Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-28
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 4.5)
The given pie chart demonstrates the proportion of students of a specific university students various jobs in six different categories after graduation, while the table depicts their pays of anthropologists after 5 years of graduating in 3 types of employments like Freelance Consultants, government sector and Private companies.
Overall, it can be depicted that more than half of the students were engaged in full-time work and least students contributed in part-time and postgraduate study. The most of the pupils worked in government sector and least were freelance consultants with most of
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response is severely under-length, containing only 91 words against the minimum requirement of 150 words. Because it cuts off mid-sentence ("with most of"), it fails to present a complete overview or report the main features and comparisons from both the chart and the table. While the student attempts to introduce the chart and mentions full-time work and government sector employment, the lack of completion and absence of data from the table means the task is only minimally addressed.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5
The response consists of only two sentences, the second of which is incomplete. Consequently, paragraphing and overall logical progression cannot be properly evaluated. While an initial overview marker ("Overall, it can be depicted that") is used, the abrupt ending severely disrupts the flow and cohesion of the text.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student attempts some subject-specific vocabulary such as "proportion", "undergraduate degree course", and "Freelance Consultants". However, there are awkward collocations and lexical errors, such as "students various jobs" and "their pays of anthropologists", demonstrating a limited and sometimes inaccurate range of vocabulary.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
The student attempts a complex sentence structure at the beginning ("The given pie chart demonstrates..."), but it is overly long and slightly clumsy. Due to the incomplete nature of the response, the range of grammatical structures is very limited. There are noticeable errors such as "students of a specific university students" and the fragment ending.
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