Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-29
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 given chart illustrates the nature of work doing by antropology graduate students after their university, while the table represents average salaries getting by anthropologists after five years' work.
Overall, the pie chart shows that full-time workers are the largest in number, while students doing both work and postgrad study are lowest in their percentage. Meanwhile, full-time postgraduates and those about no information is availabe constitute same ratio. In the same way,the table describes that most of the students have become part of government sector, while lowest percentage of people have joined private companies.
The pie chart represents that 52 percent of whole graduates are doing full-time job, while only 5 percent of students are continuing postgrad study along with part-time work. Moving further, the information reveals that both unkown graduates and full-time postgrads comprises of 8 percent. However, 12 percent of graduate students remained unemployed while 15 percent of whole are earning through part-time work.
Moving further, the table 50 percent of goverment employees are getting more than 1 million sallary, while in private companies only 30 percent of people are getting the same amount.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The student attempts to cover both parts of the prompt, describing the pie chart and the table. However, there are significant inaccuracies in data interpretation. For instance, the student states that 'most of the students have become part of government sector' based on the table, but the table actually provides salary ranges for three different employment types rather than overall graduate numbers. Furthermore, the final sentence claims '50 percent of goverment employees are getting more than 1 million sallary'—a severe misreading of the $100,000+ bracket. While an overview is attempted, these data misinterpretations pull the score down to Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response is organised into paragraphs, with an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs dedicated to each visual. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'Meanwhile', and 'Moving further' are used to structure the text, though 'Moving further' is repeated awkwardly. Paragraphing is present, but logical progression between and within paragraphs is occasionally disrupted by confusing statements and mechanical referencing, such as 'those about no information is availabe constitute same ratio.' Cohesion is functional but at times clumsy, fitting Band 5.5 criteria.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for a basic summary of the charts, including terms like 'graduates', 'unemployed', 'freelance consultants', and 'government sector'. However, there are numerous word choice and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'antropology' for anthropology, 'getting' for earning/receiving, 'unkown' for unknown, and 'sallary' for salary. The range is limited and repetition of phrases like 'Moving further' and 'getting' restricts the score to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'The given chart illustrates the nature of work doing by antropology graduate students...'. However, grammatical accuracy is weak. There are frequent errors in verb forms ('work doing', 'salaries getting'), prepositions ('about no information', 'of whole'), and missing subject-verb elements in the final paragraph ('Moving further, the table 50 percent...'). These errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 5.0 descriptors.
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