Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-09-30

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 rendered pie chart illustrates the information regarding how adults liked to spend their time in 1958 and 2008.

At a fleeting glance, a significant part of chart involves working and an increase of 9% can be seen compared to 2008. The value was 33% in 1958 and increased to 42% in 2008. Sleeping is seen to be reduced in 2008 as the value was 32% in 1958 and came down to 25% in 2008. Moreover activitys like going out with family or with frends have reduced significantly. In 1958 about 19% of adult liked to go out with frends but the value reduced to 6% only in year 2008. In addition, increase of 5% can be seen in travelling. The value was 2% in 1958 and it increased by 5% in 2008.

Analyzing further, the interest of adults in playing sports has no changed and the values are same in both the comparative years. However, relaxing at home is more liked by people in 2008. The percentage was 8% in 1958 and increased to 13% in 2008.

Overall, significant change in percentage can be seen in working and in 2008 people showed less interest in going out with frends as compared to year 1958.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The student covers all major parts of the prompt, selecting and reporting key features from both pie charts, such as working hours and sleeping time. However, there are some data inaccuracies and misinterpretations in the text. For example, the student states that the interest in playing sports 'has no changed', but the chart for 1958 actually shows no entry for sports (or it is not present), whereas 2008 shows 7%. Furthermore, the direction of the increase in travelling is slightly confused (from 2% to 7% is a 5 percentage point increase, but the phrasing 'increased by 5%' is used correctly, yet the overall summary has minor flaws). The overview attempts to highlight main trends, but contains some inaccuracies regarding the comparative data. Overall, the response addresses the task adequately but falls short of higher bands due to data interpretation errors.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall progression and is divided into logical paragraphs, beginning with an introduction, followed by body paragraphs detailing specific categories, and a brief conclusion. Cohesive devices are used to connect ideas, such as 'At a fleeting glance', 'Moreover', 'In addition', and 'However'. However, some cohesive referencing and paragraph links feel slightly mechanical or repetitive ('The value was... and... in...'). Paragraphing is generally appropriate, ensuring that information is grouped by category or trend, which helps guide the reader through the data successfully.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common phrases like 'fleeting glance', 'significant part', and 'significant change'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the response, such as 'activitys' instead of 'activities', 'frends' instead of 'friends', and 'has no changed' instead of 'has not changed'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, but they restrict the lexical score to Band 6, as precision and spelling control are lacking for higher bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and comparative structures (e.g., 'The rendered pie chart illustrates the information regarding how adults liked to spend their time...'). There are several grammatical errors present, particularly with verb forms and preposition use, such as 'interest... has no changed', 'about 19% of adult liked', and missing articles in places. Nevertheless, the majority of simple sentences are error-free, and complex structures are attempted without completely obscuring the meaning, placing the response solidly in the Band 6 range.

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