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 graph illustrates the proportion of households with electrical appliance of one country from 1920 to 2019. Three electrical appliance include such as Washing machine, Refrigerator, Vacuum cleaner.

Overview the chart demostrate the highest frequence of vacuum cleaner and washing machine miniature changes by the years, Refrigerator are appreciable change from the few years.

Lets discuss about the washing machicne its began from 40% in a year 1920 after a years ago in 1940 worth at 60% but in the year 1980 to 2000 remain static in the household work.Next is refrigerator which are commence from 0% and over the years it take a skyrocket 100% in 2000

Consider the vocuum cleaner which initiate from 30% in year 1920 and after the years it was surge and at the terminate it is 100% in the year 2019.which are essentail for the household work and it is considered as enhance over the years.

Conclude that electrical appliance are crucial for an individual in a society. According to the three main appliances refrigerator are approximately escalate and others appliance are oscillate as a washing machine, vacuum cleaner.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response addresses the task only minimally. While the student attempts to mention the main appliances and the hours of housework, the information provided is very basic, incomplete, and contains several inaccurate readings of the visual data. For instance, the reference to the refrigerator commencing from zero percent and rising to one hundred percent is somewhat accurate, but the overall presentation lacks a clear, cohesive overview of the main trends. The student attempts an overview with phrases like 'Overview the chart demostrate...', but it remains fragmented and fails to adequately summarise the broader picture of how appliance ownership increased while housework hours decreased. Key data points are under-developed, and the response relies on superficial reporting rather than fully exploring the comparisons and main features required by the task.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The essay displays some organisation through the use of distinct paragraphs, but there is no clear overall progression of ideas. The structure is heavily disrupted by conversational and inappropriate headings, such as 'Lets discuss about...' and 'Consider the vocuum cleaner which...'. Cohesive devices are either inadequate, inaccurate, or entirely absent, leading to a disjointed reading experience. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal flow within paragraphs is weak due to abrupt transitions and a lack of proper referencing or linking words. The relationship between sentences is frequently unclear, making it difficult to follow the logical development of the information.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and basic, with noticeable errors in word choice, word form, and spelling that occasionally cause difficulty for the reader. Examples of lexical errors include 'frequence' instead of frequency, 'miniature' instead of minor, 'machicne' instead of machine, 'vocuum' instead of vacuum, and 'essentail' instead of essential. The student attempts to use less common vocabulary items like 'skyrocket', 'escalate', and 'oscillate', but these are often used inaccurately or inappropriately in context, such as stating that appliances 'oscillate' when referring to upward trends. The range is minimally adequate for addressing the visual data, but the frequent inaccuracies restrict effective communication.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response exhibits a very limited range of structures, relying mostly on simple sentences and faulty attempts at complex ones. Frequent grammatical errors occur throughout the text, including missing or incorrect verb tenses ('its began', 'it take a skyrocket', 'it was surge'), missing articles ('the highest frequence of vacuum cleaner'), and incorrect prepositions ('in a year 1920', 'at the terminate'). Punctuation is also problematic, with run-on sentences and missing full stops or commas, such as ending a sentence mid-thought with a dangling relative clause ('...in the year 2019.which are essentail...'). These persistent errors cause significant difficulty for the reader and demonstrate poor control over basic sentence forms.

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