Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below gives information about how families in one country spent their weekly income in 1968 and in 2018.

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

1968 and 2018: average weekly spending by families

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The bar chart illustartes percentage of the weekly income of families that was spent by the people of one country in 2018 in compare to 1968.

Overall, majority of the expaniture was associated with the food and home. The spending on food was significantly reduced in 2018. The spending on household goods are same for both the given period. Expanses on food, fuel and power, colthing and footware, and personal goods are more in 1968 comapre to the 2018, and trend is reverse for rest of the good except household goods (it was steady).

In the 1968, 35% of spending families were spent on the food, ehich was highest among all categories, while the lowest spending contributed to the fule and power(approximately 6%). The expaniture on household goods are same for the 1968 and 2018 (around 9%).

In the 2018, the highest spending occurred on leisure, which was close to 22%, on the other side, lowest spend on fuel and power and personal goods (just under 5%).

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify several important features accurately: food was the largest category in 1968 at 35%, leisure was highest in 2018 at about 22%, and fuel and power was among the smallest categories. You also note the sharp fall in food spending and the stability of household-goods spending. However, the overview is not fully precise: “food and home” is vague, and the claim that household goods were “around 9%” is less accurate than the chart’s approximate 8% in both years. Some key comparisons, especially the rise in housing from 10% to 19% and transport from 8% to 14%, are not reported. Develop the overview around the main shifts and support it with a few more accurate comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs describing each year. This makes the main points reasonably easy to locate, and phrases such as “Overall” and “In the 2018” signal progression. However, the overview combines several comparisons in a long sentence, and “trend is reverse for rest of the good except household goods” is difficult to follow because the categories and direction of change are not clearly linked. The final paragraphs also focus on individual highs and lows rather than building a fuller comparison between years. Use shorter, more clearly organised comparisons and refer to categories consistently so that cohesion feels less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “significantly reduced,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “steady,” which helps communicate the main trends. There is also some attempt to vary wording through “spending” and “expenditure.” However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “illustartes,” “expaniture,” “colthing,” and “comapre.” Some expressions are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “majority of the expenditure was associated with the food and home” and “spending families.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding the general message, but they reduce precision. Aim for accurate spelling and natural collocations such as “families spent” and “share of weekly income.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “while” and a comparison using “except household goods.” The overall meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “35% of spending families were spent” has an incorrect passive construction; write “families spent 35%” or “35% of weekly income was spent.” There are also agreement and article problems in “The spending on household goods are same” and “the lowest spend on fuel and power.” The opening phrase “in 2018 in compare to 1968” also needs a correct comparison structure. Check subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence patterns when describing percentages.

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