Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-08-19
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 6.5)
The provided bar chart delineates data regarding the changes in how families in one country spent their weekly income over a fifty-year period spanning from 1968 to 2018.
Overall, it is immediately salient that leisure experienced a remarkable upward trend, whereas the converse was true for fuel and power, which witnessed a steady decline throughout the timescale. Additionally, the most dramatic growth was registered in leisure.
In terms of the detailed statistics, transport commenced at approximately 7% in 1968 and subsequently surged dramatically to reach a peak of 17% in 2018. Following this exponential growth, the figures plateaued consistently at this high level for the remainder of the period. Meanwhile, housing rose from around 10% to 20% over the same period.
By striking contrast, clothing and footwear followed a completely inverted trajectory. The data plummeted sharply from 10% in 1968, before hitting a rock bottom of merely 5%. Thereafter, this category experienced wild fluctuations until the final year. Likewise, food declined from around 35% to 17% over the same period.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 7.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
Javob asosiy xususiyatlarni yaxshi qamrab olgan, dam olish uchun sarflanadigan xarajatlarning o'sishi va oziq-ovqat xarajatlarining kamayishi kabi asosiy tendensiyalarni aniqlagan. Biroq, topshiriqni bajarish sifati ma'lumotlarni taqdim etishdagi jiddiy noaniqliklar tufayli pasaygan. Masalan, talaba transport xarajatlari 2018-yildan keyin 17% da 'plateaued consistently' bo'lganini da'vo qiladi, bu grafikda tasdiqlanmagan, shuningdek, uy-joy xarajatlari 20% ga ko'tarilganini tasvirlaydi, vaholanki grafikda bu ko'rsatkich taxminan 18-19% ga yetganini ko'rsatadi. Bundan tashqari, kiyim-kechak va poyabzal xarajatlari 'wild fluctuations' ga uchragani haqidagi da'vo ma'lumotlarning haddan tashqari talqin qilinishidir. Yuqoriroq ball olish uchun barcha raqamlar va tendensiyalar tashqi taxminlarni qo'shmasdan, faqat taqdim etilgan vizual ma'lumotlar bilan qat'iy tasdiqlanganiga ishonch hosil qiling.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5
Insho aniq kirish, umumiy sharh va ikkita asosiy xatboshidan iborat bo'lib, mantiqiy tuzilgan. 'In terms of', 'Meanwhile' va 'By striking contrast' kabi bog'lovchi vositalardan foydalanish o'quvchiga taqqoslashlarni tushunishda yordam beradi. Xatboshilarga ajratish umumiy sharhni batafsil tahlildan ajratish uchun to'g'ri qo'llanilgan. Biroq, umumiy sharh va asosiy xatboshilar o'rtasidagi o'tish yanada ravonroq bo'lishi mumkin edi. G'oyalarning rivojlanishi umuman olganda aniq, garchi topshiriqni bajarish qismida aytib o'tilgan aniqlik bilan bog'liq muammolar ma'lumotlarning umumiy mantiqiy ketma-ketligiga biroz ta'sir ko'rsatadi.
Lexical Resource — Band 6.5
Talaba 'delineates', 'salient', 'exponential' va 'trajectory' kabi murakkab atamalardan foydalanib, boy lug'at boyligini namoyish etadi. Bu tanlovlar uslubni hisobga olgan holda kamroq uchraydigan leksik birliklardan foydalanishga urinishni ko'rsatadi. Kollokatsiyalar bilan bog'liq ba'zi kichik muammolar mavjud bo'lsa-da, masalan, akademik hisobot uchun biroz norasmiy bo'lgan 'hitting a rock bottom' iborasi, lug'at umuman olganda aniq va professional ohangni saqlashga xizmat qiladi. Lug'at boyligi ma'noni aniq va ma'lum darajada moslashuvchanlik bilan yetkazish uchun yetarli.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 7.0
Javobda ergash gaplar ('whereas the converse was true for...') va sifatdoshli iboralar ('Following this exponential growth...') kabi turli xil murakkab gap tuzilmalari mavjud. Grammatika umuman olganda aniq, gaplarning aksariyati xatosiz. Tinish belgilari to'g'ri qo'llanilgan va muloqotga to'sqinlik qiladigan jiddiy xatolar yo'q. Murakkab tuzilmalarni boshqarish izchil bo'lib, bu ushbu mezon bo'yicha kuchli natijani ko'rsatadi.
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