Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-08

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 one graph illustates the variations in ownership of electrical appliances from year 1920 to 2019, while the other graph shows the duration of doing housework in households in 1920 and 2019.

Overall, In the first chart , the percentage of washing machine accounted for highest figures.Afterwards , They kept fluctuating and stood at lowest position in later ending years. Meanwhile , the refrigerator comprised of lowest numbers in the initial years and then they raised substantially and remained at top postion.Whereas, The percentage of vaccum cleaner increased consistantly throughout the period and then was seen to be incraseing linearly.At the end,It stood at top of table jointly with the percentage of refrigerator. In the other chart , The number of hours of housework per week were recorded in highest number then they kept decreasing marginally and were in quite low number in later years.

the percentage of washing machine accounted for 40% in 1920.Afterwards, They kept fluctuating and witnessed in range of 70-80% in 2019.Whereas , the percentage of vaccum cleaner increased from 40% to 100% by year 2000 and it remained at top till 2019. The percentage of refrigerator witnessed a rise drastically from 30% to 100% in year 1920 to 2000. It was in the same range till 2019.

In the other chart ,

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the broad contrast between rising appliance ownership and declining housework time, and you report some relevant figures, such as washing machines at 40% in 1920 and refrigerators reaching 100%. However, the response only partially covers the task: the second chart is introduced but its figures and trend are not described in the body, which ends with an unfinished phrase. Several details are also inaccurate. Washing-machine ownership did not finish at its lowest point; it rose to about 75% in 2019, and refrigerators began at about 2%, not 30%. The overview also says washing machines had the highest initial figure, although vacuum cleaners were lower only than washing machines, while the later comparisons are unclear. Select the main trends accurately and report both charts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction, an overview and a detail paragraph, and linking words such as “Meanwhile” and “Whereas” show an effort to connect comparisons. However, progression is difficult to follow because ideas are repeated: the washing-machine and refrigerator trends appear in both the overview and the detail paragraph. References such as “they” do not clearly identify which appliance is meant, and several transitions are used awkwardly. Most importantly, the final paragraph begins “In the other chart” but provides no information, leaving the response incomplete and disrupting its organisation. Use one paragraph for the overview, then separate, logically ordered details for the appliance chart and the housework chart.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “ownership,” “percentage,” “fluctuating,” and “remained,” and you attempt a range of ways to describe change. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or unnatural, as in “the percentage … accounted for highest figures,” “comprised of lowest numbers,” and “in the same range.” Repetition of “percentage” and “kept” also limits flexibility. Spelling errors such as “illustates,” “vaccum,” “postion,” and “consistantly” are noticeable and reduce precision. Aim for standard chart language and check spelling carefully; for example, say that a figure “stood at” a percentage or “rose to” a level rather than saying it “accounted for” that figure.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and more complex sentences, including contrasts introduced by “while,” “whereas,” and “meanwhile.” Nevertheless, control is inconsistent, and errors sometimes make relationships between ideas unclear. For example, “the percentage of washing machine accounted for highest figures” has a faulty sentence structure, while “the number of hours … were recorded” has subject–verb disagreement. Capitalisation and punctuation are also unreliable, as in “Overall, In” and the repeated spaces before commas. Pronouns such as “They” are not consistently clear in reference. Build accurate basic sentences first, then add subordinate clauses; check agreement, articles, sentence boundaries and punctuation during revision.

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