Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-03

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

This bar chat depicts the percentage of households in personal and rented appartments in two different countries (England and Wales) in the period of 1918 and 2011.

Overall, in the earlier period, majority of the families lived in rented accomodation rather than their own homes. But as the times passed, there was a massive decreament in the households of rented accomodation whereas, a wide range of families started to prefer to buy their own houses.

By the year of 1918, approximately, only 22% households preffered to be in their own houses. Conversly, percentage of rented appartments households was at its peak upto almost 78% in the same year. From [redacted phone], they had stability and didnt change, but rented accomodations were still higher than households of owned appartments.

In 1971, both owned and rented accomodations met the same percentage, which is 50%. From 1981, percentage of owned accomodation started to surge steadly wheras, percentage of households of rented accomodation fluctuated and had a slight decreament.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response covers all parts of the task by selecting and reporting the main features of the chart, providing an adequate overview that highlights the shift from rented to owned accommodation over the period. However, some aspects are under-developed or contain minor inaccuracies in data reporting, such as stating that households owned homes at approximately 22 percent in 1918 when the figure was closer to 23 percent, and misinterpreting the regions as two different countries rather than a single combined area ('England and Wales'). While key trends are identified and comparisons are made, the development of some data points remains limited, placing the response at this level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response presents a coherent overall arrangement with a clear attempt to structure the information logically, moving from an introductory overview to specific body paragraphs detailing chronological trends. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Overall', 'By the year of 1918', and 'In 1971', but referencing and logical flow are occasionally mechanical or slightly faulty, as seen in the abrupt transition to the 1981 data at the end. Paragraphing is present, although the text trails off incomplete in the final paragraph, which affects the overall progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully attempting less common items and descriptive terms such as 'massive decreament', 'stability', 'surge', and 'fluctuated'. However, there are notable lexical errors in word choice, word form, and spelling, such as 'chat' instead of 'chart', 'appartments' instead of 'accommodation', 'decreament' instead of 'decrease' or 'decrement', 'Conversly', and 'steadly'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, but they reflect typical limitations at this level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The writer employs a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating control over basic narrative structures and time markers. There are some errors in grammar and punctuation, such as article omissions ('majority of the families', 'percentage of rented appartments'), awkward prepositional use ('By the year of 1918', 'in the period of 1918 and 2011'), and tense inconsistencies like 'didnt change'. Nevertheless, these errors rarely impede communication, and the sentences remain generally understandable.

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