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 charts illustrate the proportion of households with three different equipments as well as the number of hours which spent per week from 1920 to 2019.
To begin with, the percentage of ownership of washing machine was highest 40% and 30% for vacuum clearner, while no one owned the Refrigerator in 1920. This figure for all inclined and reached at 70% for vacuum cleaner, washing machine in 1960 but a daramatly increased for refrigerator 100% in 1980 and this figure for Vacuumm clearner and refigerator stayed remain stable till 2019. However, this trend was changed for washing machine which was slightly decline under 70% in 1980 before reahing under 80% in 2019.
Moreover, the highest number of hours was spent per week in 1920 (50) that declined and reached at 10 in 2019.
Overall, it is clear that all appliances need was sugred with the passing of time and the number of hours spent per week was maximum in intial which was declined in last year.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| 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 all parts of the task by reporting data from both the line graphs regarding appliance ownership and housework hours. An overview is attempted in the final paragraph, noting that appliance ownership increased over time while housework hours decreased. However, there are significant inaccuracies in reporting the data: for instance, the student states that "no one owned the Refrigerator in 1920" when the chart shows 2%, and claims that in 1920 washing machine ownership was "highest 40%" when the vacuum cleaner started at 30% and refrigerators at 2%. Furthermore, the description of trends contains confused data points and phrasing. These inaccuracies and under-developed comparisons pull the score down to Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is structured into four paragraphs, following a standard introduction, body, and conclusion format. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward transitions and confusing sentence structures, such as "To begin with, the percentage of ownership of washing machine was highest 40% and 30% for vacuum clearner..." Cohesive devices are used mechanically or inaccurately (e.g., "However, this trend was changed..."), and referencing between sentences is often unclear. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within the body paragraphs is faulty, placing this performance at Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, with several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors that occasionally cause difficulty for the reader. Examples of errors include "equipments" (a non-count noun used incorrectly), "clearner" (spelling error for cleaner), "daramatly" (dramatically), "refigerator" (refrigerator), "sugred" (surged), and "intial" (initial). While the student attempts some less common vocabulary such as "proportion" and "stable", the frequency of lexical and spelling errors limits the score to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but many of these attempts are faulty. There are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with verb forms, voice, and prepositions, such as "the number of hours which spent per week" (passive/relative clause error), "This figure for all inclined and reached at 70%", and "which was slightly decline under 70%". Punctuation is generally basic, and errors occur with high frequency throughout the response, occasionally impeding the reader's understanding. This corresponds to a Band 5.0 for grammatical range and accuracy.
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