Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-21

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table below shows the numbers of visitors to Ashdown Museum during the year before and the year after it was refurbished. The charts show the result of surveys asking visitors how satisfied they were with their visit, during the same two periods.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The table illustrate the total total number of tourists visiting to Ashdown Museum before and after of its refurbation and chats demonstrate review of public about their satisfication level in both periods.

Overall, the most people visited after reconditioned the Museum. Moreover, before and after rebuilding Museum the 40% individuals were very dissatisfied and 5% public did not show any interest in survey.

Before refubrishment of Museum 74,000 individuals visited the Museum and after doing some work on it the number of visitors increased at 92,000 people. Furthermore, the number of very dissatisfied visitors remained idectical in both time periods at 40%. However, the 5% people did not response before and after refubrishing Museum but after redeveloping Museum 5% public shows their satisfication level.

In addittion, before reconstructing museum 30% people was satisfied with it. After rebubrishing Museum

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to cover both the table and the charts by mentioning visitor numbers (74,000 to 92,000) and certain survey results, such as the 40% dissatisfaction rate and the 5% no response figure. However, the overview is extremely weak and grammatically mangled ('the most people visited after reconditioned the Museum'). Furthermore, the text cuts off mid-sentence ('After rebubrishing Museum'), leaving the task incomplete. Additionally, the length requirement of 150 words was not met, as the response contains only 138 words. While some main features are selected, the incomplete ending and under-length nature limit the score.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response shows an attempt to organise information using basic transitional markers such as 'Overall', 'Moreover', and 'Before refubrishment'. However, paragraphing is disrupted by the incomplete final sentence ('After rebubrishing Museum'). Logical progression is heavily hindered by severe grammatical errors and repetitive phrasing, such as the constant re-mention of 'before and after refubrishing Museum'. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the overall structure breaks down at the end due to the text cutting off.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is repetitive and basic. The student frequently reuses terms like 'Museum', 'refurbishment' (and its misspellings 'refurbation', 'refubrishment'), and 'visitors'/'tourists' without demonstrating a wide range. There are multiple spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'satisfication' instead of satisfaction, 'idectical' instead of identical, and 'response' used as a verb where a noun is needed ('did not response'). While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey basic data points, the frequent lexical errors restrict the score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The text contains a high frequency of grammatical errors and awkward phrasing. Examples include subject-verb agreement errors ('the table illustrate', '30% people was satisfied'), malformed passive structures ('after reconditioned the Museum', 'before and after rebuilding Museum'), and incorrect prepositions ('visiting to Ashdown Museum'). Complex sentence attempts are frequently faulty or incomplete, as seen in the final truncated sentence. While simple sentence structures are occasionally correct, the persistent errors impede smooth reading.

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