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 line ghraph describe ownership and spent hours in household work in one country between 1920 to 2019

there are three type of electronics washing machine , refrigerator and vacuumm cleaner

the fisrt graph shows us percentage of households electronics. refrigerator is the highly purchase electronic appliance which is 0 to 100 percent from 1920 to 2019

then comes vacuum cleaner start from 30 to 100 percent and lastly washing machine which is 40 to and in between 70 and 80 percent in between 1960 to 1990 purchase of washing machine decline by the 10 percents

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response is severely under-length, containing only 96 words against the required 150-word minimum, which heavily restricts the development of ideas. While the writer attempts to summarise the charts by mentioning appliance ownership and housework hours, the overview is extremely basic and lacks a proper conclusion or fully developed comparison. Key data points are mentioned, such as refrigerators and vacuum cleaners reaching 100 percent, but the description is disjointed and incomplete. According to the task achievement descriptors, this falls into the Band 4.0 range due to the minimal and truncated nature of the response.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text lacks proper paragraphing, presented as a single unstructured block of text. There is an absence of clear logical organisation and progression. Cohesive devices are largely missing or poorly applied, with abrupt transitions between sentences such as 'then comes vacuum cleaner' and 'and lastly washing machine'. Reference words are unclear, and the lack of standard punctuation makes it difficult to follow the logical flow of information. This level of organisation aligns with the Band 4.0 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and heavily reliant on direct lifting or awkward phrasing from the prompt, such as 'electronic appliance' and 'household work'. There are multiple spelling and word-choice errors, including 'ghraph' for graph, 'vacuumm' for vacuum, 'fisrt' for first, and 'highly purchase' instead of most purchased. The lexical range is limited and inadequate for a complete academic task, straining the reader's understanding, which corresponds to a Band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is weak throughout the response. The text consists of simple, fragmented sentences with frequent omissions of capitalization, periods, and commas. There are noticeable structural errors, such as 'spent hours in household work' and verbs lacking proper tense or subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'the line ghraph describe'). Complex sentence structures are absent, and persistent mechanical errors impede communication, reflecting the characteristics of Band 4.0.

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