Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-02

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 chart illustrates export earnings of a country during 2015 and 2016 in various categories. Whereas the table compares data on changes in the proportion of value in each eport category.

Overall during 2015 & 2016 petroleum products has highest export earnings while textiles has lowest export earnings. Highest changes in the values is in textiles and lowest in agriculture product.

At bar chart it shows petroleum products has highest earnings which is around 62% in 2016 and around 60% in 2015. Engineering goods also increased in export earnings from roughly 55% to around 60% from 2015 to 2016. Though gems and jewellery earnings decreased from 2015 to 2016 which is around 42% to 40% respectively.

Looking at the changes in the values during 2015 to 2016. Textiles has highest changes in the value which surged to 15.24%. After that second highest changes is in petroleum products which increased to 8.5%. Though only gems and jewellery values declined which is 5.18% but agriculture products slightly increased which is 0.81%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that petroleum products earned the most and textiles the least, and you note that textiles had the largest percentage change while gems and jewellery declined. These are relevant overview features. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the table gives petroleum products a 3% rise, not 8.5% (that figure belongs to engineered goods), and the chart values are in billions of dollars, not percentages. The overview also calls agriculture’s change the lowest, although gems and jewellery fell by 5.18%; clarify that agriculture had the smallest positive change. You cover both visuals, but comparisons and reporting of several categories are less fully developed. Check each figure against its category and distinguish earnings from percentage change.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph describing chart values and a final paragraph about percentage changes. This makes the two visuals easy to follow. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Though” and “After that” also help signal relationships. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “After that second highest changes is in petroleum products” is confusing because the figure that follows, 8.5%, belongs to engineered goods. The repeated “Though” constructions do not always create a clear contrast, and “Looking at the changes…” is a somewhat abrupt transition. Use more precise links and make sure each comparison clearly identifies the category and direction of change.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “export earnings,” “decreased,” “increased” and “surged,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts to vary descriptions of change, such as “slightly increased.” However, some word choices and collocations are imprecise or repetitive: “changes in the proportion of value” does not accurately describe the table, which reports percentage changes in export values, and “highest changes” is unnatural. “Eport” is a spelling error, while “agriculture product” and “Engineering goods” are inconsistent forms. Prefer precise terms such as “percentage change,” “rose by,” and “export category,” and use the same category names as the visual.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast clause beginning “Whereas” and a sentence introduced by “Though.” Most of the intended meaning remains clear, but some errors in agreement, articles and sentence construction reduce accuracy. For example, “petroleum products has highest export earnings” needs plural agreement and an article (“have the highest…”), while “Textiles has highest changes” has the same agreement problem. “Whereas the table compares…” is a fragment when used after the first sentence, and “which is around 42% to 40% respectively” is not a well-formed comparison. Practise complete sentences and consistent past-tense reporting, while checking subject–verb agreement and article use.

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