Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-13

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 5.5)

The given line graph represents the tourist movement on Caribbean island from year 2010 to 2017. visitng in cruise ships and staying on the island.

firstly, the people staying on island in the year 2010 was at 0.75 million visitors and the visitors staying on cruise ships was half of the visitors staying on island. One year later the tourist staying staying on island was the same as the last year but tourist staying on cruise had a increase reaching upto 0.5 million. following year the people staying on island had and uptrend for two years reaching 1.5 million visitors and in year 2013, 2014, 2015 it was stable and had drop in the year 2016 but then in 2017 it was as same as the year 2015. Lastly the tourist staying on the cruise had a countious uptrend for the next five years gaining more visitors than the visitors staying on island in the year 2017 it reached upto 2million visitors.

overall its observed from all perspective that the total visitors to Caribbean island was highest in the year 2017 and the lowest in the year 2010. The visitors have been increasing significantly between year 2010 to 2017. woth cruise ship visitos increasing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall pattern: total visitor numbers rose from the lowest point in 2010 to a peak in 2017, and cruise-ship visitors grew substantially. Several figures and comparisons are also reported accurately, including 0.75 million island visitors in 2010 and 2 million cruise-ship visitors in 2017. However, the account of island visitors is unclear: it says they rose for two years and then were stable in 2013–2015, although the rise to 1.5 million occurred by 2013, followed by stability through 2015. The overview would be stronger if it explicitly compared the two categories and noted that island stays were higher for most years, while cruise visitors overtook them in 2017. Some key trends are covered, but not all are presented precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable sequence, moving from the island-stay figures to cruise-ship visitors and then to an overall summary. This gives the reader a basic structure, and time markers such as “One year later” and “in 2017” help locate changes. However, the first paragraph is difficult to follow because several years and trends are compressed into one long sentence, particularly the account beginning “following year.” The opening fragment and the final overview are also separated awkwardly, and “overall” repeats information rather than adding a clear comparison. Use distinct paragraphs for an introduction, overview, and grouped details, and connect each trend with clear references to the relevant series.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “visitors,” “stable,” “uptrend,” and “increasing,” so the main subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or repetitive: “tourist movement” is not a natural description of the data, and “had a countious uptrend” is both misspelled and awkwardly phrased. “Reaching upto” is repeated, while “people staying on island” could be expressed more precisely and consistently as “visitors staying on the island.” Spelling errors such as “visitng,” “woth,” and “visitos” also reduce control. Aim for accurate trend language and vary it selectively, for example “rose steadily,” “remained unchanged,” and “reached a peak.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to combine ideas using time clauses and contrast, as in “but then in 2017,” and the reader can usually understand the intended trends. However, sentence control is uneven, especially in the long sentence describing island visitors. There are errors in agreement and verb forms, such as “the people staying on island … was” and “the tourist … had a increase.” Articles and sentence boundaries are also inconsistent: the opening is a fragment, and several clauses run together without clear punctuation. To improve, use shorter, complete sentences and check subject–verb agreement, articles, and past-tense forms. For example, write “The number of visitors staying on the island was 0.75 million” rather than “the people … was at 0.75 million.”

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