Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-11

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 charts illustrates the details about the places and categories of dance classes attended by Australian youth. Overall, pie-chart indicates the dance class location and the graph gives the information about the dance class types. Private studios are the top picked place, whereas ballet dance class is most popular in under 11 children and modern class type is in youth aged 11-16 years.

Furthermore, the private studios occupied 48% proportion while selecting location for a dance class. Beside this, a less than a quarter is occupied by school halls while the rest of quarter proportion is filled by community halls and college-based studios combined.

Moreover, the top categories for a dance class are ballet, tap and modern. The most opted category is ballet by under 11 years children. The least preferred by this group is of type modern, backed by only 300 of them. Whereas, around 520 of youth having age between 11-16, wanted the modern dance. On the contrary, the less preferred type among them is ballet, supported by only 300 individuals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both charts and give a clear overview, identifying private studios as the leading location and contrasting the most popular dance styles for the two age groups. The figures you report for the key extremes—300 younger students in modern and about 520 older students in modern, with ballet lowest among older students—match the chart. However, the overview says ballet is most popular among under-11s but does not make the corresponding comparison that tap is the leading choice for 11–16-year-olds. The location details are also imprecise: school halls account for 24%, while community halls and other locations are 18% and college-based studios 10%; these are not simply a “rest of quarter” combined. Include the main figures and comparisons more precisely to strengthen coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response has a clear overall progression: an introduction and overview are followed by a paragraph on locations and one on dance types. This makes the two charts easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “Moreover” signal the shift between topics. The age-group comparisons are also presented in a generally logical order. At times, however, the connections feel formulaic, and “Whereas” and “On the contrary” do not always express the relationship as naturally as a direct comparison would. The location paragraph also groups the final two categories together without clearly distinguishing their shares. Use more precise referencing and comparison links, and organise each paragraph around the chart’s key contrasts.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “categories,” “least preferred,” and “most opted,” so the reader can understand the main information. There are also attempts to vary wording rather than repeat “dance class.” However, several choices are unnatural or imprecise: “top picked place,” “occupied 48% proportion,” and “supported by only 300 individuals” do not sound idiomatic in a chart report. “The rest of quarter proportion” is also unclear and weakens precision. Aim for standard collocations such as “accounted for,” “the most popular venue,” and “the least popular style.” More accurate, natural phrasing would improve flexibility and precision without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex structures, including contrast clauses with “whereas” and “while,” and most of the message remains understandable. However, some grammatical errors recur. The opening “The charts illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement; it should be “The charts illustrate.” In “ballet dance class is most popular in under 11 children,” the article and sentence structure are faulty, while “a less than a quarter is occupied” uses an incorrect construction. The phrase “youth having age between 11-16” also shows problems with the noun phrase and preposition pattern. These errors make several sentences awkward, even though the intended comparisons can usually be recovered. Practise accurate agreement, articles, and comparative sentence patterns.

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