Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-04

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 given bar graph compares the imformation about the spending of weekly income of families in 1968 and 2018 in a perticular country, covering different aspects of the spendings.

overall, we can notice very steep fall in the spendings of food by almost half in 2018, and a prominent rise of more than double in the aspect of leisures. whereas the spendings on household goods remains similar in both the years.

Analyzing deeper into the graph, few of the aspects have shown a rise in the spending, mainly leisure whose costs increased more than twice it was in 1968 , housing by almost 10% and transport by few percentages, whereas other aspects have shown a fall in the costings dominated by food from 35% to less than 20%, followed by clothing and footware (Almost half as in 1968), personal goods and lastly fuel and power by few percentages. Despite all the changes in the spendings, household goods have shown no change at all in the percentages.

In conclusion, The spendings of a family in 2018 compare to the spendings of 1968 have shows changes in

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast accurately: food falls from 35% to 17%, leisure rises from 9% to 22%, and household goods stays at 8%. You also group the categories that rise and fall, so the response addresses the task and includes a relevant overview. The comparison of housing as rising “by almost 10%” is imprecise: it increases from 10% to 19%, a rise of about nine percentage points. Some smaller changes are only described vaguely as “few percentages,” and the final sentence is unfinished, so the ending does not complete the summary. The main features are present, but more precise reporting and a complete conclusion would make the coverage more consistently developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction to an overview and then to details. Grouping increases and decreases in the third paragraph helps the reader follow the comparisons. However, progression is weakened by repeated references to “spendings” and by the final paragraph, which begins “In conclusion” but ends abruptly at “have shows changes in.” This leaves the response without a completed closing thought. The transition “whereas” after the overview is also awkwardly separated into a new sentence, and “Analyzing deeper into the graph” does not lead to a clearly organised sequence of individual comparisons. Use a concise overview, then organise the details into clear groups, and ensure every paragraph is complete.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “prominent rise,” “dominated by,” and “remains similar,” and the intended comparisons are generally understandable. Some choices are inaccurate or unnatural, however: “imformation” is misspelled, “leisures” is not the appropriate form here, and “costings” does not fit the chart’s percentages. “Spending” is also repeated frequently, while “aspects” is vague when referring to specific categories. These issues do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and naturalness. Prefer standard chart language such as “the proportion spent on,” “category,” and “increased/decreased,” and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “whereas” and a relative clause in “whose costs increased.” The main comparisons remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “the spendings on household goods remains” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and “have shows changes” in the final sentence has an incorrect verb form. The overview also begins with lowercase “overall” after a paragraph break, while the final sentence is incomplete. Some sentence boundaries and punctuation are awkward, particularly the lowercase “whereas” following a full stop. Aim for complete sentences, consistent capitalization, and careful checking of agreement and verb forms.

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