Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-29

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 pie and bar chart illustrate the location and types of dance classes which young people in an Australian town are currently attending. The pie chart shows the places where dance classes are offered and the bar chart illustrates what types of dances are preferred by students under 11 and teenagers.

Overall, the most popular place to go for a dance class is private studios, and the least is college-based studios. The students prefer Ballet dancing over modern and tap. Majority of the children are more inclined towards ballet whereas among teenagers the popular choice is Modern.

The favourite place for students to attend their dance class is Private studios which accounts 48% of the total. The other option, like school halls also offer dance classes after school but around 24% are currently attending their classes there. Community halls and other areas are more preferable as it is 8% more than college-based studios which make a 10% proportion of the total.

Children under 11 years of age like to dance Ballet and almost 600 students are enrolled in it. The next popular among childrenis tap and then modern which is about 450 to 300 students respectively. On the other hand a reverse trend is seen in teeneagers from 11-16 years of age. More than 500 are dancing modern, 450 are taking tap classes and 300 are doing ballet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response covers both charts and gives a clear overview of the main patterns: private studios are the leading location, college-based studios the least used, and preferences differ by age group. Most figures are reported accurately, including the 48%, 24% and 10% location shares and the approximate student totals. However, the overview says students generally prefer ballet over modern and tap, which overgeneralises: ballet leads only among under-11s, while modern is highest for the 11–16 group. The statement that community halls are “8% more” than college-based studios is also ambiguous; the chart shows an eight-percentage-point difference, not an 8% relative increase. A more precise overview and clearer comparison of the age groups would strengthen an otherwise well-supported summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear four-part structure: introduction, overview, location details and age-group details. Its progression is easy to follow, and transitions such as “Overall,” “On the other hand” and “The next popular” help signal comparisons. This meets the requirement for coherent organisation, but cohesion is not consistently smooth. The overview repeats the idea of the most popular location before the detail paragraph does so again, and “The other option” does not clearly identify the relationship between school halls and the other locations. The final paragraph’s “reverse trend” is useful but could be made more explicit by directly contrasting the ranking for each age group. More precise referencing and less repetition would make the progression more flexible and polished.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for describing charts, with relevant terms such as “accounts,” “proportion,” “enrolled” and “reverse trend.” The writer also varies some wording when describing preferences and participation. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural for this task: “what types of dances are preferred” suggests preference data, while the chart reports attendance; “the least” is incomplete without a noun; and “more preferable” is redundant. There are also spelling slips in “childrenis” and “teeneagers,” and repeated use of “popular” and “dance classes” limits flexibility. More accurate chart language and careful proofreading would improve precision while retaining the clear meaning.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response uses a mix of simple and complex forms, including relative clauses (“which young people…are currently attending”) and contrastive structures (“whereas among teenagers…”). Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “which accounts 48%” needs “which accounts for 48%,” and “Majority of the children” needs an article or plural construction, such as “The majority of children.” In “Community halls and other areas are more preferable as it is 8% more,” the pronoun reference and sentence structure are unclear. The final paragraph also contains a run-on-like sequence of comparisons. Check articles, prepositions and agreement, and use punctuation to separate related figures more cleanly.

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