Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 given pie chart illustrates where young people in town goes to dance classes at different place, to learn three types of dance in Australia.

Overall, Private studios have been the most popular venue for learning dance, followed by school halls at second. While community halls and college based studios were the least preferred by the youngsters. However, there are three types of dance included (ballet, tap and modern).

In the pie chart, Private studios have the largest proportion of a pupils, at 48%. School halls makes up around 24%, and both the college-based studios and community halls shares noticeable portion around 10% and 18% respectively.

In the bar chart, Ballet has the most popular type for learners to practice, with around 600 (under 11), Followed by Tap dance who had just above 400 (under 11), and 300 students enrolled who were aged under 11.

On the other hand, Ballet considered as the least preferable spot for the students who were aged between 11 to 16, with around 300 students. While most of the children went to learn the Modern dance (just over 500 students), and second choice for the young people (11-16) is Tap dance, approximately 400 individuals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both charts and give a clear overview, correctly identifying private studios as the largest venue share and college-based studios as the smallest. Most figures are also reported accurately, including the 48%, 24%, 18% and 10% venue proportions and the main age-group contrasts. However, the overview could better summarise the dance-type pattern: ballet leads among under-11s, while modern leads among 11–16-year-olds. There is also a significant misdescription in “300 students enrolled who were aged under 11,” which appears to refer to modern, not tap; tap is about 450. The phrase “least preferable spot” for ballet among older students is also imprecise because the chart shows a class type, not a location. Clarifying these comparisons would make the report more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the pie and bar charts. This makes the information generally easy to follow, and contrasts such as “On the other hand” help signal a shift between age groups. However, some links are mechanical or do not express the relationship accurately. “Followed by” is used repeatedly, and “However” in the overview introduces no real contrast. The bar-chart paragraph also moves from ballet to tap and then gives an unclear figure for under-11s, so the sequence does not consistently guide the reader through the data. Organise each age group’s figures together and use clearer references to the age group and dance type to improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “enrolled,” “least preferable,” and “approximately,” and the reader can understand the main comparisons. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices. “A pupils” is not an appropriate way to describe a share of students, while “least preferable spot” confuses a dance type with a venue. “Went to learn the Modern dance” is also less natural than a direct description of participation. Some repetition of “students,” “young people,” and “popular” limits flexibility. Aim for precise chart language and natural collocations, such as “accounted for,” “attended,” and “the least popular dance style.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast beginning “While community halls…” and a sentence comparing the older group’s choices. Meaning is generally recoverable, but some errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction remain. For example, “young people in town goes” has a plural subject with a singular verb, and “School halls makes up” has the same agreement problem. “While community halls and college based studios were the least preferred…” is a dependent clause presented as a complete sentence. The opening phrase “at different place” also needs a plural form. Check subject–verb agreement and ensure each sentence has a complete main clause; these corrections would make your varied structures more controlled.

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