Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-22

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)

This chart displays a country's exports earning among various categroies during 2015 and 2016. While table below there illustrate their percentage chanes in vales of these products category among [redacted phone].

Furthermore, petroleum products are remain at top earning products between 2015 and 2016 with $ billions of around 61 and 64, and change value upto 3% . Textiles products are remain at low with around 32$ in 2016, 27$ in 2015, but biggest change in values among [redacted phone] with 15.24%. Engineered goods follows pertroleum products in 2016 with 62$, but an average changes in values with 8.5% up and earning in 2015 around 57%. Gems and jewellery as well as Agricultural products in [redacted phone] with earning are around 44$ and 41$ billions, 31$ and 32$ billions, but gems and jewellery values change with 5.18% loss, and agricultural products values changes with 0.81% profit.

In conclusion, textiles with 15.24% up values chnages, while gems and jewellery products changes with 5.18% loss, but other with an average growth in [redacted phone].

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that petroleum products earned the most and textiles had the largest increase, and you also note the decline in gems and jewellery. Most figures and percentage changes are broadly consistent with the chart, including the approximate values for textiles and agricultural products. However, the overview is not clearly separated from the details, and the final statement that the other categories had “an average growth” is vague and overlooks that gems and jewellery fell. Some comparisons are also unclear: for example, the sentence about gems and agricultural products combines their earnings without clearly matching each figure to each year. To strengthen the response, give a concise overview of the overall ranking and contrasting trends, then report the key figures with precise category-to-value links.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable sequence: an introduction, a paragraph comparing categories, and a concluding summary. This gives the reader an overall structure, and words such as “Furthermore,” “but,” and “In conclusion” signal relationships between ideas. However, the body paragraph contains several long, crowded sentences, so comparisons are sometimes difficult to follow. For instance, the sentence beginning “Gems and jewellery as well as Agricultural products” places two categories and four earnings figures together without clear pairing. Some linking phrases also feel mechanical or do not clarify the relationship between points. Use separate sentences or grouped comparisons, and make references explicit—for example, state each category’s 2015 and 2016 values together before describing its percentage change.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “exports,” “percentage,” “earning,” “products,” and “change in values,” so the topic is generally clear. There are also attempts to vary expression with phrases such as “biggest change” and “loss.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, including “exports earning,” “remain at top,” and “average changes in values.” Spelling errors such as “categroies,” “chanes,” and “pertroleum” also reduce precision. These issues do not prevent the reader from understanding the main comparisons, but they make the report less natural. Build a reliable set of chart phrases, such as “export earnings,” “remained the highest,” “rose by,” and “recorded a decline,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with contrast, as in “Textiles products are remain at low … but biggest change in values.” This shows an effort to connect information, but some sentence structures are faulty and make relationships harder to interpret. Examples include “are remain,” where the verb form is incorrect, and “table below there illustrate,” where the subject and verb do not agree. The sentence about engineered goods also uses “earning in 2015 around 57%,” which does not form a clear grammatical comparison between earnings and percentage change. Work on consistent past-tense reporting, subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries. Shorter, accurately controlled sentences would help you express the data clearly while you develop more complex structures.

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