Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 13 · 2026-11-04

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 bar chart illustrates the ten countries that produced and consumed the most electricity in 2014, units are measured in billion kWh. China and the US lead the chart, with a staggering 5300 billion KWh and around 4000 billion KWh being both consumed and produced, respectively. Gapping by over 4 times the total production and consumption of Russia, the third country in the list. South Korea is the last one in the list with a production of 485 and a consumption of around 450 billion kWh.

Germany is the only country in the list with a net negative on electricity, producing less than what it consumes, while most countries on the list have a really close amount of production and consumption but staying with a net positive.

There's another significant gap between the fifth and the sixth position, India and Canada, going from 871 for production and close to 700 for consumption to 618 and 500, respetively for the canadians.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern clearly: China and the United States dominate, while South Korea is lowest, and you note that production generally exceeds consumption. The figures for China, the US, Russia, India and Canada are broadly consistent with the chart. However, the overview is incomplete: it would be useful to state the scale of the gap between the top two countries and the rest, and to compare the two series across more of the countries. The claim that Germany has a “net negative” is accurate, but it is not explained that Germany is the sole exception, with consumption (582.5) exceeding production (526.6). Some comparisons, such as the gap between India and Canada, are relevant but could be developed with clearer figures and context.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a generally understandable order: it introduces the chart, highlights the leading and lowest countries, then discusses the production-consumption pattern and the India-Canada gap. Paragraphing also separates the broad observations from the later comparison. However, progression is somewhat abrupt. “Gapping by over 4 times…” is a sentence fragment, and the relationship between this point and the preceding sentence is not clearly signposted. The final comparison is introduced with “There’s another significant gap,” but the response does not systematically guide the reader through the main features. Use a clearer overview followed by grouped comparisons, and connect each point explicitly to the chart’s overall pattern.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of task-related vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “produced and consumed,” “net negative,” and “significant gap.” These choices help communicate the main comparisons, and the meaning remains clear. There is also some flexibility in describing scale, for example “lead the chart.” To strengthen precision and naturalness, avoid informal or imprecise expressions such as “staggering,” “the last one in the list,” and “really close amount.” “Net negative” is also less exact than saying that consumption exceeded production. Check spelling and capitalisation in “respetively,” “canadians,” and “KWh”; these slips do not prevent understanding but reduce accuracy. More precise comparison language would support a wider, more controlled range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and several statements are understandable, such as “Germany is the only country in the list with a net negative on electricity.” However, some sentence structures are incomplete or awkward. “Gapping by over 4 times…” is a fragment rather than a complete sentence, while “with … being both consumed and produced” makes the opening comparison difficult to follow. The clause “while most countries … but staying with a net positive” is also not grammatically well integrated. Punctuation and sentence boundaries need attention, particularly where a full stop separates the Russia comparison from the preceding sentence. Aim to express each comparison in a complete clause and check that subordinate clauses have a clear subject and verb.

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