Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-16

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The graphs below show the percentage of people holding full driving licences in Great Britain by age and sex.

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

Full car driving licence holders: by sex and age

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The given bar charts delineate the British residential who have driving licences, by ratio of age and gender in two different years. Overall, a conspicious disparity is seen among the proportion of people having license in nineties and twenties. Men of all ages are marginally predominated over women holding car licenses.

In 1975/76, the ratio of men driving cars were markedly high than women. Men were likely to have driving permit above 80% in 30-50 ages. However, women holding car permit had highest percentage of almost 50 at the age ranging from 30-39. The proportion almost trauncated for women above 70 just of few percent.

In 2006, the ratio of women was incredibly higher than past, indicating digital world. Both sexes percentage were same for teenage, but it went relatively higher in older ages. It is evident from graph that men of ages 30-69 had licences percentage equivalent to 90. Females who were holding licenses in 30-49 have 80%, much higher than past. Although, there was a decline in ratio above this age and dropped to just few percent for women above 70, but men above 70 still had near 40%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the broad comparison between the two years and note the substantial rise in women’s licence-holding, especially among middle-aged groups. The overview also recognises that men generally had higher figures. However, some key details are inaccurate or unclear: in 2006, women aged 70 and over were at about 29%, not “just a few percent,” and men aged 30–69 were not uniformly near 90% (the 30–39 figure was about 87%). The claim that teenage percentages were the same is also imprecise: the figures were close, but not equal. Your account would be stronger with a clearer overview of the age pattern and more accurate comparisons, including the lower figures among the youngest groups and the fall among men aged 21–29.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs for 1975/76 and 2006. This makes the main time-based comparison easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “However,” “Although,” and “Overall” help connect points. At times, though, the progression is weakened by unclear references and abrupt comparisons. For example, “it went relatively higher in older ages” does not make clear whether “it” refers to women’s figures or both sexes, while “above this age” leaves the age boundary uncertain. The final sentence also combines a decline among women with the separate figure for older men. Use clearer subjects and organise each paragraph around a consistent comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of vocabulary, including “conspicuous disparity,” “proportion,” “indicating,” and “decline,” and the topic remains understandable. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing this chart. “British residential” does not mean people in Britain, “ratio” is not the right term for these percentages, and “digital world” is an unsupported interpretation of the data. There are also spelling errors such as “conspicious” and “trauncated,” alongside inconsistent forms of “licence.” These choices sometimes make the intended meaning less precise. Prefer standard chart language such as “residents,” “percentage,” “licence holders,” and “increased,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and more complex forms, including a relative clause in “women holding car permit had highest percentage” and a concessive construction beginning “Although.” The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “the ratio of men driving cars were” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and “Both sexes percentage were same” has errors in number and article use. Phrases such as “in 30-50 ages” and “at the age ranging from 30-39” also show difficulty forming age-range expressions. Work on agreement, articles, plurals, and concise comparison structures. More accurate sentence patterns would allow your range of complex sentences to communicate the data more clearly.

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