Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-29

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 bar graph shows the value of export of a particular country during the year 2015 and 2016, along with the percentage change in the values throughout those years.

The graph shows the data for five products which are petroleum products, engineered goods, gems and jewellery, agricultural products and lastly the textiles. The earnings made by exporting petroleum goods remain almost the same in 2015 and 2016 which is almost 65 to 67 billion dollars which showed and increase of 3% than the previous year, where as the engineered goods made a hike in 2016 compared to 2015 which almost has a difference of 5 billion dollars giving it about 8.5% of increament. The value of gems and jewellery products have not shown much increment in 2016, on the contrary the sales declined 5.18% making the value from 50 billion dollars to almost 47 billion dollars. Agricultural products do not show much difference in both the years which secures the sum of almost 40 biilion dollars with the hike of 0.81% increase. Lastly the demand of textile products increased in 2016 where previously the amount earned was 37 billion dollars, shooted upto 41 billion dollars with 15.24% of hike.

Overall we can see that the highest demand and earnings were due to petroleum products and a huge demand for textile was seen in year 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify all five export categories and include the percentage changes, so the response is relevant and covers the main subject. However, several figures conflict substantially with the chart: petroleum is about $61–63 billion, not $65–67 billion; gems and jewellery are about $43–41 billion, not $50–47 billion; agriculture is about $31 billion, not $40 billion; and textiles are about $26–31 billion, not $37–41 billion. The overview also says textiles had a “huge demand,” although the chart reports export values rather than demand. The main trends are partly recognised, but the inaccurate data and limited comparison make the summary only partially effective. Check each figure against the visual and give a clearer overview of the highest and lowest categories and the main rises and fall.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a paragraph describing the categories, and a concluding overview. Its sequence through the five products is easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “on the contrary,” “whereas,” and “Lastly” help signal comparisons. This coherent structure is a strength. However, the long middle paragraph packs several categories and comparisons into one sentence-like sequence, making the information feel crowded. Some links are also imprecise: “on the contrary” introduces a decline, but the preceding claim that gems showed little change is not clearly framed. To make progression more controlled, group the categories by trend or value and use shorter sentences with clear references to 2015 and 2016.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “export,” “percentage change,” “declined,” “demand,” and “earnings,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. There are also attempts at more descriptive wording, such as “made a hike” and “shooted up,” but these are not natural collocations for a formal data summary. Spelling and word-form errors—including “increament,” “biilion,” and “where as”—also reduce accuracy. Prefer precise, neutral reporting language such as “rose,” “increased,” “fell,” and “remained stable,” and use “export value” rather than “demand” when describing what the chart measures. This would make the vocabulary more appropriate and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses linked with “whereas” and “which,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, some sentences are overloaded and contain errors in tense, agreement, articles, or sentence construction. For example, “the value … have not shown” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “which almost has a difference of 5 billion dollars” is awkwardly constructed. The phrase “where previously the amount earned was …, shooted upto …” also combines an incorrect verb form with an unclear clause structure. Use past-tense verbs consistently for the 2015–2016 data, check singular and plural subjects, and divide long comparisons into complete sentences. More accurate control of these patterns would improve clarity.

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