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 bar chart compares the percentage of each export earning in 2015 and 2016.

Overall petrolleum products accounted for highest proportion of total export earnings, and it grew over the period, as did engineered goods and textiles earnings surged by more than 15 percent in a year. By contrast, gems and jewellery earnings dropped. Agricultural products earning hovered around less than 1 percent increase in a year.

Textile has experienced a significant increase of 15.24 percent in exports earning which makes up to total of 32 billion in 2016 in comparison to 25 billion in 2015. Engineered goods earining also rose by 8.5 percent which

was under 60 billion in 2015 and surpassing 60 billions in 2016. In 2016 petrolleum products export earing was 61 billion which increased to 64 billion in 2016. Agricultural products earning also increased slightly by just 0.81 percent and the earning in 2016 is hovering around 32 billion.

Gems and Jewellery is the only categroy with drop in export earning percentage by 5.18 percent and export earning recorded around 41 billion in 2016 which fell from 46 billion in 2015.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the main categories and identify the broad pattern: petroleum products lead, most categories rise, and gems and jewellery decline. The overview also notes the particularly strong growth in textiles and the very small increase in agriculture. This is a solid summary, but some details are inaccurate or unclear: petroleum earnings are described as rising from 61 to 64 billion, whereas the chart shows about 61 to 63 billion; textiles are about 26 to 31.5 billion, rather than 25 to 32; and gems are about 43 to 41 billion, not 46 to 41. The overview also calls the figures a “proportion” of total exports, although the chart reports values in billions. More precise reporting would strengthen an otherwise relevant response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about increases and then the decline in gems and jewellery. Grouping the rising categories together is a useful organising choice. However, progression within the detail paragraphs is not always smooth: the overview repeats information later, and the final paragraph isolates the one declining category without a clear linking transition. Some references are also difficult to follow, such as “which makes up to total of 32 billion,” where the relationship between the percentage change and the earnings figure is unclear. Use clearer topic sentences and linking phrases, and keep each comparison together with its relevant figures to make the organisation more consistently easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “accounted for,” “surged,” “hovered,” “increased slightly,” and “dropped.” These choices help communicate the main trends, and the meaning is generally clear. However, some word combinations are imprecise, such as “percentage of each export earning” and “makes up to total,” and “hovering” is not the most suitable way to describe a stable figure in a chart. Spelling errors are also noticeable in words such as “petrolleum,” “earining,” and “categroy.” These do not prevent understanding, but more accurate spelling and natural collocations would improve control. Aim to distinguish export value from percentage change consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence contrasting rising categories with the decline in gems and jewellery. Most of the message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions reduce accuracy. For example, “as did engineered goods and textiles earnings surged” joins clauses without a suitable structure; it could be divided or linked with “while.” In “which makes up to total of 32 billion,” the clause is incomplete and the article and preposition pattern are faulty. There are also inconsistent tense choices, such as “Textile has experienced” alongside past-tense descriptions. Use consistent past tense for the 2015–2016 data and check clause boundaries, articles, and subject–verb agreement.

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