Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-22

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 illustrate the modify in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of period spent performing housework in households in one nation between 1920 and 2019.

overall,the first line graph percentage of households with electrical appliances increasing in 1920 to 2019 While the second line graph number of hours of housework*per week,per household is decreasing in 1920 to 2019.

In 1920,Washing machine were owned by approximately 40% of households and vacuum cleaner were owned by approximately 30% of households were compared.While refrigerators were hardly owned by the houiseholds.Therefore, In 1940 Washing machine approximately 60% of household increased than the others, Refrigerator were owned approximately 55% and Vacuum cleaner were owned by approximately 50% of household.However, In 2019 the ending point of Washing machine were owned by 75%. Therefore,the others ending point of Refrigerator and Vacuum cleaner were owned by 100% but Refrigerator is stoping or ending point is 2000 year.

Secondaly, In 1920,number of hours per week were approximately and the starting point of 50% ,while the other recent years were decreased years by years in Number of hours per week, Moreever, the ending point of number of hours per week were in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the task by summarizing the main trends shown in the two charts. An overview is attempted, stating that appliance ownership increased while housework hours decreased. However, the response suffers from significant inaccuracies in reporting specific data points, such as stating 'Refrigerator is stoping or ending point is 2000 year' when the graph shows it remaining steady at 100% through 2019. Furthermore, some sentences are extremely vague, such as 'number of hours per week were approximately and the starting point of 50%.' Due to these data misreadings and underdeveloped descriptions, the response meets the criteria for Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is organized into four paragraphs, following a logical introduction, overview, and body structure. However, paragraphing and logical progression are frequently disrupted by mechanical and confusing cohesive devices. For instance, the use of transition words like 'Therefore' and 'Secondaly' is often inappropriate and abrupt. Referencing is frequently unclear, making it difficult to follow which data the student is referring to, especially in the body paragraphs. These issues place the response firmly at Band 5.0 for coherence and cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a limited and repetitive range of vocabulary. There are numerous word formation and choice errors, such as 'illustrate' instead of 'illustrates', 'modify' instead of 'modification' or 'changes', and 'period' instead of 'time'. Phrasing is often awkward and unnatural, for example, 'hardly owned by the houiseholds' and 'ending point of Washing machine'. Spelling errors like 'houiseholds', 'Secondaly', 'Moreever', and 'stoping' are also present. These limitations restrict the lexical score to Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on the adequacy of basic terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but grammatical control is very weak. There are frequent, noticeable errors in subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'The line chart illustrate', 'Washing machine were owned'), incorrect prepositions, and missing sentence elements (e.g., 'number of hours per week were approximately and the starting point of 50%'). Punctuation and capitalization are also poorly handled throughout the text. Because errors are frequent and occasionally cause difficulty for the reader in grasping the intended meaning, a band score of 4.5 is appropriate, rounded to 5.0.

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