Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-07

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

Here i will have to look an island 'Caribbean' island . People go there on ships to reach there they have to stay on 'cruise ship' in 2010 there are very few people who went there but in 2011 number of visitors increase and gradually people go to there and in 2017 there were 3.5 visitors who went on Caribbean island. People went there to explore new things see nature as time passes people become more anxious to see and explore new palces/nature and same happened in island people stay alot in ship and then reach there.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response makes a limited attempt to describe the island’s visitor numbers, but it does not adequately summarise the graph’s main features. It mentions an increase and gives the 2017 total as 3.5 million, which matches the chart, but it does not clearly distinguish total visitors from those staying on cruise ships or on the island. The claim that visitors “stay alot in ship and then reach there” misinterprets the categories: the graph compares where visitors stay, not how they travel to the island. The explanation about people becoming “more anxious” to explore nature is unsupported. The response is also 53 words below the required minimum. To improve, provide a clear overview and compare the two visitor groups using key figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic chronological thread, moving from 2010 to 2017, and the reader can identify the general idea that visitor numbers rose. However, the response is presented as one long, loosely connected passage, with no clear overview or organised comparison of the graph’s categories. Linking phrases such as “but,” “and,” and “as time passes” do not establish precise relationships between the data, and the shift to speculation about why people visit interrupts the progression. Some references, including “there” and “same happened in island,” are unclear. Organise the report into an introduction, an overview, and focused details, grouping figures by trend and using clear references to the total and each type of accommodation.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a small set of relevant words, including “visitors,” “increase,” “cruise ship,” and “island,” so its general subject is recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and often imprecise for describing a graph. Phrases such as “very few people,” “people go to there,” and “people stay alot in ship” do not express the data accurately or naturally. “Anxious” is not an appropriate choice for describing growing interest, and “palces” is misspelled. Build a more suitable range for reporting trends and comparisons, such as “rose steadily,” “remained stable,” “visitors staying on the island,” and “the total reached.” These choices would make the account clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts to connect ideas in longer sentences, but it relies heavily on simple structures joined together, and control is inconsistent. For example, “in 2010 there are very few people who went there” shifts awkwardly between present and past, while “in 2017 there were 3.5 visitors” does not clearly express the intended quantity. Articles and sentence boundaries are also problematic: “an island 'Caribbean' island” is not a well-formed opening, and the passage contains several run-on sentences. Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, including the lowercase opening “Here i.” Practise accurate past-tense reporting, complete sentence boundaries, and straightforward comparative structures, such as “The total rose from one million in 2010 to 3.5 million in 2017.”

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