Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows what Anthropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course. The table shows the salaries of the anthropologists in work after five years.

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

Student answer (Band 4.0)

The pie chart illustrates the destination of Anthropology students graduating from a formal qualification. The statistics presents the wages of the anthropologists working for five years.

Overall, majority of the anthropologists students were full-time employed, while the minority continued furthur studies with part-time

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the chart’s general subject and gives a broad overview that full-time work was the largest destination. However, it does not adequately summarise the visual: it reports no percentages, omits most graduate destinations, and says nothing about the salary table or comparisons among employment sectors. The claim that the minority “continued furthur studies with part-time” is also unclear and does not accurately capture the two separate postgraduate categories. The response is substantially under the required 150 words, leaving the task only minimally addressed. To improve, include a clear overview of the main patterns, then select key figures from both visuals—for example, the 52% in full-time work and the higher top salary band in government employment.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence introduces the visuals, followed by a separate overview beginning “Overall”. This gives the short response a recognisable sequence. However, the ideas are not developed into a coherent summary, and the second sentence ends abruptly with “with part-time”, leaving the relationship between part-time work and further study incomplete. There are no details or comparisons to create progression, and the link between the chart and table is not explained. Use separate paragraphs for an overview and key details, and connect comparisons explicitly—for instance, contrast the salary distributions across the three employment types.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “pie chart”, “destination”, “wages” and “full-time employed”, so the subject is generally recognisable. However, the range is very limited for describing two visuals, and some choices are inaccurate or awkward: “formal qualification” does not clearly mean graduates completing an undergraduate degree, while “statistics presents the wages” is an unnatural way to introduce the table. “Furthur” is also misspelled, and “continued furthur studies with part-time” is difficult to interpret. Build a more precise range for reporting data, such as “proportion”, “salary band”, “employment sector” and “pursued postgraduate study”, and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response contains two short sentences with basic clause structures, and the opening sentence is understandable. However, grammatical control is uneven: “The statistics presents” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “Overall, majority” is missing the article “the”. The phrase “while the minority continued furthur studies with part-time” is an incomplete construction, so the final idea is not expressed as a complete sentence. The limited sentence variety also prevents the writer from clearly comparing information. Practise accurate agreement and articles, and form complete sentences with a clear subject and verb; for example, “A small proportion combined part-time work with postgraduate study.”

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