Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-22

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 represents the proportional change in Great Britain households, particularly for the years 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2007.

Overall, the precentage of one person, no children and lone parent increased marginally over the period, while the porportion of dependent and non- dependent children households decreased gradually.

in 1971, lowest proportion of 4% was accounted by lone parent, which gradually rose to 6% and then 10% before settling to 12% till the year 2007. Similarly, one person had 6% that increased to 8% and then 12% by 2007. In addition, no children household also demonstrated a rise from 19% in 1971 to 23% in 1991 before reaching 25% in year 2007.

Conversely, dependent children and non-dependent children household precentage decreased noticably. 52% households of dependent children were marked in 1971 which fell down to 36 by the year 2007. Furthermore, Non-dependent children households proportion was 10 in 1971, it rose slightly to 11 in year 1991 but fell back to 9 in year 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the main household categories and give a clear overview: one-person, childless-couple and lone-parent households rose, while households with dependent children declined. The figures you include are generally accurate, including the fall from 52% to 36% and the rise in lone-parent households from 4% to 12%. This meets the task well, and the overview plus selected comparisons show some effective synthesis. To make the account more complete and precise, distinguish the one-person figure reaching 12% in 2001 and remaining there in 2007 from the increase “by 2007”; likewise, report that dependent-child households fell to 39% in 2001 before reaching 36%. The overview also groups dependent and non-dependent children together, although their trends differ in detail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a coherent overall structure: an introduction, a summary of the main trends, and two paragraphs comparing increases and decreases. Sequencing is generally easy to follow, and transitions such as “Similarly,” “In addition,” and “Conversely” help signal relationships between the data. However, the progression is somewhat mechanical, with several figures listed in succession rather than grouped into a more deliberate comparison. Some links are also imprecise: “Similarly” connects categories that do not follow exactly the same pattern, and the final sentence combines a rise and fall in one long construction. Use clearer grouping—for example, compare the two categories that end at 12%—and ensure each linking phrase accurately describes the relationship between the figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted for,” “rose,” “decreased,” and “fell back,” so the trends are generally understandable. There are also attempts at more formal reporting language, such as “demonstrated a rise.” However, some choices are inaccurate or awkward: “proportional change in … households” suggests a different measure, while “settling to 12% till” is not a natural way to describe the figures. Spelling errors in “precentage” and “noticably,” along with inconsistent hyphenation in “non- dependent,” reduce accuracy. Prefer precise, conventional chart language and check spelling and collocations carefully; this would make the vocabulary more flexible and reliable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “while” and “before,” and most of the data remains understandable. Some grammatical errors nevertheless recur. The opening overview begins with a lowercase “in,” and “lowest proportion of 4% was accounted by lone parent” is missing an article and uses an incomplete passive pattern; write, for example, “The lowest proportion, 4%, was accounted for by lone-parent households.” In “one person had 6% that increased,” the relative clause is awkwardly attached, and “fell back to 9%” needs a percent sign for grammatical and numerical completeness. Improve article use, sentence boundaries, and the construction of comparisons while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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