Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-07

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 6.5)

The pie chart illustrates the details about figures of location where the dance classes are conducted. Whereas, the bar chart represents the three different kinds of dance classes and the age groups that attends the specific type of dance class.

Overall, it is clear that most of the dance classes are held in private studios while least of the classes are conducted in college-based studios. Most of the under 11 age group are considered to be taking part in Ballet dance class and the age group between 11-16 are mostly found to be attending the modern dance class.

In the pie chart, it is visible that private studios accounted to be the place where most of the dance classes held with a proportion of 48%, followed by the school-halls with half of the proportion of private-studios. Community halls and other accounted a proportion of 18%. Lastly college based studios held the least dance classes with a proportion of only 10%.

In the bar chart, 600 of the under 11 age group attended ballet dance class followed by tap with around 430 kids and Modern dance type with half of the proportion of ballet. In contrast, the 11-16 age group: most of them participated in modern dance class with a number of 520 individuals, follwed by tap and ballet dance type with a number of around 410 and 300 people respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both charts and provide a clear overview of the main patterns: private studios are the most common venue, college-based studios the least common, and the leading dance style differs by age group. Most figures are accurately reported, including the 48%, 24%, 18% and 10% venue shares and the key ballet and modern comparisons. The overview is useful, though “most of the under 11 age group” could be read as a majority, which the chart does not establish; it shows ballet is the largest category for this group. The under-11 tap figure is also given as around 430 rather than approximately 450. These are limited imprecisions in an otherwise well-supported summary. To strengthen the response further, describe the age-group contrasts precisely and avoid implying proportions where the chart gives student counts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the pie and bar charts. Information generally progresses logically, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “followed by,” and “In contrast” help readers follow the comparisons. This gives the report a coherent arrangement. However, some connections are mechanical or awkward, particularly the opening “Whereas” sentence, which is not joined to the preceding sentence, and repeated sequencing language such as “followed by” and “Lastly.” The final bar-chart sentence also places several figures and comparisons together, making it less easy to scan. Use complete, smoothly linked sentences and vary how you signal comparisons; clearer separation of the two age groups would make the progression more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “accounted,” “proportion,” “participated,” and “conducted,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more formal reporting language. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural in context: “figures of location,” “accounted to be the place,” and “half of the proportion” do not express the data idiomatically. “Dance type” and “dance class” are repeated, while “individuals” is less natural than “students” for this chart. Spelling slips such as “follwed” and inconsistent forms such as “school-halls” also reduce precision. Aim for concise chart language and accurate collocations, for example “classes were held at” and “accounted for 48%.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “In contrast, the 11–16 age group…” and the overview sentence comparing the two groups. The main information remains understandable, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems persist. “Whereas” begins a fragment because it is not connected to the first sentence, and “the age groups that attends” has a subject–verb agreement error. In “most of the under 11 age group are considered to be taking part,” the construction is unnecessarily complicated and the agreement is awkward. The colon after “age group” also creates an uneven sentence structure. Use direct constructions such as “The chart shows the styles attended by each age group,” and check agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries when editing.

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