Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-15
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 5.0)
The chart Illustrates the change in percentage of owning the electrical appliances such as washing machine, refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner in the year between 1920 to 2019 along with the hours spent on performing chores per house anually.
In 1920 washing machine was most owned technology with vacuum cleaner coming after it. while the refrigerator were unknown at that time. However by 2019 the trend changes,refrigerator and vacuum cleaner became the most popular followed by washing machine.
In first graph all three appliances had established its place in houses. About 60 % of households were familiar with the use of washing machine and refrigerator followed by the vacuum cleaner at 50%. refrigerator reached to the maximum number of its ownship to 100 in 1980 followed by vacuum cleaner in 2000 and continues. Meanwhile the washing machines were most owned by around 70 % of houses in 2019.
As the trend changes the second graph shows that there is a significant decrease in the amount of time spent on wahing clothes, cooking, and cleaning from 50 hours per week to nearly around 10 hours in 2019.
In conclusion the use of electronics is noticably increased in years whereas the hours spent reduced.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address both parts of the prompt, mentioning the ownership of appliances and the hours spent on housework. However, there are significant factual inaccuracies regarding the data. For instance, the text states that 'the refrigerator were unknown at that time [1920]' when the graph clearly shows 2% ownership, and later claims that refrigerators reached 100% in 1980 'followed by vacuum cleaner in 2000 and continues', whereas the graph shows both reaching 100% by 2000 (and the refrigerator actually hitting 100% in 1980, with vacuum cleaner hitting 90% in 1980 and 100% in 2000). The overview is very basic, and some data points are misread or poorly synthesised. This places the response in Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The response is divided into logical paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs addressing the graphs, and a brief conclusion. However, the progression of ideas is sometimes disjointed. For example, jumping into 'In first graph all three appliances...' creates abrupt transitions. Cohesive devices are minimal and occasionally awkward, such as 'In conclusion the use of electronics is noticably increased in years whereas the hours spent reduced.' Referencing is also sometimes unclear. Overall arrangement exists, but cohesion is mechanical and faulty in places, fitting Band 5.5.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive. Phrases like 'change in percentage of owning the electrical appliances', 'most owned technology', and 'maximum number of its ownship' demonstrate a limited range. There are also several word choice and collocation issues ('per house anually' instead of 'per household weekly', 'wahing' instead of 'washing', 'noticably'). While the language is adequate to convey the general topic, it lacks precision and contains noticeable errors, corresponding to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control is inconsistent. There are frequent grammatical errors, including missing articles ('In 1920 washing machine was...', 'refrigerator were unknown'), subject-verb agreement issues ('refrigerator were', 'washing machines were most owned... in 2019' referring to 75%), and punctuation errors (missing commas, run-on structures). Tense consistency is also flawed in places ('the trend changes' used instead of past tenses for historical data). These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader, matching Band 5.0.
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