Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-27

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 4.0)

This graphs illustrate the carbon emissions per person from 1967 to 2007 in the UK ,sweden italy and portugal in metric tonnes.first of all i like to discuss about uk production of carbon emission is too high starting from 11 metric ton in 1967 to 9 metric tonnes in 2007 constat carbon emmisiion in uk. where as sweden is also highly carbon emmissions in 1967with the hype of 10 metric tonness but the late 1990 they reduced their emmissions by 5.5 metric tonnes which is effectively very low in that region where as italy is reletively not producing carbon emmissions in 1967 but now they hyped about 3.5 metric toonesin last 40 years ,portugal having same issue is observed by diagrams that portugal have 1.5 metric tonnes production in 1967but now they jumped 4.5 metric tonnes in 2007 ,i have summarize this each country is producing more carbon emmssion is compared to past and its an alarming situation for us .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response attempts to address the prompt by reporting figures for the UK, Sweden, Italy, and Portugal between 1967 and 2007. However, the task achievement is hindered by several inaccurate data readings (for instance, stating the UK started at 11 and went to 9, or that Italy went to 3.5, and Portugal jumped to 4.5). Furthermore, the overview provided at the end ("each country is producing more carbon emmssion is compared to past") is factually incorrect for the UK and Sweden, both of which saw significant decreases from their peak or starting points. The writing includes conversational personal interjections ("first of all i like to discuss about"), which detracts from the formal academic tone required for Task 1.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The response is written as one single, long, continuous run-on sentence without any paragraph breaks or proper punctuation (such as periods or capital letters for proper nouns like 'sweden', 'italy', and 'portugal'). There is a lack of logical progression, and cohesive devices are rudimentary, repetitive, and often misused (such as excessive and chained uses of 'where as'). The absence of paragraphing and punctuation makes the text difficult to follow and cohesive management highly faulty throughout.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, with frequent spelling errors (e.g., 'emmisiion', 'reletively', 'toonesin', 'emmssion'). The student attempts some less common terms like 'production' and 'region', but word choices are frequently imprecise or unnatural, such as 'hype' or 'jumped' used inconsistently. The constant misspelling of common words and limited control over lexical items constrain the communication and place the response firmly in the lower band range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical structure is extremely weak, consisting primarily of a massive run-on sentence joined by comma splices and conjunctions like 'where as' rather than distinct, well-formed clauses. There are severe punctuation errors, including a complete lack of capitalisation for country names and sentence beginnings, alongside missing periods. Grammatical accuracy is very poor, with frequent errors in verb tense, prepositions, and subject-verb agreement that constantly impede the reader's understanding.

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