Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Summit Mastery · 2026-11-05

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 graphs illustrate the percentage of people who hold full car driving licences in Great Britain based on gender and age in two different years.

Overall, holding driving license for both genders increased in 2006 compare with 1975/76 but men of all ages dominated over women because a majority of men held driving license compare with women.

The figures for men and women who holding license showed an increasing trend till age group of 30-39 after which the figures started to decline. In 1975/76, almost 38% of men within age 17-20 had the license and increased to nearly 83% in age group of 30-39 before dropping to below 40% for elderly people over 70 year. In 2006, the percentage of men withing age of 17-20 who held license was just below 40 while increasing to just over 80% in a age group of 30-39 and 40-49 before reaching its peak at almost 90% in 50-59 and dropped the portion in elderly group.

In 2006, the percentage of women withing age of 17-20 who held license was 35% while increasing to just below 80% in a age group of 30-39 and reaching 80% in age group of 40-49 ehich was highest and dropped the percentage in elderly group below 30%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You provide a relevant overview, noting that licence holding was generally higher among men and increased for both sexes by 2006. You also select several useful age-group figures, especially the low rates among the youngest and oldest men and the rise among women aged 30–49. However, the overview that rates increased for both genders across all ages is too broad: men aged 21–29 fell from about 78% to 70%, and the 17–20 figures changed little. Some details are also inaccurate or incomplete: women aged 17–20 were about 33% in 2006, not 35%, and the account omits the substantial 1975/76-to-2006 rise among older women. A more balanced comparison of both years and sexes would make the key features clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, a summary of the main pattern, and paragraphs describing the data. The age-based progression is generally easy to follow, and phrases such as “In 1975/76” and “In 2006” help orient the reader. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent overall arrangement and shows some control of progression. However, the final paragraph discusses only women in 2006, leaving the comparison with 1975/76 unfinished, while the preceding paragraph focuses mainly on men. This makes the selection feel uneven. Some links are also awkward or repetitive, particularly repeated “increasing to” constructions. Grouping the data by sex while comparing both years within each paragraph would create a more complete and smoother progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “percentage,” “dominated,” “increased,” “decline,” and “peak,” so the main trends are usually understandable. There are also attempts to vary descriptions of change, such as “dropping” and “reaching.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “holding driving license,” “dropped the portion,” and “elderly group” do not express the data as precisely as standard chart language would. Spelling and word-form slips such as “withing” and “ehich” also reduce accuracy. Use consistent terms such as “licence holders” and “the proportion of women,” and choose verbs that clearly describe a figure rising, falling, or reaching a peak.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses linked with “after which” and “before,” and the overall meaning is generally clear. However, some grammatical errors recur in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For example, “holding driving license for both genders increased” needs an article and a more suitable grammatical structure, while “men of all ages dominated over women” has an awkward comparison pattern. In “the figures started to decline,” the subject is unclear because the figures do not decline uniformly across all age groups. There are also errors in “women who holding license” and “in a age group.” Review article use, subject–verb patterns, and how to form comparisons; these corrections would make your varied sentences more controlled.

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