Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-21

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 bar chart illustrates the value of one country's exports in different categories between 2015 and 2016 whereas the table illustrates the change in proportion of exports in 2016 contrast with 2015.

Overall, petroleum products made up the highest share in export earnings and textiles made up the lowest share in both years. The percentage of all categories increased except gems and jewellery in 2016.

Firstly, In 2015, petroleum products made up 61 billion$ of export earnings while it increased 3% in 2016 and made up 64 billion $. In 2015, engineered goods constituted of 55 billion $ and it rose in 2016, and made up 62 billion $ with an increase to 8.5%. Gems and jewellery comprised of 44% in 2015, it decreased 5.18% and made up 41 billion $ in 2016.

However, In 2015, agricultural products comprised of 32 billion $ and increased 0.81% in 2016. In 2015, textiles constituted of 26 billion $ and dramatically increased to 15.24% in 2016, made up 33 billion $.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the main categories and provide an overview, correctly identifying petroleum as the leading export and gems and jewellery as the only category to decline. The overview is not fully accurate, however: textiles were not the lowest in both years, since agricultural products and textiles were approximately equal in 2016. Several figures also need closer checking: petroleum reached about $63 billion, not $64 billion; engineered goods were about $57 billion in 2015, not $55 billion; and gems and jewellery were about $43 billion in 2015, not 44%. The agricultural and textile 2016 values are omitted or confused with percentage changes. This is a relevant summary, but more precise reporting and clearer separation of values from percentage changes would strengthen it.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs covering the categories. This gives the reader a coherent overall arrangement. However, the grouping is not especially clear, and the repeated opening “In 2015” makes the report feel list-like rather than showing meaningful comparisons. “Firstly” and “However” do not clearly signal the relationship between the information in the paragraphs; “However” suggests a contrast that is not developed. Some sentence connections are also awkward, as in “Gems and jewellery comprised of 44% in 2015, it decreased…”. Group categories by trend or value, and use linking phrases to make comparisons explicit. This would improve progression and make cohesion less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “export earnings,” “constituted,” “comprised,” and “increased,” and the meaning is generally clear. There is some attempt to vary the language used to describe figures. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “change in proportion” does not describe the table’s percentage change in export values, “made up the highest share” suggests a share rather than a dollar value, and “increased to 15.24%” confuses a percentage change with the export value. “Constituted of” and “comprised of” are also not appropriate forms in these sentences. Aim for precise collocations such as “stood at,” “rose by,” and “accounted for,” while keeping dollar values distinct from percentage changes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a comparison introduced by “whereas” and clauses describing changes over time. The main information remains understandable, but some grammatical errors recur and occasionally make relationships between figures unclear. For example, “it increased 3% in 2016 and made up 64 billion $” lacks a clear construction for the percentage change, while “Gems and jewellery comprised of 44% in 2015, it decreased…” joins two independent clauses with only a comma. Capitalisation after sentence openings is inconsistent (“Firstly, In 2015” and “However, In 2015”), and articles and prepositions are sometimes missing or awkward. Practise accurate “rose by/to” patterns and use full stops or conjunctions to connect clauses.

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