Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-05

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 5.5)

The illustration gives information about the percentage of households with electrical appliance between 1920 to 2019 and numbers of hours of housework per week, per household. Overall,

It is quite evident from the line graph first one is about the percentage of households and year. In 1920 refrigerator had no availability in any house and its presence soared and reached the 53% in 1940, it further increased significantly and hit 100% in 1980 and remained constant further. The others two like washing machine and vacuum cleaner had the ratio like 40% and 30 % in 1920 and vacuum clearner proportion climbed to its highest range and finally in 2000 and then became constant further. washing machine appliance increased for two decade and its ratio fall in 1980 and then start increasing further.

Meanwhile, numbers of hours of housework per week was 50 in 1920 and it fall with the passage of time and finally reach the 15 and remained constant between for two decade and after that its figure hit 10 numbers in 12019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response addresses the task only partially, as the writing is incomplete and stops abruptly after the opening section and a few body paragraphs. While the writer attempts to report some main features from both charts, such as the trends for refrigerators and weekly housework hours, the information is presented in a limited and under-developed manner. Key comparisons between the appliances are vague or missing, and several data points are misread or poorly expressed, such as claiming a refrigerator had no availability in 1920 when the chart shows a low percentage, or stating '12019' for the final year. The lack of a fully realised overview and the fragmented presentation of data prevent the response from achieving a higher score.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some basic organisation in the response, but it lacks a clear overall progression. The essay is poorly paragraph-structured, beginning with an incomplete introduction followed by fragmented bodies of text. Cohesive devices are used very mechanically or are absent altogether, leading to choppy transitions between sentences and ideas. For instance, moving abruptly from the appliance trends to the housework hours lacks a smooth linking phrase. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as 'The others two like washing machine and vacuum cleaner', which disrupts the logical flow and makes the connections between ideas difficult to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The lexical resource is limited but minimally adequate to convey basic information. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'soared', 'presence', and 'constant', but these are often coupled with inaccurate word choices or awkward collocations, such as 'refrigerator had no availability' or 'vacuum clearner proportion climbed to its highest range'. There are also several spelling errors, including 'clearner' and repeated grammatical word-form slips like 'washing machine appliance'. While communication is not entirely blocked, the noticeable lexical errors and repetitive vocabulary keep the response at this level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writing demonstrates a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple or faulty complex sentences. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including tense inconsistencies, missing articles, and errors in prepositions and plurals, such as 'percentage of households with electrical appliance', 'numbers of hours of housework per week was 50', and 'between for two decade'. Attempts at complex sentences often result in structural breakdown, such as run-on sentences and punctuation slips. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a restricted command of grammatical control.

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