IELTS Task 1 line graph: Average house prices
The main features of this line graph: All three countries have higher house prices in 2014 than in 1997, despite fluctuations. Country A has the greatest rise and leads for most of the period; Country C stays lowest.
33 students’ answers below, each marked by Axiom, from band 4.5 to 8.0. Updated on 23 October 2026.
The question
The graph below shows the average house prices in three countries between the years 1997 and 2014.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.
Show the data
| Country A | Country B | Country C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 150 | 125 | 100 |
| 1998 | 175 | 200 | 125 |
| 1999 | 200 | 225 | 125 |
| 2000 | 200 | 250 | 150 |
| 2001 | 300 | 275 | 150 |
| 2002 | 400 | 300 | 150 |
| 2003 | 550 | 300 | 175 |
| 2004 | 500 | 325 | 175 |
| 2005 | 475 | 375 | 200 |
| 2006 | 450 | 300 | 200 |
| 2007 | 500 | 275 | 225 |
| 2008 | 550 | 275 | 150 |
| 2009 | 600 | 375 | 250 |
| 2010 | 600 | 475 | 275 |
| 2011 | 600 | 500 | 275 |
| 2012 | 625 | 525 | 300 |
| 2013 | 600 | 500 | 300 |
| 2014 | 625 | 500 | 275 |
What your overview should cover
An answer reaches the higher Task Achievement bands only with a clear overview of the main features, not every number. For this line graph, that means:
- All three countries have higher house prices in 2014 than in 1997, despite fluctuations.
- Country A has the greatest rise and leads for most of the period; Country C stays lowest.
- B has a downturn around 2005–2008 followed by a substantial recovery, while C has a sharp 2008 dip and immediate rebound.
How answers to this question were marked
Axiom marked 37 answers to this question between 4 November 2024 and 26 September 2026. Their average overall band was 6.5, and coherence & cohesion was most often the weakest criterion (78% of answers). Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
- Task achievement
- 7.0
- Coherence & cohesion
- 6.3
- Lexical resource
- 6.5
- Grammar & accuracy
- 6.4
| 5.0 or below | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5–6.0 | 11 | |
| 6.5–7.0 | 11 | |
| 7.5 or above | 11 |
Students’ answers on this question, marked by Axiom
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 4.5
Answer #33
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 4.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the average house prices in three nations from 1997 to 2014. Overall, the amount of house cost in Country A, Country B and Country C followed…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #32
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph illustrates the changes in accommodation costs in three countries from 1997 to 2014.Overall, the house prices in the given countries adhered to rising…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #31
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph illustrated the changes in accommodation prices in three countries from 1997 to 2014 Overall, all the given countries adhered to rising trends, albeit to…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #30
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The illustrated graphes detailes the average cost of a house in three particular countries starting from the year 1997 to 2014. The figuers are shown in USD. Overall,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #29
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the changes in the standard accommodation costs in different countries, namely Country A, B, and C from 1997 to 2014. Overall, the house prices…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #28
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph illustrates the average costs of the houses in three different countries from 1997 and 2014. Overall, the prices in every country saw a significant growth.…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #27
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The graph presents the average house prices in three countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, all countries show an upward trend, but with different magnitudes and…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #26
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the average of the houses in three different countries from 1997 and 2014. Overall, costs in each countries increased significantly. At the end…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #25
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph compares the house costs in three countries for a 17-year period ending in 2014.Overall, the house prices adhered to reaching trajectories, although with…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #24
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
The graph illustrates the average house prices in three countries (A, B, and C) from 1997 to 2014. Overall, it is evident that house prices in all three countries…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #23
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph illustrates the changes in average accommodation costs in three different countries from 1997 to 2014.Overall, the figures followed an upward trend,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #22
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph compares the average house prices in three countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, the houses become pricier in all the countries, with “Country A”…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #21
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The graph illustrates the amount of average house prices in three different countries between 1997 and 2014. Overall, the prices in country A were the most expensive…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #20
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph provides information about the average housing prices in three countries over a period of 17 years. Overall, house prices increased in 17 years in three…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #19
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph provides information about the average housing prices in three countries over a period of 17 years. Overall, house prices were increased in 17 years in…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #18
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the average prices of houses in three variable countries (Country A, Country B, and Country C from 1997 to 2014. Overall, the house prices of…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #17
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates the average house prices in three different countries (Country A, Country B, and Country C) from 1997 to 2014. Overall, house prices in all…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #16
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates the estimated average cost of real estate in three countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, all countries experienced growth throughout the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #15
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph compares how much an average house cost in three countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, housing prices rose in all three countries over the period, albeit…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #14
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph compares the changes in the average house prices in three different countries from 1997 to 2014.Overall, average house prices saw an upward trend in all…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #13
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The graph show the average house prices in three countries from 1997 to 2014 . The countries are Country A, Country B and Country C . Overall , Country A have the highest…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #12
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph depicts the changes accommodation prices in three countries between the years 1997 and 2014.Overall,Country A and Country B had higher housing…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #11
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the average accommodation costs in three different countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, while Country A had higher housing costs over the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #10
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The given line graph illustrates the changes in accommodation prices in three different countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, it is evident that, country A generally had…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #9
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The graph compares the average house price in three different countries over the period of 18 years, starting from 1997. In general, housing prices in all countries…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #8
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph provides a detailed data on how much housing cost in three different countries from 1997 to 2014. Overall, prices of average houses went up significantly,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #7
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph illustrates changes in the house prices, measured in thousands of dollars, in three nations from 1997 to 2014. Overall, all the countries saw an increasing…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #6
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The graph highlights data about the minimum costs for houses in three differenet countries over a seventeen-year period between 1997-2014. Overall,What stands out from…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #5
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph presents the information about the medium accommodation costs in country A,B, and C over the 17 years from 1997 to 2014. Overall, it is evident that all…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Answer #4
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
The provided graph illustrates some data based on the average house prices in 3 different countries, over a seventeen-year period between 1997 and 2014. Overall, it is…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #3
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph provided illustrates moderate price for the house in three different countries room 1997 to 2004 It is clear that, each line has increased over the period.…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #2
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line chart gives information on the house prices on average in 3 nations from 1997 to 2014. In general, prices for houses in all countries studied followed somewhat…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #1
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph illustrates how the prices for houses changed from 1997 to 2014 in 3 countries. P.1 Overall, it can be seen that prices in all three countries showed an…
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