Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-08-27
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The chart below shows the results of a survey about people’s coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 4.0)
The pie chart illustrate the destination of Anthropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course, the table chart gives information about incomes of the anthropologists in employment after five years.
Overall, in the pie chart there are different types of segments, full time work is the largest segment and lowest segment is part time work with study. In the table chart different type of employment working in different sector.
First of all, full time work is the largest segment was 52%, 15% was part-time work, 5% was part-time work plus postgraduate study, 8% was full time postgeaduate sudy, 12% was unemployed and 8% was not known.
Finally, In the freelance consaltants, only 5% earned between $25000-$49999, 15% earned between $50000-$74999, 40% earned between $75000-$99999, 40% earned between $[redacted phone] or more. In the government sector 5% earned between $25000-$49999, 15% earned between $50000-$74999, 30% earned between $75000-$99999, 50% earned between $[redacted phone] or more. Lastly, in the private companies, 10% earned between $25000-$49999, 35% earned between $50000-$74999, 25% earned between $75000-$99999, 30% earned between $[redacted phone] or more.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 1.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 1.0
The response is completely off-topic. The task required a summary of a chart regarding coffee and tea habits in Australian cities, but the student wrote about anthropology graduates and their incomes. Consequently, the response fails to address the prompt entirely. While the student provides a summary of the data they chose to present, this does not fulfill the requirements of the task set. In an official IELTS examination, this would be treated as a memorized or irrelevant response, resulting in a very low score for Task Achievement as the actual data provided in the prompt was ignored.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The response is organized into paragraphs, and there is some attempt at logical sequencing using transition words like 'Overall', 'First of all', and 'Finally'. However, the lack of relevance to the prompt makes the overall progression nonsensical in the context of the exam. The use of cohesive devices is mechanical and repetitive, and the referencing is confusing because the content does not match the provided visual data. Paragraphing is present, but it does not serve the purpose of organizing a relevant report.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary is adequate for describing charts, using terms like 'segment', 'employment', 'sector', and 'earned'. However, there are several spelling errors, such as 'postgeaduate', 'sudy', and 'consaltants'. The range of vocabulary is limited and repetitive, focusing mostly on basic descriptions of percentages and categories. While the language is sufficient to convey the meaning of the (incorrect) data being presented, it lacks the precision and variety required for higher bands.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response contains a mix of simple and some complex sentence structures. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('The pie chart illustrate') and missing articles or prepositions. Punctuation is generally functional, but the sentence structure is often repetitive. While the errors do not always impede the reader's understanding of the numbers being presented, the frequency of basic grammatical slips prevents the response from reaching a higher band.
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