Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Recent IELTS Exams (Canada & India) · 2026-10-18

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 6.5)

The two pie charts illustrate the proportion of their time spent on working on various activities in a specific country in the year 1958 and 2008.

Overall, in both years sleeping and working accounted for over half of their time, while the least was travelling to work. There was a minimal increase in relaxing at home, wheareas going out with friends and family reduced to half. Playing sports was the only activity that remained stable.

Working totaled by 33% in 1958 and by 2008 it had increased to 42%. Likewise, the amount of time consumed by sleeping declined from 32% in 1958 to 25% in 2008. The time spent with relatives and friends plummeted by 13% by the year 2008. Other sources of spending time like relaxing at home accounted for 8% in 1958 but then climbed to 13% by 2008.

Tavelling to work, on other hand, grew from 2% to 7% in the end,while playing sports was the only pursuit that remained unchanged.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main changes and include several accurate figures: working rises from 33% to 42%, sleeping falls from 32% to 25%, and relaxing at home increases from 8% to 13%. The overview also recognises the sharp decline in socialising and the rise in commuting. However, some key information is unclear or inaccurate: travelling was the smallest category only in 1958, while in 2008 it tied with sports at 7%; sports cannot be described as “remained stable” because it appears only in the 2008 chart. The claim that socialising “reduced to half” is also imprecise: it fell from 19% to 6%. More precise comparisons and a clearer account of the categories would strengthen coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting details. This makes the main comparisons easy to locate, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Likewise,” and “while” help connect ideas. Some cohesion is less controlled, however. The overview’s statement that sports “remained stable” is not supported by the charts, and the final sentence combines commuting and sports without clearly distinguishing their different data patterns. Phrases such as “Other sources of spending time” are also vague, weakening the connection to the specific category. Grouping the increases together and the decreases together, with each comparison stated precisely, would create smoother progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of task-related vocabulary, including “accounted for,” “declined,” “plummeted,” and “climbed,” and the meaning is generally clear. There is some flexibility in describing changes, but a few choices are inaccurate or unnatural for chart reporting. “The time spent with relatives and friends” changes the chart’s category, which is going out with friends or family; “reduced to half” does not accurately describe the fall to 6%; and “sources of spending time” is an awkward phrase. There are also spelling errors in “wheareas” and “Tavelling.” Aim for precise category labels and conventional collocations such as “the proportion of time spent” and “fell from … to …”.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple and more complex sentence forms, and most sentences communicate the intended comparisons. For example, the sentence beginning “Working totaled…” links two years, while the overview uses a contrast with “while.” Some grammatical errors remain. “The proportion of their time spent on working on various activities” has an awkward and faulty structure; “Working totaled by 33%” uses an incorrect construction; and “on other hand” is missing the article “the.” In “by 2008 it had increased,” the time reference and tense are not well matched for a simple comparison between chart years. Review article use, prepositions, and the standard patterns for reporting percentages, while retaining the range of sentence structures you attempt.

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