Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-16

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 line chart below illustrates the change in the ownership of electric appliances and amount of time spenf doing hoisework in household in one nation between 1920 and 2019.

In 1920, ownership pf washing machine was 40 percent of household and after that it shows uptrend in 1940 to 1960 accounted with 60 percent and 70 percent respectively. In 1980, in the percentage of using washing was decreasing small 70 percent to 63 percent. In following year trend changed and reached at 75 percent in 2019. Refrigerator was the electric appliances that was not used in 1920. In 1940 there was a rapid chnage in the use of registration percentage with 55 percent and trend continue till 1980 and reached peak of the table 100 percent.after that percent of household of registration was stable between 1980 adn 2019. There was a 30 percent of vacuum cleaner in 1920 in houses. In following years the percentage increasing continously and share the same spot with Refrigerator till 2019.

The number of hours of housework per week in 1920 was 50. In 1940 to 2019 the numbers of hours continously decreasing and reached at 10 hours per week in 2018.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address all parts of the prompt by describing the trends for washing machines, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and the hours of housework. However, there are significant misinterpretations and confusing references in the text. For instance, the student claims that the refrigerator 'was not used in 1920' (which is accurate at 2%), but then refers to 'registration percentage' and 'percent of household of registration' when discussing refrigerators, which appears to be a severe spelling or translation confusion for refrigerators. Furthermore, data points contain inaccuracies, such as stating that housework reached 10 hours in 2018 (the chart shows 2019 at around 11 hours). While main features are highlighted, the response struggles with consistent, accurate reporting of data.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is divided into paragraphs, which is a positive feature, but the logical flow and progression within paragraphs are frequently disrupted by mechanical phrasing and poor cohesive devices. Transitions such as 'In following year' and 'after that percent of household' are abrupt and awkward. Referencing is often unclear, leaving the reader confused about which appliance is being discussed due to improper noun use. Paragraphing is present, but overall progression lacks smooth coordination.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

Lexical control is weak throughout the response. There are multiple spelling errors ('spenf', 'hoisework', 'chnage'), and severe vocabulary misuse, such as using 'registration' repeatedly to mean 'refrigerator'. The range of vocabulary is limited, relying heavily on basic terms and repetitive sentence starters. While some basic topic-specific vocabulary appears (e.g., 'ownership', 'washing machine'), frequent word-choice errors impede communication.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical accuracy is very low. There are persistent errors in articles ('ownership pf washing machine', 'household in one nation'), subject-verb agreement ('the percentage increasing'), and prepositions. Many sentences contain structural awkwardness, such as 'accounted with 60 percent' and 'reached peak of the table'. These errors occur frequently and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader.

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