Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-26

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 illustrates the various category in one nation between 2015 and 2016 and present the porporation change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

petroleum products,engineered goods and textiles and agriculture products increased in last year and gems and jewellery decline.

in 2015 the petroleum products exports about 61billions.58billions engineered goods and gems and jewellery reach about 42billlions.in addition 31billions oof agriculture products were export and the less export item is textile is about 27billions.

petroleum products were increaded by 1billion an reach to 61billion in 2016 also as enginereed good grow to 61billion.in contrast,gems and jewellery expot decrteased by 1billion and drop tpo 41 billion.agriculture products were slightly grow to 31.5 billion and in last textile rise rapidly up to 31billion.morever,petroleum products were rise 3%,engineered good up to 8.5%.in contrast,export of gems and jewellery fall 5.18%.agriculture products increased about 0.81% and textile grow very significantly compared to others up to 15.24%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad pattern that most categories rose while gems and jewellery fell, and you include figures from both the chart and the percentage table. However, the overview is brief and the report does not clearly highlight the main comparisons, such as petroleum products remaining the highest-valued export and textiles showing the strongest percentage growth. Some figures are inaccurate: engineered goods were about $57 billion in 2015, not $58 billion, and petroleum exports rose from about $61 billion to $63 billion, rather than reaching $61 billion. The response also contains 146 words, four below the required minimum; the 11 words copied from the prompt are excluded. Develop a clearer overview and check figures before reporting them.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence: it first gives an overall trend, then describes 2015 values, and finally compares changes in 2016. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, the progression is not consistently clear because several comparisons and percentage changes are crowded into one long final section, while paragraphing is limited. Linking expressions such as “in addition,” “in contrast,” and “morever” are attempted, but some are awkwardly placed or do not make the relationship between details clear. Group the information into a concise overview and separate paragraphs for the chart values and percentage changes. Use linking words selectively and ensure each sentence develops one clear comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “exports,” “increased,” “decline,” “slightly,” and “compared to others,” so the reader can generally identify the trends being described. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling errors make parts difficult to read, for example “porporation change,” “less export item,” and “rise rapidly up to.” Repetition of “increased,” “grow,” and “billion” also limits precision. Aim for accurate, standard terms such as “percentage change,” “lowest-valued category,” and “rose to,” and check spelling carefully. More precise vocabulary would help distinguish export values from percentage growth.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, including “in contrast” clauses, but the range of sentence structures is limited and errors are frequent. For example, “petroleum products, engineered goods and textiles and agriculture products increased” has unclear coordination, while “petroleum products were increaded by 1billion an reach” contains faulty verb forms and an incomplete construction. Articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries are also inconsistently controlled, as in “the less export item is textile.” These errors sometimes make the intended comparison harder to follow. Practise writing complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, use past-tense forms consistently, and check agreement, articles, and punctuation when editing.

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