31 billion dollars in 2016.
On the other hand, three percent of petroleum products were increased between 2015 and 2016. There was increase 8.5 % increase in exports of engineered goods. Gems and jewellery's export was decreased for 5.18 percent. Agricultural products's export was also increased for 0.81 percent. At the last there was a significant increase in textiles export between [redacted phone], 15.24 percent.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the chart’s subject and include several relevant figures, including petroleum exports at about $61 billion and $63 billion and the percentage changes for all five categories. However, the overview is not fully accurate: textiles were not the least-exported category in both years, since gems and jewellery were lower in 2016, and the response does not clearly summarise the main overall pattern that most categories rose while gems declined. The figures for agricultural products and textiles are also combined as if both were $31 billion in 2016, although textiles reached about $31.5 billion. Some comparisons are therefore incomplete or unclear. A more precise overview and clearer reporting of the two years’ values would make the response more fully address the task.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph describing values, and a final paragraph covering percentage changes. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is weakened by the shift from category values to percentage changes without a clear organising principle, and some linking phrases are mechanical or imprecise. For example, “On the other hand” does not express a contrast between the preceding figures and the percentage data, while “At the last” is an awkward transition. The sentence about agricultural products and textiles also groups two categories without distinguishing their figures. Grouping increases together and treating the decline separately, with clearer references to each year, would improve cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use relevant task vocabulary such as “exports,” “percentage,” “increased,” and “decreased,” and the reader can generally understand the categories and trends. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are noticeably inaccurate: “most exported,” “least exports,” “worth … were exported,” and “increase 8.5% increase” do not express the data naturally. “Products include five different categories” is also imprecise, and “textile industries” adds an unsupported idea. Aim for standard chart language such as “earned,” “accounted for,” “rose by,” and “recorded the lowest value.” More accurate phrasing would make comparisons clearer and reduce repetition of “exported” and “increase.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts both simple and more extended sentences, and the main message is usually recoverable. However, frequent errors in agreement, articles, sentence construction, and punctuation limit accuracy. The opening has “bar graph illustrate,” where the singular subject requires “illustrates,” and “in several” is incomplete because the noun is missing. In “there was increase 8.5 % increase,” the sentence structure and article use are faulty; “Agricultural products's” also uses an incorrect possessive form. The sentence “Agricultural products and textile products were exported for 31 billion dollars in 2016” is grammatically possible but unclear in meaning because it combines two categories. Practise accurate comparative structures and check subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries.
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