Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-04

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The chart below illustrates the benefit of a country's exports in different categories in 2015 and 2016 while the table demonstrates the percentage of change in distinct industries exports in 2016 compared each with 2015.

Overall, all the categories have increased slightly in 2016 as compared to the value of the year 2015 while gems and jewellery are the only which was decreased a bit from 2015 to 2016.

To begin with the petroleum products, this was just over 60 billion dollar in 2015 but then grew up slightly to approximately 65 billion at the increment of 3% which is followed by engineered goods which was around 55 biilion in 2015 and then rose significantly close to 62 billion at the change of 8.5%. Additionally, agricultural products were about 31 billion in 2015 but it went up to just around 32 billion at the very low change of 0.81%.

Following this, textiles industry was the lowest one near to 25 billion but it climb rapidly nearly to 30 billion at the change of 15.24%. Finally, gems and jewellery were the only categories which were dropped from estimately 44 billion in 2015 to 40 billion in 2016 at the change of 5.18%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of the chart and table, and makes relevant comparisons between categories. The overview correctly identifies the general upward trend for most exports alongside the single exception of gems and jewellery. However, some ideas are under-developed or contain minor inaccuracies in data interpretation. For instance, the student states that petroleum products grew to approximately 65 billion when the visual data shows around 63 billion, and misreads the 2015 value for textiles as near 25 billion rather than 26 billion. Despite these slight misreadings, the key trends and comparative figures are sufficiently covered to meet the requirements of this band.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a coherent overall arrangement and a clear structure with an introduction, an overview paragraph, and two body paragraphs detailing the categories. Information and ideas are generally well sequenced, and the progression from petroleum and engineered goods to agricultural products, textiles, and gems and jewellery is logical. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or faulty, relying on repetitive transitional phrases such as 'To begin with' and 'Following this'. Referencing and logical connectors within sentences are occasionally awkward, such as starting the overview with 'Overall, all the categories have increased slightly in 2016 as compared to the value of the year 2015 while gems and jewellery are the only which was decreased', which disrupts the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common items such as 'increment', 'significantly', and 'industries exports'. However, there are noticeable inaccuracies in word choice, collocation, and word formation throughout the text. Examples include 'the benefit of a country's exports' instead of 'value', '60 billion dollar' instead of 'dollars', 'grow up' instead of 'grow', 'biilion' (spelling error), 'at the change of' instead of 'by a change of', and 'estimately' instead of 'estimated' or 'approximately'. While these lexical errors and occasional awkward word choices do not completely impede communication, they restrict the score to this band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writing demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting relative clauses and comparative structures. There are several grammatical errors in verb forms, prepositions, articles, and relative pronoun usage. Examples include 'percentage of change in distinct industries exports' (missing articles and awkward prepositional phrasing), 'gems and jewellery are the only which was decreased' (incorrect relative pronoun and tense agreement), 'it went up to just around 32 billion at the very low change' (article misuse), and 'textiles industry was the lowest one' (missing article). Despite these recurring errors in grammar and punctuation, the structures used do not severely impede communication.

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