Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-10

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 5.0)

The pie chart compares the who are graduating anthropology in one university . While table provides data on the salary of the anthropology in three different categories.

Overall, after graduate anthropology students highest share in full time jobs. While very few people are prefer to work with part time work and postgraduate study.

However, freelance consultants and government sector salary increase slightly after five years, private companies salary small fluctuated.

After graduate students prefer to work ,Full time jobs was largest share 52% compare to part time and unemployed 15% and 12% respectively. Although few people choice full time postgraduate study and not known only 8% . However, the smallest share of part time work and postgraduate study just only 5%.

In contract, salary of anthropology students freelance consultants jobs was increased slightly over the period.,5% to 40%. Whenever, the highest salary Position grew in income government sector 5% to 50%. Hence private companies salary fluctuating over the five years staring at 10% to ending at 30%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main destination, correctly noting that full-time work was the largest category at 52%, and you include several other destination figures. You also attempt to compare salary bands across the three employment types. However, the overview is incomplete: it does not highlight the broad salary pattern, such as the higher proportions earning at least $75,000 in government and freelance work than in private companies. Some descriptions are inaccurate or unclear. The salary figures are distributions across income bands, not changes over time, so claims that salaries “increase” or “fluctuat[e] over the five years” misrepresent the table. Report the percentages within each category and make direct comparisons between them.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure, with an introduction, an overview and separate paragraphs for destinations and salaries. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is divided. However, progression within paragraphs is uneven, and several linking expressions do not show the intended relationship: “However,” and “Hence” are used where a straightforward comparison or continuation would be clearer. The salary paragraph also moves from one employment type to another without a consistent comparison framework. Organise the details by chart and then compare the same salary bands across sectors, using simple, accurate links such as “by contrast” or “whereas.” Clearer referencing would also help readers follow which figures belong to each group.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “full time jobs,” “unemployed,” “freelance consultants” and “government sector,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “the who are graduating anthropology” and “highest salary Position grew in income” do not express the intended ideas naturally. “Salary fluctuating” is also an imprecise description of percentages distributed across salary bands. Aim for accurate chart language such as “the proportion earning,” “salary band,” and “accounted for,” and check word forms and spelling, including “in contrast” rather than “in contract.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use longer sentences and contrast, but the range is limited and complex constructions are often faulty. The opening, “The pie chart compares the who are graduating anthropology,” lacks a grammatical structure, while “after graduate anthropology students highest share in full time jobs” omits necessary subjects and verbs. Verb forms and agreement are also problematic in “Full time jobs was largest share” and “private companies salary fluctuating.” Punctuation and sentence boundaries are inconsistent, including the comma splice and full stop in “over the period.,5% to 40%.” These errors frequently make the reader work to infer the intended meaning. Build accurate simple sentences first, then add controlled comparisons using clauses such as “whereas” and “while.”

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