Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-05
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 5.5)
The oictorial chat depicts the information about the field in which anthropology gradutes pursue after degree course. While the table shows earning of anthropologist after cotinues work for 5 year.
In the general overview, majority of gradutes were worked as full time employer, whereas increment after 5 year could be obsvered only in government sector.
It is evident from the chart that least proportion of gradutes were procceed for part time work and postgradute study. More than half percentile of scholars were full time employers. The ratio of gradutes who worked as part time workers and complelety unemployed was 15% and 12% respectively. However, the graduates who were full-time postgraduate students were 8%, which were equal percentle of students whose information was not known.
Moving ahead, salaries increased after 5 year work as freelance consultant and in government sector whose income between [redacted phone]9 were by 5% , whereas in private companies were by 10%. As the saleries upsurged in every field, increment after 5 year could be increased with difference of 10%. Interestingly, the employess whose salries were above 1 lakh, salaries incremented by 40% in freelance consultant and by 30% in private companies.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The response attempts to address both parts of the task by summarizing the chart regarding graduate destinations and the table showing salaries. However, the coverage is only partial and uneven. For instance, the student misinterprets the percentage for full-time work, stating that 'More than half percentile of scholars were full time employers' (misreading full-time workers), and struggles to accurately explain the salary data in the final paragraph. While an overview is attempted ('majority of gradutes were worked as full time employer'), key features and comparisons are not fully or accurately developed, keeping the response at a limited level of task fulfillment.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response displays some organization with a clear paragraph structure separating the introduction, overview, chart details, and table details. However, the progression of ideas is sometimes hindered by awkward transitions and mechanical or faulty referencing, such as 'Moving ahead,' and 'whose income between 25000-49999 were by 5%'. Cohesive devices are used, but they are occasionally inaccurate or repetitive, and referencing is not always clear, which prevents the essay from achieving a more fluid and logical progression throughout.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and contains frequent noticeable errors in spelling, word choice, and word formation that cause some difficulty for the reader. Examples include 'oictorial chat' instead of pictorial chart, 'gradutes' for graduates, 'cotinues' for continuous, 'obsvered' for observed, and 'upsurged' used inappropriately. The student attempts some less common vocabulary related to the prompt, but inaccuracies in collocation and spelling restrict the lexical range and precision needed for higher bands.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response shows a limited range of sentence structures with frequent grammatical errors that can cause difficulty for the reader. There are persistent issues with subject-verb agreement and tense consistency, such as 'majority of gradutes were worked' and 'salaries increased after 5 year work... whose income between 25000-49999 were by 5%'. Attempts at complex sentences are often faulty, and errors in prepositions and plurals occur regularly throughout the text, reflecting a basic control of grammar.
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