Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-24

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 PICTURE BELOW DEPICTS THE PROPOTION OF HOUSEHOLD OWNED AND RENTED BY THE POPULATION OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM 1918 TO 2011.

FIRSTLY RENTED ACCOMODATION OVER POWERS THE OWNED ACCOMODATION BUT GRADUALLY DECLINED OVER THE YEARS WHEREAS OPPSITE CAN BE SAID FOR OWNED AS IT SHOWS A CONTINIOUS SURGE FROM 1918 SURPASSING THE RENTED ACCOMODATION IN 1981 AND THEN INCREASING FOLLOWING THE YEARS AHEAD.

IN 1918 RENTED HOUSING PEAKED WITH 75 PERCENT AND THEN DICLING TO 67 PERCENT IN BOTH 1939 AND 1953, WHEREAS OWNED HOUSES WERE LEAST AT STARTING WITH ONLY 22 PERCENT THEN SHOWS A INCREASE OF 10 PERCENT IN YEAR 1939 AND 1953 . IN 1971 BOTH SHARED EXACTLY 50 PERCENT IN HOUSEHOLD. CHANGE IN TREND CAN BE SEEN IN 1981 WHERE OWNED HOUSES SURPASSES THE RENTED HOUSES BY CONTRIBUTING 60 PERCENT OF TOTAL HOUSING PERCENTAGE . BY THE YEAR 2001 OWNED HOUSES PERCENTAGE DOMINATES THE MARKET WITH 69 PERCENT .

IN CONCLUSION , PEOPLE WERE MORE INVESTED IN OWNING THE HOUSES RATHER THEN RENTING ONE .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main contrast and broad trend: renting starts higher and declines, while ownership rises, with both at 50% in 1971. The figures you give for 1918, 1939, 1953, 1971 and 2001 are broadly consistent with the chart, allowing for approximate readings. However, the overview is not fully accurate: ownership overtakes renting in 1991, not 1981, and it does not continue increasing after that point, as it falls from 69% in 2001 to 64% in 2011. The conclusion that people became more invested in owning is also an inference rather than a direct description of the data. Include the final-year reversal and state the crossover accurately to make the key features more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable progression from an opening statement to an overview, a paragraph of figures and a concluding sentence. Time markers such as “In 1918,” “In 1971” and “By the year 2001” help readers follow the chronology, and the contrast signalled by “whereas” is useful. This meets the lower-band expectation of coherent overall arrangement and shows some features of stronger progression. However, the overview and detail are not always aligned: the claim that ownership surpasses renting in 1981 conflicts with the chart, and the conclusion repeats a broad interpretation rather than summarising the full trend. Grouping the early years together, then describing the crossover and later decline, would make the progression clearer and cohesion less dependent on repeated time phrases.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of task-related vocabulary, including “declined,” “surpassing,” “trend” and “percentage,” and the reader can generally understand the comparison. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing a chart: “over powers” should be “exceeds” or “is higher than,” “peaked” suggests a maximum that is not the main point, and “contributing 60 percent” does not naturally describe the share of households. Spelling errors such as “propotion,” “accomodation,” “oppsite” and “dicling” are noticeable and reduce precision. The range is therefore sufficient to communicate the basic trends, but control of spelling, collocation and formal chart language is inconsistent. Prefer precise verbs such as “rose,” “fell,” “accounted for” and “overtook.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use both simple statements and longer sentences with contrast, for example the sentence beginning “In 1918 rented housing…” and the clause introduced by “whereas.” This shows an attempt to vary sentence structure. However, some errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction make parts awkward or unclear. For example, “owned houses were least at starting” has an incorrect structure, while “then shows a increase” shifts tense and uses an incorrect article. In “owned houses surpasses,” the plural subject does not agree with the verb, and “both shared exactly 50 percent in household” is not grammatically complete. Use consistent past tense for the historical data, check singular/plural agreement, and build shorter, complete sentences before adding complex clauses.

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