Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-15

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 7.0)

The pie chart and the bar chart provide information about the venue and different kinds of dance classes attended by youth in an Australian town.

Overall, a significant proportion of the dance classes were located in private studios, while the majority of students who attended ballet dance were under the age of 11.

According to the pie chart, 48% of the dance classes were located in the private studios, making it the largest location compared to other locations. The school halls, after-schools, had 24%, while Community halls and other had 18% of the venue. However, the location at the college-based was lowest accounting for 10% of the dance classes.

Further according to the bar graph, for those under the age of 11, about 600 students attended the ballet dance class, nearly 440 attended tap class and about 300 students attended modern dance class. Whereas those between the age of 11 to 16, around 300 learnt ballet dance, approximately 420 students took tap dance classes and more than 500 learnt modern dance class.

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 venue and under-11s as the largest ballet group. The figures are generally accurate: the venue shares match the chart, and your student totals are close to the approximate bar values. You also make relevant comparisons between age groups, including the contrast in modern dance participation. This is a well-supported account of the main features. To make the overview more complete and precise, highlight the key reversal across age groups: under-11s lead in ballet, whereas 11–16-year-olds lead in modern dance; tap numbers are relatively similar. Avoid broad wording such as “the majority” for ballet, since this refers to a larger group rather than more than half of all students.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised into a clear introduction, overview, and two chart-focused paragraphs, so the reader can follow the information easily. The sequence from venue proportions to age-group figures is logical, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “According to the pie chart,” and “Whereas” help signal the structure. This gives the report clear progression. Some connections are slightly mechanical, particularly the repeated “According to” framing and “Further according to.” The final comparison would be stronger if the age-group figures were grouped by dance type or followed by a concise summary of the contrasting patterns. This would make the relationships between the figures more explicit and cohesion more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounting for,” “attended,” and “approximately,” and the meaning remains clear throughout. There is some variation in how you report figures, which helps avoid excessive repetition. However, several collocations and forms are imprecise: “the venue” is awkward for describing the share of classes at a location, “the location at the college-based” is not natural, and “ballet dance class” is less idiomatic than “ballet classes.” “After-schools” also does not accurately reproduce the chart label. More precise, natural phrasing for locations and participation would improve flexibility and control, while retaining the clear vocabulary already used.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including a subordinate clause in “while the majority of students…” and a contrast introduced by “Whereas.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons clearly. Some grammatical inaccuracies remain, however. In “the school halls, after-schools, had 24%,” the inserted label disrupts the sentence structure; “the location at the college-based was lowest” also has an incomplete construction. The phrase “those between the age of 11 to 16” combines incompatible patterns, and “students attended the ballet dance class” would benefit from a more controlled noun phrase. Aim to check articles, number, and parallel sentence structures, especially when comparing the two age groups.

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