Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-11-04

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 pie charts illustrate the proportion of the location of dance classes and bar chart shows the types of dance taken by the number of students of a specific age range in a town in Australia.

Overall, young people preferred taking dance classes in private studios, taking a significant portion of the chart. However, the number of students especially childern under 11 opted for ballet while students above this age upto 16 participated more in modern dance classes.

The location of dance classes were mostly the private studios making a slice of about 48%. School halls were about 24% which can be used after school and community halls and other contributed 18%. The least contribution was of the college-based studios, for about 10%.

Ballet is the most popular among the students aged less than 11, about 600 students are attending its classes while its the least famous among students of age group 11-16, almost half of this age group of under 11, almost 300 students. Tap dance has only about 15 students more of age group under 11 about 435 students. Modern dance has most learners of age 11-16 , making about 520 students. Although, childern of age less than 11 are 300 making it the lower of all dances preferred by students of this age group.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both charts and identify the main patterns: private studios are the largest location category, while ballet leads among under-11s and modern leads among 11–16-year-olds. The location percentages are reported accurately, and most dance figures are close to the chart. Your comparison that ballet participation among older students is about half the younger group is also useful. However, the overview says older students participated “more in modern” without explicitly contrasting this with their preference for ballet among younger children, and the tap comparison is unclear: the chart shows about 450 under-11s and 420 older students, not a difference of 15. A clearer overview and more precise comparisons would make the coverage more complete and developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the location and dance-type charts. This makes the information easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “However,” and “Although” help signal relationships. Some connections are less clear, though. In the tap sentence, “only about 15 students more of age group under 11” makes the comparison difficult to interpret, and “Although” begins a sentence without a clear contrasting clause. The final paragraph also moves between age groups and dance types in a way that could be more systematically organised. Grouping the dance figures by age group, or comparing each dance across the two groups, would create smoother progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “contributed,” “least,” and “learners,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. However, several word choices and collocations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “the proportion of the location,” “making a slice,” and “the least famous” for a dance class. “Preferred taking” and “participated more in” also sound less natural in this context. There are noticeable spelling errors in “childern” and “upto,” and repeated use of “about” limits precision. Aim for standard data-reporting phrases and check spelling carefully; this would make your vocabulary more accurate and flexible while retaining the relevant range already shown.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “while” and “although,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. Some grammatical errors remain, however. For example, “The location of dance classes were” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “the number of students … opted” does not fit the intended construction. The opening sentence also needs a clearer parallel structure: “the pie charts illustrate … and the bar chart shows …”. In “Ballet is the most popular …, about 600 students are attending,” two independent clauses are joined only by a comma. Review agreement, sentence boundaries, and clause construction, especially when combining comparisons; more consistently controlled complex sentences would strengthen accuracy.

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