Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-15

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

below shows the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The given bar graph illustrate the value of one country's exports in five different categories during 2015 and 2016. The table depicts the change of percentage in each of the categories of exports of goods in 2016 comapred with 2015.

Overall, the graph shows that highest export earnings were earned through petroleum products while lowest were earned by selling textiles. However, the table shows textiles percentage changes were highest of all while agriculture products were the lowest.

Firstly, export earnings of petroleum goods were 60 billion dollars in 2015 which rised 3% to more than 60 billion dollars in 2016. The engineered goods were at less than 60 billion dollars in 2015 and surged 8.5% to 60 billion dollars in the latter year. Furthermore, gems and jewellery earnings downed to 5.18% in 2016 as exports were at more than 40 billion dollars in 2015 which then decreased to only 40 in next year.

In addition to this, agriculture products were trading at 30 billlion dollars in 2015 though they increased slightly to more than 30 billion dollars which is 0.81%.

However, textile rocketed in the year 2016 from less tahn 30 billion dollars to more than 40 billion dollars in 2016 which makes a 15.24% rise.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both the chart and the percentage-change table, and your overview identifies the main extremes: petroleum products had the highest earnings, while textiles showed the largest percentage rise. Most figures and directions are broadly consistent with the visual. The response also includes relevant comparisons, such as engineered goods rising and gems and jewellery falling. However, some details are unclear or imprecise: textiles are described as rising from below $30 billion to above $40 billion, whereas the chart shows about $26 billion to $31 billion. The overview also calls agricultural products the lowest percentage change, although the table gives them 0.81%, below the other increases but not the only category with a decline. More precise reporting of the chart values and clearer distinction between earnings and percentage change would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing the categories. Sequencing words such as “Overall,” “Firstly,” and “In addition to this” help signal progression, and the reader can generally follow the comparisons. However, the linking is sometimes mechanical, particularly the repeated use of “However” and “Furthermore,” and the final paragraph’s contrast does not clearly connect to the preceding point. Some references are also vague: “the latter year” is understandable, but “they” in the agriculture sentence could be more explicitly tied to export earnings. Grouping the categories by increases and decreases, and using more direct transitions, would make the progression smoother and cohesion less noticeable.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “export earnings,” “percentage changes,” “surged,” and “decreased,” so the main information is usually understandable. There are also attempts to vary wording rather than repeat “increased.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing data: “earnings were earned,” “gems and jewellery earnings downed,” and “textile rocketed” do not collocate naturally. Spelling errors such as “comapred,” “billlion,” and “tah” also reduce control. Prefer precise, neutral reporting verbs and check spelling carefully; for example, say that earnings “rose” or “fell,” and that textiles “recorded the largest increase.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “while,” “which,” and “though.” Most of the intended comparisons can be understood, but some grammatical errors recur. The opening says “The given bar graph illustrate,” where the singular subject requires “illustrates”; “which rised” has an incorrect verb form; and “gems and jewellery earnings downed” has an incorrect construction. There are also awkward sentence patterns, such as “which makes a 15.24% rise,” where the tense should remain consistent with the past data. Work on subject–verb agreement, past-tense forms, and constructing comparisons with clear subjects and verbs. These corrections would make your varied sentence forms more controlled.

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