Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-12

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table below shows the numbers of visitors to Ashdown Museum during the year before and the year after it was refurbished. The charts show the result of surveys asking visitors how satisfied they were with their visit, during the same two periods.

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

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The table shows overall figure of visitors came to tour Ashdown Musem during the prior and the subsequent year it was renovated. The pie charts depicts the feedback of the people who had visited for the same phase. The data in pie charts are terms in percentage.

Overall, 74,000 public stoped by the Ashdown Museum in course of the year prior it was reconstructed. It showed a incline in the footfall at the Museum by 18,000 more people during the next year after renovation. Public perception underwent a notable transition, evolving from widespread dissatisfaction to eventual contentment.

To begin with, the percantage of people who shown discontent to their trip to the museum slim down from 40% of total indiviuals visited year before renovation to 15% of the total public visited the year after. Same trend can be seen with the people being extremly disatisfied went declining from 10% to 5% for the year prior and year around the time of renovation, respectively. The positive impact of the reconstruction can be seen as the 30% people who were satisfied with museum visit have bump up the munbers to 40% of the total people similarly same upward slope can be observe in the people who were very satisfied, as the percentage went up from 15% to 35% for the number of visitors. The graph remain same for the people who does not participate for the feeback and have no response to it that is 5% of the total people visited the year accordingly.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of both the table and the pie charts. An overview is provided, noting the total visitor numbers and the general shift in public perception. Key data points are selected and compared, such as the increase in overall visitor numbers from 74,000 to 92,000, and the drop in dissatisfaction from 40% to 15%. However, there is a minor imprecision in interpreting the timeframe for the second pie chart, referring to 'year around the time of renovation' rather than the year after. Despite this minor lapse, the main trends are adequately covered, earning a solid Band 6.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The response is arranged into logical paragraphs, beginning with an introduction, followed by an overview, and concluding with a detailed body paragraph. Cohesive devices are used to connect ideas, such as 'Overall', 'To begin with', and 'Same trend can be seen with'. However, referencing and cohesion are sometimes mechanical or awkward, as seen in phrases like 'the same phase' and 'the year accordingly'. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the introduction from the body content, resulting in a coherent overall structure that meets the requirements for Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common terms such as 'footfall', 'transition', 'discontent', and 'reconstruction'. However, there are numerous word choice and collocation errors, such as 'stoped by' (stopped by), 'prior it was reconstructed' (prior to its reconstruction), 'an incline' (an increase), 'percantage' (percentage), 'shown discontent' (showed discontent), 'slim down' (declined), and 'bump up the munbers' (increased the numbers). Spelling mistakes like 'Musem', 'indiviuals', 'extremly', and 'feeback' also occur. These errors slightly impede smooth reading, placing the lexical performance at Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some capability with relative clauses and passive structures, such as 'people who had visited' and 'it was renovated'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, including tense and preposition errors ('in course of the year prior it was reconstructed'), missing articles ('The graph remain same for the people who does not participate'), and subject-verb agreement issues ('the people who does not participate'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, but structural inaccuracies are persistent, aligning the grammar score with Band 5.5.

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