Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-28
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 given chart analyse the use of electrical appliances in different years.The percentage of people using appliances vary from age to age.
In 1920 the percentage of people using washing machine in a week increases from 40 percent to 88 percent in 2019.The ratio of people using refrigerator increases in 1920 from 0 to 100 percent in 2019.Similarly the use of vacuum cleaner also raise to its peak from 30 percent in 1920 to about 100 percent in 2019.
The numbers of Households hours decreases from 50 Percent in 1920 to 2019 by 10 percent.The use of machine has been reduced in 2019.The percentage of use of electrical appliances has increased from 1920 to 2019.Refrigerators and vacuum cleaners are used most rapidly from 1920 to 2019.Refrigerators are minimum in use inratio as compared to these two.
Overall the use use of appliances have been increased but this has decreased the working hours in this duration ,made life easier and comfortable for people.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the broad pattern that appliance ownership rose while housework time fell, and you include several relevant figures, such as washing machines at 40% initially and vacuum cleaners at 30%. However, some key data are inaccurate: washing-machine ownership reached about 75%, not 88%, and housework fell from 50 hours to about 11 hours, not by 10 percent. The statement that refrigerators were “minimum in use” is only true at the start, while they reached 100% by 1980. The overview is present, but the response does not clearly compare the different appliances’ trajectories or distinguish hours from percentages. More accurate reporting and a clearer selection of the main comparisons would make the summary more complete.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a basic overall shape: it begins with an introduction, reports several trends, and ends with an overall statement. This gives the reader a general sense of the topic. However, progression between points is not consistently clear. The appliance figures and housework data are mixed together, and ideas such as “The use of machine has been reduced in 2019” are difficult to connect to the preceding information. Repetition in “The percentage of use of electrical appliances has increased” and “Overall the use use of appliances have been increased” also weakens cohesion. Group the appliance trends together, then describe housework hours, and use clear comparisons and references to guide the reader.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “electrical appliances,” “washing machine,” “refrigerator,” and “vacuum cleaner,” so the subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the intended meaning unclear. For example, “percentage of people using appliances” does not match the chart, which reports households owning appliances, and “households hours” is not a natural way to describe housework time. Phrases such as “raise to its peak” and “minimum in use inratio” are also awkward. Aim for precise chart language such as “the proportion of households with…” and “weekly hours spent on housework,” while avoiding repeated general terms like “use.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
Most sentences use simple structures, and the main trends can usually be understood, but grammatical errors occur frequently and sometimes make relationships between figures unclear. Examples include “The given chart analyse,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “the percentage … increases from 40 percent to 88 percent,” where the tense and description of the historical data are unsuitable. There are also missing articles and prepositions, as in “using washing machine,” and agreement problems in “the use of appliances have been increased.” Sentence boundaries and spacing are inconsistent. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and basic sentence patterns first, then add controlled comparisons using forms such as “while” and “whereas.”
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