Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-09

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 chart demostrates the amount of individuals attending various kind of dance classes on multiple locations in a town situated in Australia.

Overall, the number of students under the age of 11 rules the chart by attending ballet classes. Moreover, majority of the classes are being held in the private studios.

There are four locations where the dance classes are being held. However, Private studios has the most amount of classes at the percentage of 48% falling behind are the school halls at 24%. Community halls and college based studios are 8% apart from eachother in which Community hall is standing at 18% compared to college based studio which are at 10% respectively.

If I talk about the types of classes, Ballet is leading with the most number of students under the age of 11. The number of students are 600 and ballet has the least amount of students who are from the age 11 till 16. Modern dance has 525 students from the age 11-16 and has very less students who are under 11. Throughout the graph tap dancing stayed somewhere in the middle.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both charts and provide a clear overview: private studios account for the largest share, while under-11s favour ballet. Several key comparisons are also accurate, including the 48% and 24% location figures and the 600 under-11 ballet students. This meets the task well, with some features reported in useful detail. However, parts of the overview and dance-class comparison are incomplete or imprecise. For example, you say ballet has the fewest students aged 11–16 without giving its figure, and “tap dancing stayed somewhere in the middle” does not explain that tap is similar across the two age groups (about 450 versus 420). Modern for 11–16 is approximately 520, not 525, a minor difference. Include the main contrasts across all three dance styles to make the summary more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for location and dance types. This makes the two chart topics easy to identify, and transitions such as “Overall” and “If I talk about the types of classes” signal movement between points. However, some linking is mechanical or unclear. “However” does not express a contrast in the sentence introducing the four locations, and “falling behind” is an awkward way to connect the second-largest share. The final paragraph moves from ballet to modern and then tap without a clear comparison pattern, so the reader must infer how the figures relate. Organise the dance styles consistently by comparing both age groups for each style, and use more precise links such as “whereas” or “by comparison.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing charts, including “percentage,” “private studios,” “leading,” and “students,” and the meaning is generally clear. There is some attempt to vary wording, but several choices are imprecise or unnatural for an academic summary: “rules the chart,” “most amount of classes,” “falling behind,” and “very less students.” “Rules” also suggests dominance in a way that is not suitable for neutral data reporting. Spelling errors such as “demostrates” and “eachother,” along with inconsistent forms such as “college based,” reduce accuracy. Aim for standard reporting collocations and accurate spelling, while avoiding conversational phrasing such as “If I talk about.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including a relative clause in “Community halls and college based studios are 8% apart from eachother in which…”. Most ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “Private studios has” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “the number of students are 600” uses a plural verb with a singular subject. The sentence beginning “Community halls and college based studios…” is also difficult to control, and “the least amount of students who are from the age 11 till 16” has an awkward grammatical construction. Use “the number … is,” check singular and plural agreement, and divide long comparisons into shorter, controlled sentences. More accurate complex sentences would strengthen the range.

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