Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-23

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 provided line graphs shows electronic appliances such as washing machine, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner purchase and another graph shows the time comsumed by house chores from 1920 to 2019 in a country.

Overall, refrigerator and vacuum cleaner were mostly purchased by prople, compare to refrigerator. While most of the time in housework is spent in initial year.

Turning towards the purchase of household appliances, refrigerator was the least at less than 10 percent in initial year, however it shoed substantial increase in 4 decades it reached at peak to100 percent in 1980 and still till 2019. Vacuum cleaner and refrigerator was at 30 and 40 percent respectively in 1920, then vacuum cleaner increase steadily as and in 1980 noticed at 90 percent before reaching 100 percent as previous appliances.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 150 words, stopping abruptly at 130 words. Consequently, the analysis of the data is incomplete; the student only covers part of the line graphs and leaves out major trends and data points, particularly regarding the washing machine and the final years. The overview is weak and contains factual confusion, such as stating 'refrigerator and vacuum cleaner were mostly purchased by prople, compare to refrigerator', which is contradictory. Furthermore, the selection of features is limited, and the text trails off mid-sentence. These shortcomings significantly restrict the development of the task, leading to a band score of 4.5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The essay is divided into short paragraphs, but the overall progression of ideas is hindered by abrupt transitions and incomplete sentences. Cohesive devices are used minimally and sometimes inappropriately, such as 'Turning towards the purchase of household appliances'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the final paragraph breaks off prematurely before completing the comparison of all appliances. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the lack of a fully developed conclusion affects the overall structural flow, keeping this criterion at a band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The student attempts some task-relevant vocabulary such as 'electronic appliances', 'substantial increase', and 'steadily', but lexical control is limited. There are several word choice and collocation errors, such as 'time comsumed by house chores', 'prople' (people), and 'shoed' (showed). Additionally, repetitive use of basic terms like 'appliance' and 'percent' restricts the range of vocabulary. While meaning is generally conveyed in the first half of the text, the errors and limited flexibility place this at a band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response features a mix of simple and attempting complex sentence structures, but accuracy is low. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues in 'The provided line graphs shows' and tense inconsistencies. Punctuation and word form errors are also present, as seen in 'vacuum cleaner increase steadily'. The control over complex syntax is weak, and the sentence structures frequently contain errors that demand more effort from the reader, though they do not completely obscure the intended meaning.

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