Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-19

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 line chart illustrates the differences in ownership of electrical appliances and the time spend using these to do housework in households in a country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, all appliances has an upward trend over the time, wherease a slight fluctuation for washing machine in the 1960s to 1980s. Refrigerator has rocketed although it had started from zero percentage of households.

Refrigerator users increased rapidly over years. It started from the bottom but reached to 100% in just 60 years from the beginning. Then it remained same from 1980 to 2000.

proportions of households for vacuum cleaner was 30% at 1920. It increased gradually and in 2000s the line hit to 100% then it did not changed until 2019. On the other hand, starting proportion of households fro washing machine was higher than other, but it grew from 40% to 70% in 40 years, then it slightly decreased for about 8% in 1980s and again rise to 75% in the year 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the broad rise in appliance ownership and describe several key trends, including refrigerators reaching full household coverage and washing machines dipping before recovering. However, the task asks about both appliance ownership and weekly housework time, and the response omits the second chart entirely. This leaves a major part of the information unreported and makes the overview incomplete. Some details are also inaccurate or imprecise: refrigerators began at about 2%, not zero, and washing-machine ownership fell from 70% to 65%—a five-percentage-point decline, rather than about 8%. To improve, give an overview covering both charts, then select and compare the main figures for each.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing appliance trends. Sequencing is generally understandable, and phrases such as “On the other hand” help signal a comparison. However, the progression is incomplete because the housework-hours chart is never incorporated, and the appliance details are presented in separate blocks without a fully balanced comparison. Some linking is awkward or unclear, as in “Overall, all appliances has an upward trend … wherease a slight fluctuation,” where the relationship between the clauses is not properly expressed. Organise the body around the main comparisons, and use clear transitions to connect the appliance trends with the decline in housework time.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of trend vocabulary for describing a graph, including “increased rapidly,” “remained,” “gradually,” and “slightly decreased.” These choices make the main appliance movements understandable, and “proportions of households” is suitable for the data. Some word choices and collocations are less precise or informal, however: “rocketed” is rather dramatic for a measured rise, and “the line hit to 100%” is not a natural way to report a figure. There are also spelling and word-form slips, such as “wherease” and “spend.” Aim for consistent, precise chart language, for example “rose sharply,” “reached 100%,” and “the time spent on housework.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “On the other hand” and a time clause in “although it had started…”. The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction reduce accuracy. For example, “all appliances has” should be “all appliances have,” while “it did not changed” should be “it did not change.” The overview fragment “wherease a slight fluctuation” also needs a complete clause, such as “although washing-machine ownership fluctuated slightly.” Review past-tense reporting and subject–verb agreement, and check that each sentence has a clear grammatical structure.

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