Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-15

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table below shows the change in some household types in Great Britain from 1971 to 2007.

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

PEOPLE IN HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The table depicts the transformation in few family types in Great Britain between 1971 and 2007.

Overall, it can be noticed that the proportion of the people living independently and single parent household had been increased while there was decline in the other categories during past four decades. Furthermore, residents with no child remained the same at the end of the last two decades.

To begin with, the percentage of people that preferred to stay alone increased gradually from 6% to 12% between 1971 and 2007. Moreover, persons that remained childfree in 1971 had the least amount of population with 19% and till 2007 it ascended to 25% besides, the sole parents dwellings followed the same trend as the former one, accounted 4% in 1971 and reached to 12% at the end of 2007.

Moving further ahead, juveniles that relied on their guardians had the highest amount of people with 52% in the year 1971. For the next upcoming years, it decreased and reached at 36% at the end of 2007. Subsequently, independent children were accounted for 10% in 1971 and 1981 but in the next decade it rose up by 1% and then again depreciated by 2%, reaching 9% till 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify several important patterns, including the rise in one-person and lone-parent households and the fall in households with dependent children. The figures you give for these categories are accurate, and you also note that the no-children couple category reached 25% and then remained unchanged. However, the overview is not fully accurate: it says the other categories declined, although both no-children couples and lone-parent households increased, while non-dependent children fluctuated before ending slightly lower. Calling 19% the least amount of population is also misleading, since lone-parent households began at 4%. To strengthen the response, compare the categories more precisely and distinguish steady trends from fluctuations.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by two paragraphs grouping the household types. This gives the reader a sensible route through the information, and transitions such as “To begin with” and “Moving further ahead” signal paragraph changes. The main limitation is that some links are mechanical or do not express the relationship accurately. For example, “besides” joins the no-children and lone-parent figures awkwardly, while “Subsequently” does not clearly show the sequence in the non-dependent-children data. The overview also groups trends too broadly, which weakens the progression of the comparison. Use more precise links such as “by contrast” or “meanwhile,” and organise each paragraph around clear comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary to describe change, including “increased gradually,” “ascended,” “decreased,” and “reached.” This allows you to report the main movements without relying entirely on repetition. However, several less common choices are inaccurate or unnatural in this context: “transformation in few family types,” “preferred to stay alone,” “juveniles that relied on their guardians,” and “depreciated” do not describe the table in a suitably precise way. “Independent children” is also unclear for non-dependent children. Prefer neutral statistical language such as “the proportion living alone,” “households with dependent children,” and “fell.” More accurate collocations would make the report clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “while” and “but,” and the main comparisons are generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in verb forms and sentence construction. For example, “had been increased” should be “increased,” and “the sole parents dwellings … accounted 4%” needs a clearer structure, such as “lone-parent households accounted for 4%.” The sentence beginning “Moreover, persons that remained childfree…” also runs several ideas together, with punctuation needed before the next comparison. Check tense consistency when describing historical data, use the correct prepositions after verbs such as “account,” and divide long sentences where necessary.

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