Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-17
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 5.0)
The line chart illustrates the number visitors going a particular Caribbean island for the year 2010 to 2017. The units show millions of visitors or the given year. Overall, chart shows 3 types of people going to island are visitors staying on cruise ship, staying on island, and total num of people going to island.
In the year 2010 number of people going on cruise ship is compared higher than the year 2012 and this number is continuously increasing till the year 2017 and this number is reaches to 2 million. Number of people staying on cruise ship is same for the year 2010 and 2011, after that this number is increasing till year 2015, in 2016 this number reduced in the year 2016, number of people is 1.5 million by the year 2017. Total number of people visiting island is frequently increasing from the year 2010, in the year 2017 it reaches to 3.5 million.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
You identify the chart’s three series and report some important overall movement, including the rise in total visitors to 3.5 million in 2017 and the growth in cruise-ship visitors to 2 million. However, the overview mainly lists the categories rather than summarising the key trends, and several comparisons are inaccurate or unclear. For example, cruise-ship numbers did not increase continuously: they fell from about 0.5 million in 2011 to 0.25 million in 2012. The statement that island-staying visitors were the same in 2010 and 2011 is correct, but the later account misstates their pattern: they rose to 1.5 million, then dipped in 2016 and recovered. Select and compare these main trends more accurately, and distinguish the two visitor groups clearly.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic sequence: an introduction, a general comment, and then details about the visitor groups and total. This gives the reader some organisation, and time markers such as “after that” and “by the year 2017” help indicate chronology. However, there is no clear progression between the series, and the second paragraph becomes difficult to follow because it shifts between cruise-ship visitors and island visitors without clear separation. Repeated phrases such as “this number” also make the references uncertain. Use separate, logically ordered paragraphs for the overview and key details, and use explicit labels such as “cruise-ship visitors” and “visitors staying on the island” rather than relying on repeated pronouns.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “line chart,” “millions of visitors,” “increasing,” and “reduced,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several phrases are repetitive or imprecise, such as “number of people going to island” and repeated uses of “this number.” Some word combinations are unnatural, including “number visitors going” and “compared higher.” These choices sometimes make the intended comparison harder to understand. Aim for concise, accurate reporting language—for example, “the number of visitors,” “rose to,” “fell to,” and “remained stable.” Vary the terms for the two categories carefully, while avoiding vague references that could confuse which series you mean.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response communicates the broad subject and some figures, but grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes make relationships between ideas unclear. Examples include the missing article and preposition in “the number visitors going a particular Caribbean island,” the faulty verb form in “this number is reaches to 2 million,” and the awkward construction “in 2016 this number reduced in the year 2016.” Subject–verb agreement and tense control are also inconsistent, as in “chart shows” and “number … is continuously increasing.” Most sentences follow a similar simple pattern, while attempts to combine events often produce faulty structures. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build clear comparisons with forms such as “rose from … to …” and “while … remained stable.”
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