Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The charts below show the proportions of British students at one university in England who were able to speak other languages in addition to English, in 2000 and 2010

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

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The given pie charts illustrate the information about percentage of British students able to speak different languages along english at one university in England between 2000 and 2010.

Overall, no other language, another language and two other languages accounted for largest perportion in 2010 than 2000, while french, spanish represented dropped share of total. In contrast, german remained constant in both years.

At first glance, it is clear that perportion of students who speak no other language accounted for 30% in 2000, followed by 10% of two other languages and german, spanish at 20%. moreover, french and another language were spoken by 15% respectively.

On further analysis, it is clearly seen that in 2010, no other laguage ranked first same as in 2000, whereas spanish, french and german language

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response only partially addresses the task requirements and is notably cut off before completion, ending abruptly mid-sentence. Additionally, the length requirement is not met, as the response falls short of the 150-word minimum by 21 words. While there is an attempt to provide an overview and report some features from the charts, the information presented is incomplete and lacks full development. Key comparisons between the two years are mentioned generally, but the data is not fully explored or synthesized across all categories, reflecting a minimal and restricted response to the visual prompt.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some basic organisation with attempts at paragraphing and introductory signposts such as 'Overall' and 'At first glance'. However, the overall progression is limited, and the text breaks off prematurely, preventing a fully developed structure. Cohesive devices are used in a basic and somewhat mechanical manner, and referencing is occasionally unclear, such as the ambiguous transitions between data points. Paragraph breaks are attempted, but the lack of a completed body and concluding structure restricts the logical flow of ideas across the text.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is minimally adequate for the task, featuring basic terms and repetitive structures like 'accounted for' and 'perportion'. There are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, such as 'perportion' instead of 'proportion', 'french' and 'german' lacking capitalisation, and awkward phrasing like 'along english'. Attempts to use less common vocabulary are limited and occasionally inaccurate. While these errors do not completely obscure the intended meaning, they restrict the lexical range and precision expected for higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The range of grammatical structures is limited, relying mostly on simple sentences with occasional, faulty attempts at complex forms. There are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation, including missing articles ('percentage of British students'), incorrect prepositions ('along english' instead of 'alongside English'), and failure to capitalise proper adjectives like 'french', 'spanish', and 'german'. These frequent errors require some effort from the reader to decode, though basic meaning can generally be inferred. Sentence patterns remain repetitive throughout the short text.

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