Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-10-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar chart below shows the top ten countries for the production and consumption of electricity in 2014.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The chart bar shows the data of top ten countries with respect to eclectricity production and consumption in 2014.

In the given data, China is structured at the top, claiming to be the most elcetricity producing country followed by United States as second most electric production country. Meanwhile, Korean Republic is seen to be the least electricity producing country in the list followed by Germany.

In the chart, the most energy produced is by China as 5,398 billion kWh while the enrgy consumed is 5,322 billion kWh, which states that China almost produce same amount of energy as required. Similarly, the other countries like United States, Russia, and Korea are seen to produce almost same amount of energy as is needed.

However, there are seen to be some countries which produce more or less amount of energy from what is consumed by the country by a huge difference. Such as, Japan is seen to produce 936.2 billion kWh while it utilizes only 856.7 billion kWh of the energy, which leaves a huge amount of energy produced unused. Similarly, countries like India, Canada, France, and Brazil also produce extra amount of electricity than needed. On the other hand Germany is seen to produce less amount of energy than needed.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main leaders and the broad pattern that most countries produced more electricity than they consumed, and you include several accurate figures, such as China’s 5,398 versus 5,322 billion kWh and Japan’s two totals. However, the overview is incomplete: it does not clearly compare the very large gap between China and the United States and the much lower figures for the remaining countries. Some comparisons are also inaccurate or too broad. Germany, not Korea, had the lowest production figure, and Korea’s production and consumption were not especially close compared with several other countries. The claim that Japan’s surplus was “unused” is not shown by the chart. Select the key contrasts more precisely and avoid inferring what happened to surplus electricity.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it introduces the chart, identifies leading and lower-ranking countries, then discusses similarities and differences between production and consumption. Linking expressions such as “Meanwhile,” “Similarly,” “However,” and “On the other hand” help signal these shifts. The progression is not always fully clear, though, because the second paragraph mixes rankings with comparisons of production and consumption, and the final paragraph groups several countries together without giving figures to show the pattern. Some transitions, particularly “Similarly,” introduce claims that are not well supported. Organise the report around a concise overview followed by clearer comparison groups, and use linking words only when the relationship between the ideas is precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “production,” “consumed,” “followed by,” and “difference,” so the main information is generally understandable. However, several word choices and collocations are awkward or imprecise: “the chart bar shows the data,” “China is structured at the top,” and “most energy produced is by China” do not sound natural in a chart report. “Unused” also adds an unsupported interpretation. Spelling errors such as “eclectricity,” “elcetricity,” and “enrgy” are noticeable, while repeated use of “amount of energy” limits precision. Use standard reporting phrases such as “the chart compares” and “ranked first,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “while,” “which,” and “as,” and the meaning is usually clear. Some grammatical errors remain, but they rarely prevent understanding. For example, “China almost produce same amount” has subject–verb agreement and article problems; “the other countries … produce almost same amount” repeats the missing article, and “the most energy produced is by China” uses an awkward passive construction. The sentence beginning “Such as” is also a fragment rather than a complete sentence. Practise accurate agreement, articles, and complete sentence structures, and revise long sentences so that each comparison has a clear grammatical subject and verb.

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