Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-07-28
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 change in owners of electrical applications and price of time according to hometown work in the company 1920 to recent.
Firstly, the percentage regarding information by selected and reported in to make comparisons. the year 1920 under the 90 and then percentage of household 30 to year of 2019, because the 40 of starts to end of the between 2019 in this complete.
secondly, all of the information is refrigerator and also vacuum cleaner.
the end of the chart is most imported in electrical applications.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The response fails to address the task requirements significantly. It is well under the 150-word minimum, which severely limits the ability to report main features or make comparisons. The content provided is fragmented and does not accurately describe the trends shown in the charts. Key information, such as the decline in housework hours or the specific growth rates of appliance ownership, is missing or unintelligible. The response does not provide a clear overview or a logical summary of the data, resulting in a failure to meet the basic requirements of an Academic Task 1 report.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The response lacks logical progression and coherent structure. While there are attempts at sequencing using 'Firstly' and 'secondly', these are not followed by meaningful analysis or related ideas. The sentences are disjointed, and the lack of clear referencing makes it difficult to follow the writer's intent. There is no effective use of cohesive devices to link the data points, and the paragraphing is non-existent, which hinders the overall readability of the text.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The vocabulary is extremely limited and often misused. Phrases such as 'price of time' and 'hometown work' are inaccurate in this context and suggest a misunderstanding of the task. The writer struggles to use basic terminology related to data description, such as 'percentage', 'trends', or 'fluctuations'. The repetition of words and the inability to use precise language to describe the charts significantly impede communication and demonstrate a very restricted range of vocabulary.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The grammatical control is very weak. The response consists of fragmented, ungrammatical sentences that lack proper structure (e.g., 'the year 1920 under the 90 and then percentage of household 30 to year of 2019'). There is a lack of complex sentence structures, and basic errors in subject-verb agreement, word order, and punctuation are pervasive. These errors make the text very difficult to understand and indicate a lack of control over basic sentence construction.
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