Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-19

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)

The bar chart compares proportion of how many household accomodations were rented and owned in England and Wales over the period of almost nine decades from 1918 to 2011.

Overall, Percentage of both households saw inverse ralation. At the beginning proportion of rented accomodations was highest and for the owned househods was. Over the peiod both presented inverse changes.

Looking at the household in rented accomodation, At the beginning of the period in 1918, rented households were the most common in England and Wales and accounted for above 75%. That was the highest in chart. Moving further, it saw gradual decline over the period with lowest in 2001 with 30% of rented accomodations in both cities, before increasing slightly to above 35%.

For the Owned accomodations, In 1918, people owned least households in accomodations accounted for 22% only. It saw dramatic increase over the given period, It continued to rise untill 2001 when just below 70% accomodations were owned. before dipping a little in 2011 to almost 64%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast accurately: renting was more common at the start, ownership rose over time, and the two figures met at 50% in 1971. The key turning points are also reported, including the ownership peak around 2001 and the slight reversal by 2011. Most figures are close to the chart, though “in both cities” is inaccurate because the data cover England and Wales together, and the overview’s phrase “for the owned households was” leaves the comparison unfinished. The response addresses the task and selects relevant features, but some comparisons could be clearer and more fully developed. State explicitly that ownership overtook renting after 1971 and that the two categories move in opposite directions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear four-paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate descriptions of renting and ownership. This makes the information easy to follow, and phrases such as “Moving further” and “before increasing slightly” help signal changes over time. However, the overview is incomplete, so it does not provide a fully clear guide to the details that follow. Some linking is also mechanical or imprecise, and the repeated opening “At the beginning” in both detail paragraphs makes the progression feel formulaic. Improve cohesion by completing the overview and using clearer comparisons between the two series, for example, explaining when ownership catches up with and then exceeds renting.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted for,” “gradual decline,” and “dramatic increase,” which helps describe the trends. However, several spelling errors and awkward collocations reduce precision: “accomodations” is repeatedly misspelled, while “inverse ralation” and “owned least households in accomodations” are not natural ways to express the data. “In both cities” is also an inaccurate choice for a chart covering England and Wales as a combined area. The range is sufficient to communicate the main trends, but repeated use of “households” and “accommodations” and imprecise phrasing limit flexibility. Aim for standard terms such as “home ownership” and “rented households,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including “Moving further, it saw gradual decline…” and the clause beginning “when just below 70%…”. However, grammatical control is uneven, and several errors make parts of the response difficult to interpret. For example, “At the beginning proportion of rented accommodations was highest and for the owned households was” is incomplete, while “It continued to rise untill 2001 when…” has faulty sentence boundaries and punctuation. There are also problems with articles and sentence construction in “saw gradual decline” and “people owned least households.” Use complete clauses, check that each pronoun has a clear reference, and punctuate introductory phrases consistently.

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