Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-16
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The graph below shows the data of four different countries and their average intake of carbon dioxide emissions per person between 1967 and 2007.
In total fifty years of record, less co2 was released from portugal per person, while the most co2 released by the united kindom. Furthermore, italy was the second least contaminated country, whereas sweden was the second highest in releasing emission of co2 in year 1967.
Portugal and Italy were both the scored less in carbon dioxide inatke in intially years but their start showing continuous growth after every decade. In 1967, Portugal and Italy only scored 1 to 4 tons of co2 per person
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5
The response fails to meet the minimum word count requirement of 150 words, stopping abruptly at 108 words. Consequently, the coverage of the visual data is incomplete and underdeveloped. While the student attempts to highlight some main features, such as identifying the UK as having the highest emissions and Portugal as having the lowest, the data reporting contains inaccuracies and lacks an effective overview. For instance, the reference to Italy and Portugal 'only scored 1 to 4 tons' is vague, and the writing tails off before summarizing the end of the period or key trends like Italy and Portugal's upward trajectory.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The essay attempts a logical structure by breaking information into introductory and body paragraphs, but the abrupt ending severely disrupts overall cohesion and progression. Basic cohesive devices are used, such as 'Furthermore' and 'whereas', but referencing is sometimes clumsy or unclear, as seen in phrases like 'the most co2 released by the united kindom' (missing verbs and incomplete comparative structures). Paragraphing is attempted, but the final paragraph is left as an incomplete fragment.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The lexical range is limited and repetitive, with vocabulary mostly restricted to basic terms related to the prompt, such as 'emissions', 'countries', and 'carbon dioxide'. There are several noticeable word choice and collocation issues, such as 'average intake of carbon dioxide emissions', 'contaminated country', and 'releasing emission of co2'. Spelling errors are also present, including 'portugal' and 'united kindom' (capitalization issues) and 'inatke' and 'intially'.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5
The writer demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying primarily on simple or awkwardly constructed complex sentences. Frequent errors in grammar, word form, and syntax impede communication in places, such as in the sentence 'In total fifty years of record, less co2 was released from portugal per person, while the most co2 released by the united kindom.' Additionally, the final sentence 'their start showing continuous growth' contains a tense and subject-verb agreement error.
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