The chart shows the average life expectancy for males and females in 1990, 1950 and 1990.
Sample Response
The chart illustrates the life expectancyanticipation of life for males and femalesbetween genders in five different countries over 90 yearsover a century. Overall, it is immediately apparent from the chart that females had the highest life expectancy in all five nations than malesas compared to the males in the final year, while males had the highest male life expectancymaximum life hope in Denmark in 1900.
In detail, the average life expectancyeagerness of both genders began at 37.8 for males and females at 39.9 in Austria in the year 1900. Surprisingly, this amount surged by 27 for males and 30 for females after 50 years. This upward trend continuedThis trend continues inclined and hits its peak at 73.5 for malesat 73.5 males and 80.4 females respectively. Following this, in 1900 a total of 45.4 men captured their life measurement and female at 48.9 in Belgium, both the number got in India and doubled and touched add 73.4 of male and 80.4 of females after 90 years.
Furthermore, the life anticipation of the figures for both genders differedboth the genders are different in Denmark and Germany with figures ofwith shares at 51.6 and 43.8 for males and 54.8 and 46.6 for females in 1900, but after 50 years this value shot up in both countries which stood at 68.9 for malesaccounted at Male 68.9 and female 71.5. Meanwhilewhilst, Germany recorded male and female figures ofhad a ratio of males and females was 64.6 and 68.5 respectively and these figures rose tothis average life hopes at 73.4 and 80.6 in males and femalesboys and girls, Next ratio had 72.6 and females 78.8 in 1900. Therefore Sweden also had a positive trend in the lifespan of both sexes, which began at 52.8 and 55.3 in 1900, and this number reached 74.7 men and 80.7 females after 90 years.
Why this response received Band 5.0
The response identifies the broad upward trend and includes figures for all five countries, showing a reasonable attempt to cover the table. However, several comparisons are inaccurate or unclear, and frequent awkward wording and grammatical breakdowns make parts of the data description difficult to follow. Prioritise a simple, accurate overview and organise each country's figures chronologically in clear sentences, checking every year and value against the table.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response covers all five countries and recognises rising life expectancy and the female advantage, but several changes, dates, and comparisons are inaccurate or unclear.
State two accurate overview features, then verify every selected figure and comparison against the table.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response uses an introduction, overview, and detail paragraphs, but unclear referencing and shifting between countries and years weaken progression.
Group countries systematically and present 1900, 1950, and 1990 figures in a consistent chronological order.
Lexical Resource
There is some range in trend vocabulary, but frequent inappropriate collocations such as life eagerness and captured their life measurement reduce precision and clarity.
Use standard Task 1 terms such as life expectancy, rose to, and was higher than instead of forced synonyms.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Complex structures are attempted, but frequent errors in agreement, sentence construction, articles, and punctuation sometimes make the meaning difficult to recover.
Build shorter comparison sentences with one clear subject and verb, then check agreement and sentence boundaries.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The chart shows the average life expectancy for males and females in 1990, 1950 and 1990.
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