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 graph depicts the future directions of Anthropology undergraduate students from one institute after completeting their graduation. The tabular data presents the income of the institutes alumni. After working for half a decade.

Overall, majority of the students got a full time work. Some of them continued studying as a post graduate student. The income after five years depends on the type of employement such as freelance consultant, government sector, private companies. They have a wide variation in thier distribtion

Full time work the most popular choice among the graduates at 52%. The secong highest was part time work that was the destination for 15% of the students. Some even started studying further in the field. 8% of them only pick to continue their post graduate programs while 5% did both post grad study as wel as part time work. A small percentage of students were remained unemployed around 12%. The remaning 8% had not given data on their destination.

Salaries were divided into 4 groups: one fourth to half of hundred thousand dollars, fifty to seventy-five thousand dollars, seventy five to upto hundred thousand dollars and last more exceeding hundred thousand dollars. Which we see the government sector has the highest salary of over 50% in the $100,000+. and the they also had the least on th

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address both parts of the prompt by summarizing the chart regarding graduate destinations and the table regarding salaries. Key features are selected, such as full-time work being the most popular choice at 52% and the breakdown of salary brackets. However, the response suffers from significant structural and content omissions, particularly ending abruptly mid-sentence in the final paragraph ("and the they also had the least on th"). Furthermore, some data is inaccurate or misinterpreted, such as stating that "a small percentage of students were remained unemployed around 12%" when the chart likely indicates something else or contains specific categories. The comparison of salaries is incomplete and trails off before a clear conclusion can be reached. Because key parts of the task are left undeveloped and unfinished, the score reflects a partial and incomplete attempt at the prompt.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is organized into short paragraphs representing different parts of the data, but the logical progression is frequently disrupted. For instance, the second paragraph consists of disconnected sentences that do not properly tie the overview together ("They have a wide variation in thier distribtion"). Cohesive devices are used minimally and sometimes awkwardly, such as abrupt transitions between the pie chart and the table data. Paragraphing is attempted, but the final paragraph breaks off completely mid-sentence, destroying the coherence of the conclusion. Referencing is occasionally confusing, and the overall arrangement lacks the smooth progression expected at higher bands. While the reader can generally follow the division between the graph and the table, the mechanical cohesion and incomplete ending limit the score to a 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a limited but minimally adequate range of vocabulary for describing graphical data, using terms like "future directions," "tabular data," "income," and "employement." However, there are numerous spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, including "completeting," "institutes" (missing apostrophe for institute's), "employement," "thier," "distribtion," "secong," and "remaning." The writer attempts some less common vocabulary such as "freelance consultant" and "government sector," but the lexical control is weak, and noticeable errors cause occasional difficulty for the reader. The vocabulary is repetitive in places, relying on basic structures to describe percentages and categories, placing this response firmly in the Band 5 category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as "The income after five years depends on the type of employement such as freelance consultant, government sector, private companies." However, grammatical accuracy is low, with frequent errors including fragment sentences ("After working for half a decade."), incorrect verb forms ("students were remained unemployed"), and missing prepositions or articles. Furthermore, punctuation and sentence boundary errors are prevalent, culminating in a broken sentence at the very end of the text. While simple structures are sometimes handled adequately, complex attempts often result in faulty grammar that requires the reader to decode the meaning. These persistent errors restrict the score to Band 5.

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