Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-09-15
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The charts below give information on the location and types of dance classes young people in a town in Australia are currently attending.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 6.0)
The pie chart illustrates data on the location of dance classes attending by young people in a town in Australia while the line graph presents the types of dance classes by different age groups.
Overall, it can be seen that the largest numbers of participants come to private studios for dance participation, whereas Ballet dance is mostly attended by youngsters under 11 and Modern dance is common among the students over 11.
Firstly, going to private studios for dance practising is the most common activity among students, comprising 48% of students, whereas the college-based studios has the lowest number of attending participants at 10%. While going to school halls after school records the second largest attendance and the community halls & other comprises 18% of the students.
In addition, attending ballet dancing makes up the largest proportion of students of age less than 11, with almost 600 students, whereas participating in Modern dance is most frequent among younger students between 11-16. Ballet and Modern dancing is the least popular among students between 11-16 and under 11 respectively.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5
The response successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of both the pie chart and the bar chart. You provide a clear overall trend and make relevant comparisons, such as noting that private studios are the most popular location (48%) and contrasting the preferences of age groups for dance types. However, there are minor inaccuracies in reporting the data: for instance, you state that 'Ballet and Modern dancing is the least popular among students between 11-16 and under 11 respectively,' whereas the data shows Modern is lowest for under 11, and Ballet is lowest for 11-16. Overall, the information is accurately summarized and covers the prompt well, aligning with Band 6.5 to 7.0 descriptors.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The essay is structured logically with a clear introduction, an overview paragraph, and body paragraphs dedicated to each chart. Cohesive devices such as 'whereas', 'Firstly', and 'In addition' are used to guide the reader through the data. However, there are some minor structural issues, such as a sentence fragment in the third paragraph ('While going to school halls after school records the second largest attendance and the community halls & other comprises 18% of the students.'), which lacks a main clause completion. Paragraphing is used appropriately, maintaining a coherent overall arrangement throughout the response.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.0
You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for an Academic Task 1 response, using terms such as 'illustrates', 'proportion', 'frequent', and 'participants'. There are some unnatural collocations and minor word choice errors, such as 'dance classes attending' instead of 'attended', and 'dance practising' rather than 'practice' or 'participating in dance'. Attempts at less common vocabulary are generally successful, but occasional inaccuracies prevent the score from reaching a higher band level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0
The essay displays a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, including relative clauses and comparative forms. There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings present, such as 'classes attending by' (passive voice error), 'the college-based studios has' (subject-verb agreement error), and the incomplete sentence structure in the third paragraph. While these errors do not impede overall communication, their frequency prevents the grammatical accuracy from meeting the criteria for Band 7.
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