Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 11 · 2026-09-30

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 given table shows how many people visited the Ashdown Museum before and after its refurbishment and the pie charts illustrate the proportion of visitor's satisfaction level according to the survey conducted in both duration.

Overall, it can be seen that the number of visitors were increased after refurbishment of the museum. After rennovation, visitor's high level of satisfaction increased more then double. Satisfaction level also increased while both dissatisfaction and higher dissatisfaction level decreased.

Before rennovation, the Ashdown Museum has visited by 74000 people during the year. After a survey it is found that 15% people were highly satisfied with that visit. 30% of people who were normally satisfied which was double than highly satisfied visitors. The highest proportion of touristers who felt dissatisfaction with the visit, accounted at 40%. however, people with high dissatisfation has recorded at 10% and other 5% visitors has not given any response.

After rennovation, the proportion of visitors who experienced high level of satisfaction have increased more than double and accounted 35%. People who was normally satisfied with the visit has also increased, even same proportion 40% people has dissatisfied before refurbishment have converted in satisfied visitors. Finally, visitors with very low sattisfaction have also declined from 10% to 5%. But vistors with no respons remained same at 5%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The student successfully covers all parts of the task by reporting the main features from both the table and the charts. The overview clearly highlights the key trends, noting that overall visitor numbers increased alongside a significant rise in visitor satisfaction after the refurbishment. Data points are accurately cited, such as the rise in total visitors from 74,000 to 92,000 and the change in 'very satisfied' visitors from 15% to 35%. The response adequately compares the two periods and provides a well-grounded summary of the visual data without introducing irrelevant outside information. Ideas are extended and supported effectively.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response is logically organised into four paragraphs: an introduction, an overall summary, and two body paragraphs detailing the before and after periods respectively. Information and ideas progress logically throughout the essay. Cohesive devices are used reasonably well, such as 'Overall', 'Before rennovation', and 'After rennovation', though referencing and transitions can occasionally feel a bit mechanical ('Finally', 'But vistors with no respons remained same'). Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different parts of the visual data, ensuring the overall structure remains clear and easy to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for an academic task, attempting less common items such as 'proportion', 'refurbishment', and 'dissatisfaction'. However, there are several spelling errors throughout the text, including 'rennovation' instead of renovation, 'touristers' instead of tourists, 'dissaftisfaction', 'dissatisfation', and 'sattisfaction'. Word choice is sometimes awkward, such as 'normally satisfied' instead of 'satisfied', and 'higher dissatisfaction level'. Despite these lexical errors and spelling slips, communication is not impeded, and the vocabulary remains minimally sufficient for the task.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'The given table shows how many people visited...' and '...the pie charts illustrate the proportion of visitor's satisfaction level according to the survey conducted in both duration.' There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, including subject-verb agreement issues ('the number of visitors were increased'), incorrect prepositions ('in both duration'), missing articles, and typos. Complex structures sometimes contain errors, but a sufficient number of error-free simple sentences are present to ensure the meaning remains clear to the reader.

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