Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-16

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 4.0)

the pie chart illustrates, antropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course.and salaries of the anthropologists in work after five years

overall,pie chart is divided into 5 part full-time work ,part time work,part time work+postgraduate study ,full time postgraduate study ,unemplyed .salary

full time workers has the highest portion of salary and part time work+post graduate study is the lowest

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the general subject of both visuals and attempts an overview by noting that full-time work is the largest destination and part-time work combined with postgraduate study is the smallest. However, it misreads the salary table: “full-time workers has the highest portion of salary” is not supported, since the table compares salary bands by employment type, not graduate destinations. It also says the pie chart has five parts, omitting “not known,” and gives no accurate salary comparisons or figures. The response is only 45 words, well below the required 150; the 20 words copied from the prompt are excluded from that count. To improve, report the main destination percentages and compare the salary distributions across the three employment types.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence introduces the visuals, followed by a paragraph beginning “overall” that tries to summarise the main features. This gives the reader a minimal sense of sequence. However, the ideas are not developed into a clear report, and the overview combines unrelated information by linking full-time work to the “highest portion of salary.” The list of pie-chart categories is also difficult to follow because it runs together with “salary.” Use separate paragraphs for the graduate destinations and the salary table, and connect each comparison clearly. A fuller structure with an introduction, overview, and two focused detail sections would make the information easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant task vocabulary, including “graduates,” “undergraduate degree course,” “full-time work,” and “postgraduate study,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is narrow and several spelling and word-form errors reduce precision, such as “antropology,” “unemplyed,” and “post graduate.” The phrase “highest portion of salary” is also an imprecise collocation for describing the table; “highest proportion in the top salary band” would be clearer. Build a wider set of accurate terms for reporting data, such as “accounted for,” “salary bracket,” and “employment sector,” and check spelling and hyphenation before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The response attempts simple statements and a basic overview, but grammatical control is weak and the sentence structures are very limited. The opening is a fragment: “the pie chart illustrates, antropology graduates … did” lacks a clear grammatical construction, and the following “and salaries…” is not a complete clause. In “full time workers has,” the plural subject does not agree with the singular verb; the sentence also lacks a clear relationship between workers and salary. Punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent, with missing spaces after commas and a full stop separating clauses awkwardly. Practise complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use accurate comparisons such as “The proportion of graduates in full-time work was the largest.”

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