Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-30
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 diagram under represent the importace of one country exports in different categories during 2015 and 2026. The chart display the percentage alter in each category of balanced of trade in 2016 campared with 2015.The table show the export changes and percentage of change of each trade of petroleum products, engineered products, gems and jewellery products, agricultural products, texitiles.
Moreover, the image exibits that the petroleum products got 60 billions dollar sale in 2015 and the sales increase in 2016 from 60 to 64 billions of dollars. The percentage of petroleum items increse to 3% in 2015 to 2016. The engineered goods got 55 billion dollars in 2015 and in 2016 the sales boost and got 61 billion dollars also the percentage of engineered equipments increase to 8.5% in 2015 to 2016. The gems and jewellery earns 42 billion dollar in 2015 and in 2016 they earn 40 billion the percentage of gems decrease to 5.18%.
On the other hand, The agricultural products have a reveniew of 30 billion dollars in 2015 and in 2016 there is no big differece they got the reveniew of 30.5 billion dollars there percentage increase 0.81% in 2015 to 2016. Texitiles earns 25 billion dollars in 2015 and they got the review of 31 billion dollars in 2016 also there percentage increase to 15 %.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
You identify all five export categories and report the broad direction of change for each, including the fall in gems and jewellery and the rise in textiles. However, the response has no clear overview of the main features, so the reader is not told that petroleum remained the largest export or that textiles had the strongest growth. Several figures or details are inaccurate: petroleum is shown at about $61 billion and $63 billion, not $60 billion and $64 billion; engineered goods are about $57 billion and $62 billion, rather than $55 billion and $61 billion. The opening also mistakenly says 2026, and the table gives percentage changes rather than changes in the balance of trade. These omissions and misreadings leave the task only partially addressed.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction is followed by two paragraphs covering the categories, and phrases such as “Moreover” and “On the other hand” signal movement between sections. This gives the information some organisation. However, there is no distinct overview, and the sequence mostly lists categories one by one rather than grouping or comparing the main patterns. “On the other hand” does not clearly express a contrast between the agricultural and textile figures, while repeated forms such as “in 2015 and in 2016” make the progression mechanical. Improve the flow by adding an overview after the introduction, then grouping the largest values and the most notable increases or decrease, with clear comparisons.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “increase,” “decrease,” “sales,” and “revenue,” so the general subject is usually understandable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or awkward for describing a chart. “Balanced of trade” does not describe the figures shown, and “the percentage of petroleum items increse to 3%” confuses the percentage change with the export value. There are also repeated spelling errors, including “importace,” “campared,” “exibits,” and “texitiles,” which reduce precision. Aim for standard chart language and accurate collocations, such as “export earnings rose by” or “the value of exports fell.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences joined with “and” or “also,” and the reader can generally follow the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently in sentence formation, agreement, articles, and verb forms. For example, “The chart display” needs subject–verb agreement, while “the table show” has the same problem. In “the petroleum products got 60 billions dollar sale,” the noun phrase and plural forms are not controlled; “there percentage increase” also uses an incorrect possessive form. Some sentences run together without effective punctuation, particularly in the opening. Practise accurate simple comparison structures first, then combine them with controlled clauses such as “while” and “whereas.”
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