Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-16

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graph below gives information on the numbers of participants for different activities at one social centre in Melbourne, Australia for the period 2000 to 2020.

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

 

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The line graph depicts that how many participants engaged in activities for a specific social center in melbourne, Australia from 2000 to 2020.

Overall, there are six activities being considered in graph throughout the years and the amount of members who participated. The film club peaked out over the years and had the highest from any other activity. Meanwhile, Amateur dramatics started steadily but levelled off at the end.

Initiatlly for film club the members were about 64 in 2000 and remain steady and peaked at 66 member in 2020. The martial arts kept on fluctuating over the years and stood at around 36 member the same amount it had on 2000. Meanwhile, Musical performances had a quite low numbers of zero in 2005 but witnessed gradual increase overtime accounted for 27 member approximately.

The table tennis and amateur dramatics started off with an average of 16 and 26 member subsequently in 2000 and remain steady and had the same number of partcipant 20 member in 2010. After this period the table tennis faced an gradual increase and gets to its highest with around 52 members while the amateur dramatics levelled off and had its lowest members amounting to 5 member in 2020.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main series and report several relevant comparisons, including the film club’s consistently high participation, table tennis’s strong rise, and amateur dramatics’ decline. Most figures are close to the chart, such as film club at about 64 in 2000 and 66 in 2020, and table tennis reaching roughly 54. However, the overview misstates key trends: amateur dramatics did not level off at the end; it continued falling to about 6. Musical performances reached around 18 in 2020, not 27, and the overview says there are six activities although the graph shows five. The response covers the task, but some important features are inaccurate or insufficiently developed. Make the overview more precise and check each reported endpoint against the graph.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs grouping the activities. This makes the information reasonably easy to follow, and transitions such as “Meanwhile” and “After this period” help signal comparisons and changes. However, some links are unclear or mechanically repeated, particularly the repeated use of “Meanwhile.” The sentence beginning “The table tennis and amateur dramatics…” combines two trends in a confusing way, and “had the same number of participant 20 member in 2010” does not clearly show which activity the figure refers to. Improve progression by describing each series’ change in a consistent order and using clearer references, rather than joining several comparisons into one sentence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of trend vocabulary, including “fluctuating,” “gradual increase,” “peaked,” and “levelled off,” which helps communicate changes in the graph. Some choices, however, are imprecise or do not fit the data: “peaked out” is awkward here, and “levelled off” incorrectly describes amateur dramatics’ continuing decline. There are also spelling and word-form errors, such as “Initiatlly,” “partcipant,” and “members amounting,” alongside unnatural phrases like “the highest from any other activity.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding the general message, but they reduce precision and naturalness. Choose standard collocations for describing figures and trends, and proofread spelling and plural forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses linked with “while” and “after this period,” and the overall meaning is usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, especially in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “depicts that how many participants engaged” has an incorrect clause pattern, while “members … remain steady” and “table tennis faced an gradual increase” contain tense or article problems. In “the same amount it had on 2000,” the preposition and structure are also inaccurate. These errors rarely block the main message, but they make several sentences less controlled. Practise consistent past-tense reporting and check subject–verb agreement and article use.

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