Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-24
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 first chart illustrates the number of households that use washing machine, refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner between 1920 to 2019. The second chart indicates, the number of hours for washing clothes, preparing meals, cleaning per week between 1920 to 1920.
The first chart gives information that refrigerator is used from 1920 just beacuse of its need. Due to lack of awareness and financial issues everyone cannot afford it. So with the passage of time people start to buy it due to its use. As a result with passing year the percentage of households start to increase. The 30 percent housholds buy vacuum cleaner in 1920 that is high as compare to refrigrator which is zero in start. The percentage of households also start to increase as refrigrator. The washing machine household number is higher as compare to refrigrator and vacuum cleaner in 1920 but its ceiling is not constant. The number of washing households decrease between 1960 to 1980 and then increase between 2000 to 2019.
The second chart elobrate the number of hours for washing clothes, preparing meals, cleaning per week between 1920 to 2019. The number of hours decrease between 1920 to 2019 due the use of electrical appliance.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response identifies the broad direction of change: appliance ownership generally rose, while weekly housework hours fell. However, the task is addressed only partially because the account gives little accurate, specific comparison and lacks a clear overview of the main features. Some details are incorrect or unclear: refrigerators were at about 2% in 1920, not zero, and washing-machine ownership rose from about 40% to 70% by 1960, dipped to 65% in 1980, then increased to 75%; the response describes the later rise only as occurring from 2000 to 2019. It also omits key endpoints, such as refrigerators reaching 100% by 1980 and housework falling from 50 to 11 hours. Avoid unsupported explanations about affordability, awareness and appliance use; report the chart’s trends instead.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a basic overall structure: it introduces the two charts, discusses appliance ownership, and then turns to housework. This makes the subject areas identifiable. However, progression within the first chart is difficult to follow because the discussion moves between refrigerators, vacuum cleaners and washing machines without a consistent comparison or clear grouping. Linking phrases such as “As a result” and “with the passage of time” are repeated, and the causal link in “The number of hours decrease … due the use of electrical appliance” is asserted rather than developed from the data. A clearer overview followed by one paragraph comparing appliance trends and another describing housework would improve organisation and make connections between points more precise.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The response uses a small set of relevant terms, including “percentage of households,” “increase,” “decrease” and “per week,” so the general topic is understandable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning less clear. For example, “the number of households that use” is less precise than describing the proportion owning appliances, and “washing households” does not clearly refer to washing-machine ownership. There are also spelling errors such as “beacuse,” “housholds,” “refrigrator” and “elobrate.” Use accurate chart language and vary trend verbs—for example, “rose,” “declined,” “remained stable” and “reached saturation”—while checking spelling and common collocations.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts both simple statements and longer sentences with clauses, such as “The number of washing households is higher as compare to refrigrator and vacuum cleaner in 1920 but its ceiling is not constant.” However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward or unclear. Examples include “between 1920 to 2019” rather than “from 1920 to 2019,” “The second chart indicates, the number…” with incorrect punctuation, and “The number of hours decrease” where the verb should agree with the singular subject. Tense and sentence construction also need attention in “people start to buy it” when describing past trends. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build comparisons with controlled structures such as “whereas” and “while.”
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