Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Percentage of households with electrical appliances (1920-2019)

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The line graph compares the use of electrical appliances such as washing machine,refrigaerator and vacuum cleaner in a country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, washing machine shared a high value in the begining but refrigerator and vacuum cleaner took the edge in 2019.However,The use of home tools was very high in 1920 but there is decline in the number of hours in 2019.

There was a jump in the percentage of washing machine in 1940 and other two remain as same as washing machine .However,there there was a flucuation the number of washing machine throughout the period .Refrigerator was steadily incrasing all the years and from 1980 it took 100 percent up to 2019. The cleaner stayed the same from 2000 to 2019 .

The number of hours was high with 50 in 1920 but there was a sharp decline untill 1960 and now it takes only 10 hurs .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the overall contrast between rising appliance ownership and falling housework time, and you include several relevant figures, such as 50 hours in 1920 and the refrigerator reaching 100% from 1980. However, the account is only partly complete: the overview’s claim that washing machines had a “high value” initially is unclear, and the key appliance trends are not compared precisely. For example, washing-machine ownership starts at 40%, rises to 70% by 1960, dips to 65% in 1980, then reaches 75% in 2019; this pattern is not clearly reported. The statement that the other appliances “remain as same” after 1940 is inaccurate. Include a clearer overview and select accurate start, end, and turning-point figures for each series.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to appliance details and then housework hours. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, progression within the body is uneven: appliance trends and comparisons are compressed together, while the final paragraph gives only a brief account of housework. Linking words such as “However” are repeated and sometimes do not express a clear contrast, and “there there” interrupts the flow. Some references are also vague, including “other two” and “it takes only 10 hours,” where the subject or time point could be stated more clearly. Group the appliance trends in a logical order, then describe the hours trend, using precise references and a wider range of accurate transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “decline,” “steadily,” and “sharp decline,” so the main trends are generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing a graph. “Washing machine shared a high value” does not clearly convey ownership, and “took the edge” is not an appropriate way to describe the leading appliance. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “refrigaerator,” “begining,” “flucuation,” “incrasing,” and “untill,” which reduce precision. Use standard chart language consistently, such as “the proportion of households owning…” and “rose,” “fell,” or “remained stable,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “but” and a time clause beginning “from 1980.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and errors sometimes make relationships unclear. For example, “washing machine shared a high value” lacks an article and has an unclear subject construction; “there is decline” needs an article, and “the cleaner stayed the same from 2000 to 2019” would be clearer with a plural subject and a more precise verb phrase. Tense use also shifts between past and present when describing historical data, as in “there was” and “now it takes.” Use past tense consistently for the period, check articles and subject–verb agreement, and punctuate sentences with spaces after commas and full stops.

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