Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-14
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 char below illustrates what anthropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course. The table depicts the earnings of anthropologist in work after five years.
After completing undergraduate degree course most of the graduates doing full time work.
Anthropology graduates did after the finishing one year degree course, most of the them doing full time work with 52%. Part time workers are 15% and 12% are unemployed. Anthropology graduates, who doing part time work + postgrad study are only 5%. There are the same percentage of anthropology graduates 8% that are full time postgrad study and not know.
The salaries of anthropology graduates after doing 5 year work in three different types of employment. Percentage of employee who eran $2,000-49,999 is 5% same as in government sector, while private companies has 10% employee. 15% employee work in freelance consultant and government sector that earn $50,000- 74,999 and 35% in private companies. In freelance consultants, 40% employee salary is $75,000-99,999. Whereas, 30% and 25% in government sector amd private companies respectively. Salaries with $100,000+ most employee in government sector, followed by freelance sector and private companies 40% and 30% considerably.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response covers the main features of both the pie chart and the table, noting key percentages such as the 52% in full-time work and the breakdown of salaries. The student attempts to make comparisons, such as contrasting the percentages across sectors for different salary brackets. However, some data points are misreported or awkward (e.g. stating 'salaries with $100,000+ most employee in government sector'). While all parts of the visual prompt are addressed, the development of ideas is somewhat limited and lacks a cohesive overview paragraph, placing the response at a Band 5.5 to 6.0 level. Band 6.0 is awarded as all parts are addressed with relevant, though occasionally imprecise, details.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response has an overall structure split into two paragraphs corresponding to the two visual prompts. However, progression within the paragraphs is frequently hindered by mechanical referencing and faulty cohesion. Sentences are often disjointed, such as 'Anthropology graduates did after the finishing one year degree course...' and 'There are the same percentage of anthropology graduates 8% that are full time postgrad study and not know.' Paragraphing is used to separate the chart from the table, but the internal logical flow is weak. This corresponds to Band 5.0, where there is some organization but no clear overall progression, and cohesive devices are inadequate or inaccurate.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary to discuss employment and salaries, including terms like 'undergraduate degree course', 'unemployed', 'government sector', and 'freelance consultant'. However, there are numerous lexical and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'pie char' instead of 'chart', 'anthropologist in work' instead of 'anthropologists in work', 'eran' instead of 'earn', and 'amd' instead of 'and'. Word choice is frequently awkward or unidiomatic, such as 'not know' instead of 'unknown' or 'not specified'. These errors reflect Band 5.0, where the vocabulary is minimally adequate with noticeable errors causing some difficulty for the reader.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is weak. There are frequent missing verbs, missing articles, and awkward phrasing, such as 'most of the graduates doing full time work' (missing auxiliary/main verb) and 'who doing part time work' (missing auxiliary). Subject-verb agreement and preposition use are also problematic, as seen in 'Percentage of employee who eran... is 5% same as in government sector, while private companies has 10% employee.' These frequent grammatical errors and awkward structures place the response firmly at Band 5.0, where attempts at complex sentences are often faulty and errors cause difficulty.
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