Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-27

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar chart below shows the average number of hours that women in various age groups and women with varying levels of education spend on primary activities each week.

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

Average hours per week women spent in selected primary activities, by age and educational attainment, 2009

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The bar chart describes the average number of hours every week that females spent in chosen primary activities, in term of age and educational attainment by 2009.

Overall, it is evident that most females in all ages spent most of the time in leisure & sports while least time was spend in household activities.

In term of age, teenagers spent most of their time in leisure and sports activity 36.8 hours per week while only 6 and 6.9 gours per week was spend on other activities. By 20 to 54, hours spent on sports and leisure decreased gradually while hours spent on other activites increased steadily. by 55 to 75 & over, hours spent on leisure and sports increased sharply while hours spent on other activties declined significantly.

Regarding levels of eductation, females without a high school diploma mostly spent most hours on leisure and sports than other activities. Females with high shool degree spent 16.7 hours on working, 18.6 hours on household activities, and 38.9 hours on leisure and sports. While women with college degree and women with bachelor's degree or higher spent more hours on working and household activities but still spent most hours in leisure and sports.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the chart’s broad subject and provide an overview, noting that leisure and sports take the largest share for women across the groups. You also describe the age pattern: leisure rises among older women, while work peaks in the middle age groups and then falls. However, the overview is not fully accurate: household activities are not generally the least-used category, since leisure is lower for several working-age and highly educated groups. Some details are also misreported; for example, high-school graduates recorded 19.6 hours for household activities, not 18.6. The education comparisons are less developed than the age discussion, and the claim that work and household time both rise with education needs clearer support. Select the main contrasts more precisely and use accurate figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, an age-group paragraph and an education paragraph. This gives the reader a logical route through the chart, and phrases such as “In term of age” and “Regarding levels of education” help signal the shift in focus. The age paragraph also presents the broad trend in a sensible sequence. To make the progression more effective, connect comparisons more explicitly and avoid relying on repeated “while” constructions. The education paragraph, for instance, moves from women without a diploma to graduates and then degree holders, but the comparisons between these groups are not fully spelled out. Clearer links between the categories would make the organisation feel more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “average number of hours,” “educational attainment,” “decreased gradually,” and “increased sharply,” so the main trends are generally understandable. However, the range and precision are limited by repeated wording such as “spent most hours” and “activities,” as well as awkward collocations like “in term of age” and “spent most of the time in leisure and sports activity.” There are also spelling errors, including “gours,” “activites,” “eductation,” and “shool,” which reduce accuracy. Aim for more natural reporting phrases and check spelling carefully. More precise terms such as “time devoted to” and “the highest figure” would help you describe comparisons without repeating the same expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons joined with “while,” and the overall meaning is usually clear. Some grammatical errors remain, however. In “least time was spend,” the passive form should be “the least time was spent”; similarly, “6 and 6.9 hours per week was spend” needs a plural subject and the correct participle. The sentence beginning “By 20 to 54” also lacks a clear grammatical subject, and the following sentence begins with a lowercase “by” after a full stop. Articles and sentence boundaries need more consistent control. Practise forming accurate comparisons with a clear subject, such as “From ages 20 to 54, leisure time fell while work hours generally increased.”

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