Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-01

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 6.5)

The table illustrates the change in the types of households in Great Britain from the year 1971 to 2007.

In the year 1971, the percentages of one person household was only 6% but it increased overtime becoming 12% in 2007. The percentage of such households got doubled in the time period.

For one-family households, there are many types of households within it including the ones with no children, dependent children, non-dependent children and lone parent. The percentages of one-family households with no children was 19% in the year 1971 but it increased to 25% in 2001. The percentage of no children household remained constant to 25% in the year 2001 to 2007. This means that in the years 2001 and 2007, one in every 4 one-family households had no children.

Likewise, in the one-family households with the dependent children, the percentage decreased from 52% in the year 1971 to 36% in the year 2007. The trend is followed consistently and the table shows that with time number of households with dependent children is decreasing.

In the households with non-dependent children, the percentage got decreased from 10% in 1971 to 9% in 2007. The percentage change in such type of households is minimal. However the percentage of lone parent households has increased from 4% in the year 1971 to 12% in the year 2007. It remained constant at 12% in the years 2001 and 2007.

Overall, the percentage of one person household has been doubled during the time period and lone parent household has been tripled since then. The percentages of households with no children is also increasing steadily but household with dependent children has decreased. There is minor change in percentage in households with non-dependent children.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main movements accurately: one-person households doubled from 6% to 12%, dependent-child households fell from 52% to 36%, and lone-parent households rose from 4% to 12%. You also note the rise in couples without children and the small change in non-dependent-child households. The overview at the end brings these trends together, and the figures you cite are grounded in the table. To make the report more fully developed, distinguish the steady changes from the periods when figures levelled off: for example, no-children households reached 25% by 2001 and stayed there, while non-dependent-child households peaked at 11% in 1991 before falling to 9%. The claim that lone-parent households “tripled” is imprecise, since they became three times their initial share; state this more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, paragraphs covering household categories, and a concluding overview. Sequencing is generally easy to follow, and transitions such as “Likewise,” “However,” and “Overall” help signal relationships between points. This coherent structure meets the lower-band expectations and shows some features of stronger progression. However, the category-by-category approach leads to repeated statements of the same trends, especially in the final overview, which largely restates earlier details. Some links are also mechanical, such as “The trend is followed consistently,” and the reference in “such households” could be more precise. Grouping the main increases together and the decreases together, then using the overview to summarise rather than repeat, would make the progression more flexible and cohesive.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing table data, including “increased,” “decreased,” “remained constant,” “percentage,” and “trend.” These choices make the comparisons understandable, and terms such as “dependent children” and “lone parent households” are relevant to the data. There are, however, several awkward or imprecise collocations: “got doubled,” “got decreased,” and “the trend is followed consistently” do not sound natural in formal data reporting. “Percentage change … is minimal” is understandable but could be expressed more precisely as a small overall decline. Repetition of “percentage” and “households” also limits flexibility. Aim for concise reporting verbs and accurate phrases such as “doubled,” “fell slightly,” and “the proportion remained stable.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses with “but,” “however,” and “that,” and the meaning remains clear throughout. Some sentences are controlled, such as “It remained constant at 12% in the years 2001 and 2007.” There are also some recurring grammatical errors. In “the percentages … was only 6%,” the plural subject requires “were”; similarly, “the percentage … was 19%” would be needed for a singular subject. Articles and number are inconsistent in phrases such as “one person household” and “no children household,” and “from the year 1971 to 2007” is less well controlled than “from 1971 to 2007.” Check subject–verb agreement and singular/plural forms, while varying sentence structures without making them unnecessarily long.

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