Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-17

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 graph depicts the percentage of people holding full driving licences in Great Britain from 1975/76 to 2006 by their age and sex.

In general, women in 1975/76 held less driving licences then men in 1975/76. Gradually the difference between men and women holding driving licence decreased by 2006.

The percentage of men holding driving licence in 1975/76 and 2006 remained almost same. The drastic increase can be seen in the age group of 60-69 from 59% in 1975/76 to 85% in 2006 and in the age group of 70 and over from 30% in 1975/76 to78% in 2006. There is negligible change in the age group of 30-39 and in the age group of 17-20.

The women holding driving licence from 1975/76 to 2006 has been drastically increased across all age groups. The abe group of 30-39 and 40-49 has seen highest jump in percentage from 1975/76 from 50% to 79% and 38%to 79% in 2006 respectively.

The age group of 70 and over recorded the jump from nearly 5% to 25% from 1975/76 to 2006.

This chart demonstrates the growing equality between men and women over the period of time where both sex have the right to drive.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the overall pattern that women’s licence-holding increased and the gap between the sexes narrowed, and you support this with several age-group comparisons. However, some figures and comparisons are inaccurate: for men aged 60–69, the 2006 figure is about 91%, not 85%; for women aged 70 and over, it is about 29%, rather than 25%. The claim that men’s figures “remained almost same” is too broad, since older men’s rates rose substantially, while the 21–29 group fell from about 78% to 70%. Your overview also misses the key contrast that men generally had higher rates, but women’s figures rose markedly across every age group. More precise selection and reporting of the main trends would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs about men and women, then a concluding statement. This makes the main subject easy to follow. However, progression within the body is sometimes unclear, particularly when the broad claim that men’s rates stayed almost the same is followed by large increases among older men. The final sentence about equality repeats the overview without adding a clearly supported comparison. Linking is also limited, and phrases such as “from 1975/76 from 50% to 79%” make the relationship between dates and figures difficult to follow. Organise each paragraph around a clear trend, then use accurate time comparisons to connect the evidence.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “age group,” “drastic increase,” and “recorded the jump,” so the chart’s subject is generally clear. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or imprecise, however. “Held less driving licences” is not a natural way to describe proportions, and “growing equality” overstates what the figures show: the gap narrows, but does not disappear. There are also spelling and word-form slips, such as “abe group,” and repeated use of “drastic” limits precision. Choose vocabulary that describes measured change accurately and vary the language used for increases and differences.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including comparisons with “from … to …” and the overview sentence beginning “where both sex…”. The meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “women … held less driving licences” has an incorrect comparative and plural construction, while “The women holding driving licence … has been drastically increased” has problems with the subject, article, and verb form. “Both sex have” also shows a subject–verb agreement error. Punctuation and spacing around figures are inconsistent. Practise forming accurate comparison sentences and checking agreement and verb patterns; greater control would make the data easier to interpret.

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