Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-06
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 shows four different location where people attend dance classes and horizonal bar graph depicts nuber of students of two age categories in three different dance types.
Number of students who attend Private studios for dance classes is 48%. The second big propotion is holded by Schools halls especially after school with 24%.Ratio of people is 18% who joins dance classes at Community halls and other. College based studio has least number of people that is 10% , who atttend it.
Age group 11 to 16 attend have more than 500 students, who attend Modern types of dance classes. This number of this age group is higher than other two types.The least interest of this age group (11-16) is in Ballet dance type with 300 students ,while Tap dance has over 400 students of same age group. However, trend in under 11 age group is completely different. Under 11 age group has more interest in Ballet dance form with around 600 students. It is followed by Tap and Modern with 450 and 300 student in same age category.
Overall, Private studio provides more dance classes than others. Under 11 age group students more intereted in Ballet;however, over 11 years age group is more interested in Modern dance classes
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0
The response successfully addresses all parts of the task by covering both the pie chart detailing locations and the bar graph showing dance types by age group. A clear overview is provided at the end, highlighting the main trends such as the dominance of private studios and the contrasting preferences between the two age groups. Key features and comparisons are reported accurately, such as noting that private studios account for 48% and contrasting the 11-16 age group's preference for modern dance with the under-11 group's preference for ballet. While the ideas are well-supported and extended, there is a slight tendency to over-generalise or lean on isolated data points without deeper synthesis, placing it solidly within the seventh band rather than higher.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The response demonstrates a clear logical organisation and progression throughout. Information is grouped reasonably into paragraphs, with an introduction, body paragraphs dealing with each chart respectively, and a concluding summary. Cohesive devices are used to connect ideas, such as 'However' and 'It is followed by', though there are minor mechanical transitions and occasional referencing issues, such as 'This number of this age group'. Paragraphing is sufficient, but transitional phrases can sometimes feel slightly formulaic. This meets the criteria for the band below while beginning to show the clear overall progression typical of higher levels.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The writer attempts less common vocabulary with some awareness of style and collocation, using terms like 'proportion', 'dominance', and 'trend'. However, there are notable word choice, word form, and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'horizonal', 'nuber', 'propotion', 'holded', 'joins', 'intereted', and 'atttend'. While the vocabulary is adequate to communicate the main points and some spelling errors do not completely impede understanding, the frequency of lexical slips and inaccuracies prevents the response from achieving a higher band.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating attempts at relative clauses and comparative structures. However, there are frequent grammatical errors in sentence structure, article usage, prepositions, and subject-verb agreement, such as 'four different location', 'Number of students who attend... is 48%', 'Ratio of people is 18% who joins', and 'College based studio has least number of people that is 10% , who atttend it.' These errors require some effort from the reader to parse, and the lack of a majority of error-free sentences keeps the grammar score at this level.
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