Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-30

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 illustrates the value of a certain country's exports in different products, while, table provides the proportion change in specific category of exports in 2015 and 2016.

Overall, pertroleum products was exported in most amount and textiles is exported in least qantities; however, percentage increase in both quantities are opposite textiles was increased in greater percentage than petroleum product.

Petroleum products was exported in highest quantity. In 2015 around $61 billion of petroleum products was exported, this number increased to around $63 billion inn 2016; however, change in share in value was only 3%. Meanwhile, engineered goods was just below $60 million in 2015 and this number increased slightly at just above $60 million. The change in value is 8.5% in engineered goods.

Furthermore, gems and jewellery experienced decrease in export earning from approximatively $44 billion in 2015 to just above $40 billion in 2016; but percentage decrease is only 5.18%. Agricultural products was realtively stable at around $30 billion with only 0.81% rise in value. Meanwhile, textiles increased from around $25 billion to approximatively $31 billion in 2016 with 15.25% massive rise in percentage change in value.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all five export categories and give a clear overview: petroleum products had the highest earnings, while textiles recorded the strongest percentage rise. Most figures and trends match the chart, including the fall in gems and jewellery and the near-stability of agricultural products. The comparison of textiles with petroleum is a useful key feature. Some details are less precise: textiles were the lowest category in 2015, but in 2016 they were level with agricultural products at about $31.5 billion, so describing textiles as the least throughout is too broad. Also, the table reports percentage changes in value, not changes in export quantities or shares. More consistently accurate framing and a clearer overview of the categories’ relative positions would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by two paragraphs covering the categories, with petroleum and engineered goods grouped before the remaining products. Linking expressions such as “Meanwhile” and “Furthermore” help signal movement between comparisons. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. In the overview, “however” does not clearly express the relationship between the highest export value and the largest percentage increase, and the sentence itself runs the two points together. Several sentences also use semicolons or “but” where a full stop or a more precise contrast would make the progression easier to follow. Keep the useful category-based grouping, but make each paragraph’s comparisons more explicitly connected.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “export earnings,” “percentage decrease,” “increased,” and “relatively stable.” These choices generally communicate the main trends, and terms such as “experienced decrease” show an attempt to vary expression. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or imprecise, however: “proportion change” is not the natural term for the table’s data, and “exported in most amount” does not clearly describe earnings. “Share in value” also suggests a share rather than a change in value. Spelling slips such as “pertroleum,” “qantities,” and “approximatively” reduce accuracy. Aim for precise chart language and check spelling, especially in key terms used in the overview.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses joined with “while,” “however,” and “although”-type contrasts, so there is some structural variety. Meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “Petroleum products was exported” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “table provides” and “Agricultural products was” need appropriate articles or agreement. The opening overview also joins independent ideas without clear punctuation: “...opposite textiles was increased...” Several sentences would be clearer if divided or rebuilt with a controlled subordinate clause. Work on plural subjects, articles, and sentence boundaries; these are the main accuracy issues limiting the otherwise understandable comparisons.

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