Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-21

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 statistics about the geographical location of different types of dance classes and the various demographics attending these classes in an Australian town are illustrated by the provided pie chart and bar graph, respectively.

Overall, while the majority of classes are held at private studios, only a tiny proportion is accounted for college-based studios. What stands out is that ballet is more popular in youngest ages group; however, teenagers prefer modern dance form.

In details, 48% of the classes are held at provate studios which is double as compared to classes taken at the school halls after school hours. The ratio for community halls and other areas stands at less than one-fifth, followed by college-based studios, which have a portion of excatly one in ten.

Moving further towards the preference of dance forms by age gropus, around 600 children under 11 are enrolled in ballet, exceeding the amount of those aged 11-16 which is nearly 300. In comparison with the count of students learning tap dance form, which has almost similar numbers for both age gripus at around 425, modern dance form has 300 young children and almost 510 participants from age 11 to 16.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

You cover both charts and give a clear overview: private studios are the leading location, college-based studios the least common, and the age groups show contrasting preferences for ballet and modern dance. The supporting figures are generally accurate, including the 48% and 24% location shares and the approximate student totals. You also identify tap as having similar participation across the two groups. This gives the report a well-supported account of the main features. To make the comparisons more precise, state explicitly that under-11s have higher ballet participation, while 11–16-year-olds have higher tap and modern participation. “Teenagers prefer modern” is a useful summary, but it slightly over-generalises because tap is also more popular among the older group, though only marginally. Overall, the key information is selected and reported effectively, with a little room for sharper comparison.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised into an introduction, an overview and two detail sections, so the reader can follow the shift from locations to dance types. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In comparison,” and “Moving further” help signal the report’s progression, and the figures are grouped sensibly by chart. Some transitions are less natural or precise: “In details” and “Moving further towards” sound awkward, while “respectively” in the introduction makes the chart-to-information relationship slightly cumbersome. The final paragraph also combines several comparisons in a long sentence, which makes the information denser than necessary. Use straightforward transitions and separate the age-group comparisons into shorter, clearly focused sentences. The overall progression is clear, although cohesion could be more flexible and fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “geographical location,” “demographics,” “proportion,” “enrolled,” and “participants.” These choices help describe both the charts and the comparisons. However, several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems reduce precision: “provate,” “excatly,” “gropus,” and “gripus” are misspelled, and “the ratio … stands at” is not the most natural way to report a chart percentage. “Youngest ages group” and “modern dance form” are also awkwardly phrased. Aim for accurate, conventional chart language such as “share,” “accounted for,” and “the under-11 age group.” The meaning remains clear, but more reliable spelling and collocation would make the vocabulary more controlled and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and complex structures, including a contrast clause beginning “while” and a relative clause in “which has almost similar numbers.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, and the overview is expressed in a clear sentence pattern. Some grammatical errors remain. For example, “ballet is more popular in youngest ages group” needs an article and a more accurate noun phrase (“in the youngest age group”), while “which is double as compared to” is an awkward comparative construction. In “the amount of those aged 11–16,” the countable noun “number” is needed. The final sentence also carries several comparisons in one structure, making control less secure. Keep the range of sentence forms, but check articles, comparative patterns and countable nouns, and divide complex comparisons where needed.

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