Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-30

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 graph demostrates the alterations in 1 country electrical appliances and the number of time used up doing housechores in each households between 1920 and 2019.

In graph the vaccum cleaner initiate from 30 in 1920 and then increase up to 100 percent in 2000 and 2019 whereas refrigerator start from 0 in 1920 and then rise up to 100 in 2000.in addition washing machine starts from 40 higher then both electric appliances and then fall in in 1960 and later rise again.

moeover the graph show that in 1920 the number of housework increases in 1920 but then decreasingly rapidly up to 10 percent from 1940 to 2019.

Overall the graphs proves that the refrigator and vaccum cleaner owns the household more whereas rfrigerator was moderately used up to 75 percents and the number of housechores hours per week in each household decreases from 50 percent to 10 percent in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response covers all parts of the task by reporting the main features of both charts and making relevant comparisons. The student notes the trends for appliances like the vacuum cleaner and refrigerator, as well as the decline in hours spent on housework. However, there are some minor inaccuracies in reading the data, such as stating the refrigerator started from 0 in 1920 when the chart shows roughly 2%, and minor confusion over percentages versus hours. Despite these inaccuracies, an adequate overview is provided and key trends are identified, meeting the requirements for a Band 5.5 to 6.0 level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an overall coherent arrangement, dividing the description into a brief introduction, body details, and an overall summary. However, the paragraphing and logical progression are hindered by weak cohesive devices and repetitive linking (e.g., 'and then... and then'). Referencing is sometimes unclear, and transitions between sentences feel mechanical rather than naturally flowing. The structure provides basic organisation, but the lack of sophisticated cohesive devices keeps this criterion at Band 5.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, attempting words such as 'demostrates', 'alterations', and 'appliance'. However, there are numerous noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'demostrates' for demonstrates, 'vaccum' for vacuum, 'moeover' for moreover, 'refrigator' for refrigerator, and 'housechores' for housework. These errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a limited and somewhat inaccurate lexical range, placing it firmly at Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but the writing is marred by frequent grammatical errors, missing prepositions, and incorrect verb tenses (e.g., 'the line graph demostrates the alterations in 1 country electrical appliances', 'vaccum cleaner initiate from 30', and 'the number of housework increases'). Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also occasionally neglected. While communication is not entirely impeded, the high frequency of errors prevents the score from reaching Band 6.0.

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