Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-17
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)
Information about anthropology graduates from single university did after completing their undergraduate degree course and the funds of the anthropologists in work after five years is delineated by the provided chart.
Overall, at the prima facie glance, it can be visible that the almost more than half percentage of graduates like to pursue their full-time work after undergraduate degree rather than other category which contains different type of percentage like unemployed and part-time work. The highest percentage graduates of Government sector pursuing their work with highly paid job as compare to other sectors.
Digging deeper into the chart, it can be observed that the similar percentage of not known gradutes and full-time postgraduate individuals and also the identical percentage of freelance consulatants and government sector graduates who take 25,000-49,999 dollars and 50,000-74,999 dollars.
Scrutinizing deeper into the obtainable information, it can be clearly seen that the 50 percent graduates claiming money more than 100,000 dollars from government sector, whereas part-time work graduates has a three times more percentage than part-time work and postgraduate students have.
Hereby, I conclude my report.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response identifies two relevant broad features: full-time work is the largest destination, and government employees have the highest share in the top salary band. It also correctly notes that the shares for graduates whose destination is unknown and those in full-time postgraduate study are equal, and that part-time work is three times as common as part-time work combined with postgraduate study. However, coverage is partial: the overview does not clearly summarise the main destination figures, and the salary discussion omits the private-company pattern and most salary-band comparisons. The claim that graduates “like to pursue” full-time work suggests preference, which the chart does not establish. Report the data neutrally and select a few key comparisons to develop.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
There is some organisation: an opening statement is followed by an overview and two detail paragraphs, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Digging deeper” signal movement between sections. However, progression is not consistently clear because the paragraphs mix unrelated comparisons—for example, the third paragraph moves from destination categories to salary bands without explaining the relationship. The repeated phrases “Digging deeper” and “Scrutinizing deeper” are mechanical, while “Hereby, I conclude my report” adds no useful information. Group destination figures together, then organise the salary data by employment sector or salary band, using straightforward links such as “By contrast” and “In the highest band.”
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The response attempts a range of formal and less common expressions, including “delineated,” “prima facie,” and “Scrutinizing,” but several are unnatural or inaccurate in this context. “The funds” is not an appropriate description of salary data, and “graduates claiming money” is an imprecise way to describe earnings. There are also spelling errors, including “gradutes” and “consulatants,” and awkward combinations such as “highly paid job.” These choices sometimes make the intended meaning harder to follow, despite the reader being able to identify the main comparisons. Prefer precise chart language and familiar collocations: for example, “salary distribution,” “earned,” and “the proportion of graduates.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts longer sentences and subordinate clauses, but control is inconsistent, and errors sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to interpret. For example, “the almost more than half percentage of graduates like to pursue their full-time work” has an unclear noun phrase and verb construction; “part-time work graduates has” also has faulty agreement. Articles and prepositions are problematic in “from single university” and “after undergraduate degree,” while the opening sentence has an unclear structure linking the chart and table. Use simpler, controlled patterns such as “Just over half of graduates entered full-time work” and “In the government sector, half earned over $100,000.” Check agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries when revising.
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