Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-28

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The pie charts below show exports from various EU countries to India and China in 2000 and 2011.

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

EU Exports of Goods to India and China in 2000 and 2011

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The four pie charts compare the percentage of exporting goods from different european countries to China and India in 2000 and 2011.

The largest exporter of goods to China was Germany in both of the years, while for India it was only in 2011. The rate of export from Finland remain unchanged in both of the years to India in contrast to China, it was Austria.

In 2000, United Kingdom was the dominant exporting country to India, holding a proportion more than a quarter (29%), trailed by Belgium with a share of exactly 25%. In 2011, Germany emerged as the major exporter accounting for 25% while Belgium dropped to 20% and United Kingdom also declined to 13%. In addition, Sweden, France, Netherlands and Spain experienced one percentile increase in export to India from 2000 to 2011.

Although Germany was the biggest exporter to China in both of the years, the proportion increased by 10% in 2011. For France, export rate plummented from 13% to 10% while Netherlands,Spain and Italy witnessed a rise of 1%. Austria maintained a standing of 2% of export share to China in both 2000 and 2011.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify several important patterns accurately: Germany led exports to China in both years, and the UK was the largest supplier to India in 2000 before Germany took the lead in 2011. You also support these points with relevant figures, such as Germany’s rise from 38% to 48% for China. However, the overview is brief and one statement is inaccurate: Finland’s share to India stayed at 2%, but Austria’s share to China also stayed at 2%; this is not a contrast. Some changes are reported selectively, and the claim that Germany was the largest exporter to India “only in 2011” would be clearer if directly contrasted with the UK’s 2000 lead. A fuller overview and more precise selection of key changes would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, a short overview, and separate paragraphs covering India and China. This makes the main comparisons reasonably easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “In 2011” and “Although” help signal changes and contrasts. However, the overview’s second sentence combines two unrelated comparisons, and “in contrast to China, it was Austria” is unclear about which figures or trend are being contrasted. Some details are listed without a clear hierarchy, while the final paragraph moves between countries and changes rather abruptly. Organise each destination’s key trends more consistently, and use explicit references such as “for China” or “in India” to make connections clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “dominant,” “accounting for,” “proportion,” and “maintained,” and the meaning is generally clear. There is also some variety in how you describe changes, rather than relying only on “increased” and “decreased.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural for describing chart data: “percentage of exporting goods” and “one percentile increase” do not express the intended meaning accurately, while “export rate” is less suitable than “share of exports.” “Plummented” is misspelled, and “holding a proportion” is an awkward collocation. More precise terms such as “share,” “accounted for,” and “rose by one percentage point” would improve accuracy and naturalness.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast clause beginning “Although” and a time clause in “while Belgium dropped to 20%.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “The rate of export from Finland remain unchanged” needs subject–verb agreement (“remained”), and “In 2000, United Kingdom was” needs the article “the.” The opening phrase “The largest exporter … was Germany … while for India it was only in 2011” has an unclear structure; a direct comparison would be easier to control. Check articles with country names, tense consistency for past data, and punctuation around lists, as in “Netherlands,Spain.”

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