Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-06

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 bar chart illustrate a figure of changes in ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time spent doing house work in households in one country from 1920 to 2019. Percentage of households with electrical appliances are increasing rapidly where as number of hours of housework decreasing day by day.

In percentage of house holds with electrical appliences section, from the very beggining of 1920 vaccum cleaner was zero and in 2019 it peaked to 100% where as washing machine and refrigeretor ,both has increased 40% and 30% ,also in 2019 washing maching just crosses above 70% meanwhile refrigeretor touched the line of 100% .

In 1920 ,number of hours per weak was 50 hours as it is a big number. hours of housework is decreasing regularly ,in everey year it decreasing sequencely .In the year of 1960 it low down to 20% that is good sign of decreasing.After Constant decreasing in 2019 it touches to nearly 10%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response attempts to address the prompt by describing the trends in household electrical appliance ownership and hours of housework, but it only partially covers the data. The overview is weak, consisting of a simple generalisation without capturing the broader picture across the full period. Furthermore, several key features and figures are misread or inaccurately reported, such as stating that the vacuum cleaner ownership in 1920 was zero (whereas the data shows 30%), and describing the 1960 housework hours as '20%' instead of 20 hours per week. Ideas are limited and under-developed, lacking a comprehensive comparison across the categories. To move to a higher band, the response must accurately report the visual data without factual errors and provide a clear, well-supported overview of the main trends.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The text demonstrates some organisation by breaking information into paragraphs, but there is a lack of clear overall progression. The movement between sentences and ideas feels disjointed because cohesive devices are either absent, repetitive, or inaccurate. For instance, the transition between discussing appliance percentages and housework hours lacks a smooth logical bridge. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal paragraph structure is weak, leading to a somewhat fragmented reading experience. To improve, the writer needs to ensure logical sequencing of ideas and use a wider variety of cohesive devices more accurately to guide the reader clearly through the comparison of the charts.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and barely adequate for the task. There are numerous word choice, spelling, and word form errors throughout the response, such as writing 'appliences', 'refrigeretor', 'vaccum', 'beggining', 'everey', and 'sequencely'. These errors, combined with unnatural collocations like 'crosses above' or 'low down to', occasionally cause strain for the reader. The range of vocabulary is restricted mostly to basic terms. To achieve a higher score, the writer must expand their lexical repertoire to include more precise, less common vocabulary and improve spelling and word formation accuracy significantly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

Grammatical control is limited, featuring a restricted range of sentence structures. When the writer attempts complex sentences, they are often faulty, such as in the opening sentence: 'The bar chart illustrate a figure of changes...', which contains a subject-verb agreement error. Frequent errors occur in articles, prepositions, and verb tenses, including 'hours of housework is decreasing' and 'it touches to nearly 10%'. Punctuation is also problematic, with irregular spacing around commas and periods. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader. To progress, the writer needs to focus on mastering basic sentence structures, ensuring correct subject-verb agreement, and reducing the frequency of grammatical errors.

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