Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-07-27

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The first table below shows changes in the total population of New York City from 1800 to 2000. The second and third tables show changes in the population of the five districts of the city (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) over the same period.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The first table illustrate how the total population changed in New York City between 1800 and 2000. The other two tables give information about differences in changes of population of the five districts of the city, namely Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, over the same period.

Overall, it is obvious that the total population increased dramatically in the New York City from 1800 to 2000. Manhattan was the most attractive city in the first century, while the other four cities surpassed Manhattan in the second century.

As shown, Manhattan was the dominant city in 1800, with a share of 76 percent, which exceeded three times that of the other four cities (24%).

AI examiner evaluation

CriterionBand
Task Achievement / Task Response5.5
Coherence and Cohesion6.5
Lexical Resource6.0
Grammatical Range and Accuracy6.0
Overall6.0

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

你的回答远低于 150 字的最低要求,这严重影响了你全面完成任务的能力。虽然你识别出了人口增长的主要趋势,并注意到了从 Manhattan 到其他区域的主导地位转移,但分析并不完整。你没有为整个时期(1800–2000)或所有五个区域提供足够的细节或数据比较。为了提高分数,你必须确保涵盖题目要求的所有部分,包括对表格中提供的数据进行更全面的概括,并确保字数达标,以便充分展开你的观点。

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

你的回答逻辑清晰,包含引言和概括。然而,由于篇幅太短,观点的推进受到了限制。你使用了像 'Overall' 和 'As shown' 这样基础的衔接词来标示结构,但缺乏更多的段落或更复杂的连接词,使得文章显得不够成熟。为了达到更高的分数,请确保将信息逻辑地分组到段落中,并使用更多样化的衔接词来使你的句子和观点连接得更流畅。

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

你所使用的词汇对于该任务来说基本恰当,例如 'increased dramatically' 和 'dominant city'。然而,由于篇幅较短,词汇范围相当有限。此外,文中还存在一些小错误,例如将这些区域称为 'cities'(例如 'Manhattan was the most attractive city'),这根据题目要求是不准确的。为了提高,请专注于使用与数据描述相关的更精确的术语,并避免重复简单的句式。扩展你的词汇量,加入更多描述趋势的词汇,将有助于展示你更广的词汇范围。

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

你的回答中混合使用了简单句和复杂句。文中存在一些语法错误,例如第一句中的主谓一致问题('The first table illustrate' 应改为 'illustrates')以及定冠词的不必要使用('in the New York City')。虽然这些错误不会影响理解,但其频繁出现阻碍了你获得更高的分数。为了提高,请专注于校对基础的主谓一致和冠词用法。结合更多样化的复杂句式,例如使用定语从句或分词短语,也将有助于提高你的分数。

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