Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-04

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 line graph illustrate the quantity of tourist visiting a visitors staying on cruise ship,visitors staying on island and total quantity of visitors and the period of 2010 to 2017.

Overall,it can clearly seen that there are many increase and decrese in the numbers of visitors in the diffrent periods.

In, the year 2010 the quantity of visitors staying on cruise ships that was around 0.3millions in the year 2010,in 2011 it increse to 0.5 after that increse it decline to again 0.3 and after that its rapidly increse to 1million in it was contineously going up at the end it reach to 2million in the year 2017.

Beside this the visitors whom staying on island the quantity of them was 0.8 in the begining year 2010 it was remain constant until 2011 after 2011 it was rapidly increse to 1.5 in 2013 it was stayed constant until 2015. therefore its start down fall it came to 1.3 million in the period 2016 and the final year its increse to 2million.the total number of visitors in caribbean island in the all years at the begging it was 1 million and it the final year it increase to 3.5 million .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and report several relevant figures, including the rise in cruise-ship visitors from about 0.3 million to 2 million and the total’s increase from 1 million to 3.5 million. You also describe the island-staying figure as broadly stable after reaching 1.5 million, which captures part of its pattern. However, the overview is too vague: “many increase and decrese” does not clearly summarise the overall growth in total visitors or the contrasting trends in the two categories. There is also a significant factual error: island visitors finish at about 1.5 million, not 2 million. Develop a concise overview and compare the categories more accurately, including the cruise-ship total overtaking island visitors by the final year.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence: an introduction, an overview, and descriptions of the two visitor categories, followed by the total. This gives the reader some organisation, and time markers such as “in 2011” and “in 2017” help locate changes. However, progression within the body is difficult to follow because several long sentences join many figures and changes together. For example, the cruise-ship account moves from 2010 through 2017 in one sentence, with repeated “after that” and unclear references such as “it.” The island and total information are also crowded into one paragraph. Use separate, clearly focused paragraphs and shorter sentences, grouping related trends and using linking phrases selectively.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “visitors,” “quantity,” “constant,” and “decline,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being described. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “quantity of tourist,” “many increase,” and “start down fall.” Repeated use of “increase” and “visitors” also makes the account less precise. Spelling errors—including “decrese,” “diffrent,” “begining,” and “contineously”—are noticeable and sometimes slow the reader. Build a more accurate set of trend expressions, such as “the number of visitors,” “rose steadily,” “remained stable,” and “fell slightly,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts to describe changes over time and includes some clauses linked with “after” and “until,” but sentence structures are mostly repetitive, and attempts to combine several events often become difficult to control. Errors occur frequently in verb forms and sentence construction: “The line graph illustrate” lacks subject–verb agreement, while “it was remain constant” and “it was stayed constant” use incorrect verb patterns. Articles and prepositions are also often missing or misplaced, as in “in the period 2016.” Punctuation is inconsistent, with run-on sentences and missing spaces after full stops. Practise accurate past-tense forms and build shorter sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while maintaining clear punctuation.

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