Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-14

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 4.0)

The two charts depicting the uses of electrical appliances and amount of time spent in doing households in a single country during 1920 to 2019.

Overall, uses of refrigerator and vaccum cleaner remained at highest level whereas washing machine figures was low at the end of period. While in terms of working hours per week the chart illustrating noticeble different from 1920 to 2019.

Starting from mid 1920 refrigerator r

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response is severely incomplete, containing only 70 words, which falls well short of the mandatory 150-word minimum. Because the text breaks off abruptly mid-sentence ("Starting from mid 1920 refrigerator r"), it can only be evaluated as a minimal response. The student attempts to introduce the charts and touches upon appliance ownership and housework hours, but fails to provide any meaningful summary, select key features adequately, or make relevant comparisons. Consequently, this falls under Band 4 due to the extremely limited and truncated nature of the response.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

Due to the extreme brevity of the text and the fact that it cuts off mid-sentence, it is difficult to assess overall progression and paragraphing effectively. The first paragraph attempts an introduction, and the second tries to begin an overview, but the writing is too fragmentary to establish coherent paragraph structure. While some basic cohesive features are attempted (such as "Overall" and "While in terms of"), the lack of a completed body text means ideas are not arranged in a coherent progression, aligning the response with Band 4 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive. Phrases such as "uses of electrical appliances" and "amount of time spent in doing households" demonstrate a limited lexical range and awkward collocation ("doing households" instead of housework). There are noticeable errors in word formation, such as the misspelling of "vaccum" instead of vacuum and "noticeble" instead of noticeable. Because the response is so short, the vocabulary remains severely restricted and minimally adequate only for basic identification of subjects, placing it at Band 4.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The opening sentence is a fragment lacking a main verb ("The two charts depicting..."), which indicates a fundamental grammatical issue. There are also errors in preposition use and article omission ("at highest level", "washing machine figures was low"). The range of grammatical structures is extremely narrow, consisting of faulty complex attempts and basic clauses. Because the text is incomplete and contains frequent grammatical errors in the few sentences produced, it fits the Band 4 criteria.

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