Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-09-19

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The pie charts below show how working adults in a particular country spent their time in 1958 and 2008.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

* Note: these aren’t the original diagrams given in the test, they were recreated for the purpose of demonstration.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The pie chart illustrates time spend by working individuals in a country in the year 1958 and 2008.

Overall, There is increase in percentage of time spend on working, relaxing at home and travelling to work. However, percentage time spend on sleeping and going out with friends/family has reduced.

In 1958, People send 33% of their time working and 8% of their time relaxing at home which has now increased to 42% of their time working and 13% of their time relaxing at home. Percentage of Traveling time to work has also increased from 2% to 7% and a 1% overall increase in percentage time spend on playing sports.

Percentage time spend on sleeping has also decreased from recorded 32% in 2008 to 25% of the pie in 2008. People have also decreased time spend going out time with family and friends from 19% in 1958 to only about 6% in 2008.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student successfully identifies the main features and trends of the two pie charts comparing time allocation in 1958 and 2008. An overview is provided in the second paragraph, outlining the general upward and downward trends in various categories. Key figures are selected and reported, such as the increase in working time from 33% to 42% and the decrease in sleeping time from 32% to 25%. However, there are minor data inaccuracies in the final paragraph, where the student states that the 32% for sleeping was 'recorded in 2008' when it was actually in 1958. Despite this minor confusion, all parts of the prompt are addressed, and relevant comparisons are made throughout the text.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The response is structured into four paragraphs, following a logical progression from an introduction and overview to specific body paragraphs detailing the data. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'However', and 'In 1958' are used to link ideas and signal shifts between categories. However, paragraphing is slightly disjointed, with the final paragraph breaking up related points about decreasing activities. Referencing and cohesive flow are occasionally mechanical, but overall arrangement remains coherent and easy to follow.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, with appropriate topic-specific terms such as 'percentage', 'working', 'relaxing at home', and 'travelling to work'. There are several word-form errors and unnatural collocations, such as 'time spend' instead of 'time spent', 'People send 33% of their time' instead of 'spend', and 'going out time with family' instead of 'time going out with family'. While these errors are noticeable, they do not impede overall communication.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as relative clauses and compound-complex sentences (e.g., 'In 1958, People send 33% of their time working and 8% of their time relaxing at home which has now increased...'). Grammatical accuracy is inconsistent; there are frequent tense and verb-form errors, including 'time spend' (past participle/noun confusion), lowercase capitalization errors ('Overall, There is'), and missing pluralization. While complex structures are attempted, frequent errors in basic grammar persist.

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