Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-26

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 graph illustrates the values of one country's exports in petroleum products, engineered goods, gems and jewellery, agricultural products and textiles, while the given data compares percentage change in values between year [redacted phone].

Overall, petroleum products had highest export earning, while in textiles industries remain at lowest with rise in percentage values. Agriculture products was lowest in percentage value.

Firstly, petroleum products are at highest in exports between both the years 2015 and 2016 with 61 billion and 63 billion respectively and rise percentage change in 2026 of 3%. Engineered goods remains at second most export earnings with percentage change of 8.5%.

Secondly, gems and jewellery in 2015 with export earning of around 43 billion and 41 billion in 2016 with drop in percentage value of 5.18%, agricultural products in 2015 with export earning of 31 billion and rise in 2016 rise in percentage value of 0.81% with value of 32 billion. The textiles industries remain at lowest of all categories with earning of 26 billion and 32 billion in year 2015 and 2016 respectively with rise of percentage value 15.24% that is highest of all categories.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the main categories and give several relevant figures, including petroleum earnings of $61 billion and $63 billion and the decline in gems and jewellery. The overview identifies petroleum as the leading export and textiles as having the largest percentage rise, which captures important features. However, some comparisons are incomplete: engineered goods are called the second-largest category without reporting their values, and the overview’s claim that textiles were lowest is not accurate for 2016, when agricultural products and textiles were both about $31.5 billion. There are also factual slips: the year is written as 2026, and agricultural exports are given as $32 billion rather than approximately $31.5 billion. A more precise overview and consistent figures would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting details. The sequence from the largest export categories to the remaining categories is easy to follow, and markers such as “Firstly” and “Secondly” help signal progression. However, these transitions feel somewhat mechanical, and the second detail paragraph combines three categories in a long sentence, making the comparisons harder to track. The overview also places the textiles and agriculture points together without clearly distinguishing export value from percentage change. Use shorter, more controlled comparisons and link each category’s 2015 and 2016 figures directly to its change; this would make the progression smoother and references clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “export earnings,” “percentage change,” “rise,” and “drop,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “second most export earnings.” However, several collocations and word forms are awkward or imprecise: “textiles industries,” “lowest in percentage value,” and “rise percentage change” do not express the intended relationships naturally. “Agriculture products” is also less appropriate than the chart’s “agricultural products.” Aim for standard chart language such as “export value,” “recorded an increase,” and “the largest percentage rise.” These refinements would improve precision while retaining your relevant vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the response is generally understandable. Some clauses successfully connect figures with comparisons, for example, the sentence reporting the gems and jewellery decline. However, there are several grammatical errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction. “Petroleum products had highest export earning” needs an article and a plural noun, while “Agriculture products was lowest” has agreement and article problems. The final detail paragraph is a run-on structure, with several category comparisons joined without clear sentence boundaries. Use complete sentences with consistent past-tense reporting, and check subject–verb agreement and articles. Greater control of these patterns would make the information easier to read.

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