Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-10-09

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 charts here demonstrate 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. By peering through charts, it is shown a wide difference among the percentage of British students able to pontificate languages other than English, in 2000 and 2010.

The ratio of students speaking two other languages increaced marginally in 10 years. Whereas, the interest of students in learning the german language not much likely to deleop among 2000 to 2010. If to mention spanish and french, combined, learners lost their interest abruptly and seemed to focus on other languages instead.

Moreover, chiefly, native speakers preffered to stick to their native language, in fact tend to increase within these 10 years. They showed less interest in learning any other language with the passage of time maybe because of the level of difficulty in learning them.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several relevant changes, including the rise in students speaking two other languages and the increase in those reporting no other language. However, the response only partially reports the charts: it gives no figures, omits the “another language” category, and does not clearly compare the main proportions. The claim that students “lost their interest” in Spanish and French is an unsupported explanation; the charts show their shares fell, not why. The suggestion that native speakers preferred their native language also misinterprets “no other language.” The response is 127 words, below the 150-word minimum, and 25 words copied from the task prompt were not counted. Include an accurate overview and key figures to develop the summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some organisation: it begins with an introduction and then groups observations about language categories, using transitions such as “Whereas” and “Moreover.” However, the progression is not consistently clear, and the ideas are not arranged as a systematic comparison of the two years. The second paragraph combines several categories without figures, while the final paragraph repeats the idea of reduced interest and adds speculation about difficulty. Some linking is awkward, particularly the sentence beginning “Whereas,” which is not connected smoothly to the preceding sentence. A clearer structure would be an introduction, a concise overview of the largest changes, and a paragraph comparing the remaining categories with data.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of vocabulary, including “proportions,” “marginally,” “abruptly,” and “passage of time,” but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing charts. “Pontificate languages” does not mean speak languages, and “peering through charts” is not an appropriate way to introduce a visual summary. Phrases such as “interest … in learning” and “native speakers preferred to stick to their native language” introduce meanings that the data cannot establish. Spelling errors such as “increaced,” “preffered,” and “deleop” also reduce clarity. Use precise reporting language, for example “the proportion speaking Spanish fell” or “the share with no other language increased,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts at complex sentence forms, including “Whereas…” and “If to mention Spanish and French…,” but these constructions are often faulty or incomplete. For example, “By peering through charts, it is shown…” has an unclear grammatical subject, and “the interest … not much likely to deleop” lacks a well-formed verb phrase. The sentence beginning “Whereas” is a fragment, while “If to mention…” is not a correct conditional structure. Articles and sentence patterns also need attention in phrases such as “among 2000 and 2010.” These errors sometimes make the intended relationships difficult to follow. Practise complete, direct sentences such as “The proportion speaking German remained unchanged at 10%.”

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