Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-17

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 given two line graphs illustrate the trend of ownership of electrical appliances (washing machine, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner) and spent time in hours on weekly basis to do housework (washing garments, cooking food and cleaning).

Overall, ownership of electrical items followed an upward trendency. However, hourly housework in a week go down.

In the beginning of recorded data, 30 % people had vacuum cleaner which increased with the passage of time.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 3.0

The response is severely under-length, containing only 72 words against the required 150-word minimum. Consequently, it can only address the task minimally. While the student provides a brief introductory paraphrase and a partial overview mentioning that appliance ownership rose while housework hours declined, the body paragraphs are cut extremely short with only a single fragment about vacuum cleaners. Major trends, specific data points, and comparisons required for an effective Task 1 response are entirely missing. This severely limits the development of the task, resulting in a band score of 3.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The writing is broken into an introduction, a brief overall statement, and a single incomplete sentence, meaning proper paragraphing and logical progression cannot be fully evaluated. Although basic cohesive devices like 'Overall' and 'However' are attempted, the severe lack of content prevents any sustained organisation or clear information flow. Referencing is basic and the text stops abruptly after just three sentences. This level of organisation aligns with a band score of 4.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive. Phrases like 'trend of ownership', 'electrical items', and 'with the passage of time' are simplistic and typical of lower-level writing. There are also unnatural collocations, such as 'spent time in hours on weekly basis to do housework' and the spelling/word-form error 'trendency' instead of 'tendency'. The lexical range is limited and inadequate for a fully developed academic response, fitting the descriptors for a band score of 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The response demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, consisting mainly of simple sentences and a single flawed attempt at a complex structure ('In the beginning of recorded data, 30 % people had vacuum cleaner which increased...'). There are noticeable omissions of articles ('had vacuum cleaner' instead of 'had a vacuum cleaner') and prepositions ('spent time in hours on weekly basis'). Because the text is so short, the density of errors is high relative to the output, supporting a band score of 4.0.

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