Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-28

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 statistics compares the review and figures of individuals visited the Ashdown Museum before and after the restoration.

Overall, there are two types of data which indicates the total figure of visitors to museum, illustrate the increase in visitors. figures shows that dissatisfaction turns into satisfaction after the renovation. Also breaks dissatisfactions into half.

74,000 individuals visited the museum before the restoration. However, the significant increase in the figures of visitors after the refurbishment at 92,000.

40 individuals are dissatisfied when museum were not restored, significant reduction in dissatisfaction noticed at just 15.However, the satisfaction rose with 30 to 40 .

Meanwhile, the non reviewers remains same in both time. The reviews of very disappoint reduced in half from 10 to just 5.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to cover the main features of the task, noting the visitor numbers (rising from 74,000 to 92,000) and reporting shifts in survey satisfaction. However, the response falls significantly short of the 150-word minimum requirement, containing only 123 words. This under-length restriction directly impacts task achievement, as key data points and comparisons are underdeveloped. While the writer identifies the increase in visitor numbers and the reduction in dissatisfaction (from 40 to 15), the reporting of survey proportions lacks clear context or units (e.g., treating percentages or raw numbers ambiguously as '40 individuals'). Overall, due to the word count penalty and under-developed details, this criterion achieves a band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text is organized into brief paragraphs, attempting an overall structure with an introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. However, paragraphing is fragmented and erratic, consisting mostly of single-sentence paragraphs. Cohesive devices are minimal or misused ('Meanwhile, the non reviewers remains same in both time'), and referencing is sometimes unclear, which hampers the logical flow of the response. Although there is a discernible attempt to structure the information, the lack of cohesive control and poor paragraphing lead to a band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The lexical range is limited and repetitive. The student uses basic vocabulary such as 'statistics', 'figures', 'increase', and 'satisfaction'. There are notable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'individuals visited' instead of 'individuals who visited', 'non reviewers', and 'very disappoint' instead of 'very dissatisfied'. While the vocabulary is adequate to convey the basic subject matter, spelling and grammatical form errors occur frequently ('dissatisfactions', 'remains same'), restricting the lexical score to a band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. Examples of severe grammatical inaccuracies include 'The statistics compares', 'individuals visited', 'data which indicates... illustrate', and 'when museum were not restored'. Verb agreement and tense consistency are poorly controlled throughout the text. These frequent errors cause difficulty for the reader and mean the response falls squarely into the band 5.0 descriptor range.

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