Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-10-25

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 muliple bar charts depict the ratio of licence holder according to the age and gender. One bar graph shows age wise data of men and another shows for women.

Overall, age group of 50 to 59 had the dominant category while youngest group had recorded the lowest figure in Men category. Similarly, in women, youngest group had lagged considerably behind the other categories whereas 40 to 49 age group shows highest figures.

To begin with, youngest in both group have the lowest figures among other categories with considerable margin as with less than 40 people. Whereas in men, age with 50-59 have the most numbers of people have licence and in women in 40-49 with almost reaching 100 and 80.

Oldest age group shows contrasting trends as in men it almost 80 where in women it is just 37 or less. In men, age group from 30 to 69 can be clustered as all shows virtually almost similar numbers, ranging from 84 to 90. Similar to that in women, age group from 30 to 59 have figure in range from 70 to 80.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify relevant broad patterns, including the low figures among the youngest group and the rise in women’s licence holding across many age groups. However, the overview is not fully accurate: the highest male figure is among 50–59-year-olds in 2006, but in 1975/76 men aged 40–49 were slightly higher than those aged 50–59. The claim that the youngest group had the lowest figure in both sexes also overlooks that women aged 70 and over were lower in 1975/76. Some comparisons are unclear or inaccurate: the oldest women’s figure in 2006 was about 29%, not “37 or less,” and the male 30–69 range is not consistently 84–90 across both years. Select key comparisons more precisely and distinguish the two dates.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing age-group comparisons. This gives the reader a workable progression, and phrases such as “Overall,” “To begin with,” and “Similarly” help signal relationships. The overview also separates the male and female patterns. However, some links are mechanical or leave relationships unclear, particularly “Whereas in men…” after a sentence fragment and “Similar to that in women…”. The final paragraph combines the oldest group with broad age ranges, making the comparison harder to follow. Organise the details by year or by sex, and use clearer transitions to show whether each figure refers to 1975/76 or 2006.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “dominant,” “contrasting trends,” “clustered,” and “ranging,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. There are also attempts to avoid repeating “figures,” such as “numbers” and “category.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing chart data: “ratio of licence holder,” “had lagged considerably behind,” and “most numbers of people have licence.” “Almost reaching 100 and 80” is also imprecise because the figures are percentages, not people or a target. Use standard collocations such as “proportion of licence holders,” “was considerably lower,” and “the highest percentage.” Check spelling, including “multiple,” and use “licence holders” consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons introduced by “whereas” and “as,” and the paragraphing helps make the meaning accessible. Nevertheless, errors in sentence structure and agreement recur. For example, “age group of 50 to 59 had the dominant category” lacks a natural grammatical relationship, while “age with 50-59 have the most numbers” has problems with both the subject and verb. “In men it almost 80” is missing a verb, and “all shows” does not agree with its plural subject. Articles and plurals are also inconsistent, as in “in both group.” Aim for complete clauses with a clear subject and verb, and check singular/plural agreement and articles when revising.

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