Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-26
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Student answer (Band 6.5)
The diagram depicts how many tourists visited a particular Caribean island between 2010 and 2017.
Overall, the total number of visitors remains higher than individual categories, while the outsiders staying on cruise ships were at lowest point among all in the begining.
In 2010, total visitors accounted for 1 million and it increased to around 2.75 million of visitors by 2015. Then it remained same for a year before reaching to the peak at 3.5 million of visitors with a significant increase.
Meanwhile, the figure for visitors staying on island was heigher then visitors staying on cruise ships, started at near 0.75 million visitors in 2010. Afterward, the values ramained unchanged for one year before experiencing an upwrod trend and reached to the 1.5 million in 2013. Subsequently, the number of visitors remained stablized, tough it experienced a slight decline just before the final end.
Although, the figure recorded for outsiders staying on cruise ships in 2010 was at around 0.25 million, following flucations up to 2013, visitors number remained stable. After that, it followed an upword trend and reached to the 2 million in 2017 by overtaking the number of visitors staying on island in 2016.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5
The response covers all parts of the task well, providing an overview and detailing the trends for visitors staying on cruise ships, visitors staying on the island, and the total number of tourists. Key data points such as the initial figures in 2010 (1 million total, 0.75 million on the island, and 0.25 million on cruise ships), the peak at 3.5 million in 2017, and the crossover point in 2016 are accurately reported. The overview correctly identifies that the total remained higher than the individual categories and highlights the starting position of cruise ship visitors. The response fulfils all requirements of Task 1 effectively, warranting a solid band score.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The information is logically organised into an introduction, an overview paragraph, and two body paragraphs that discuss the different tourist categories in detail. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'In 2010', 'Meanwhile', 'Afterward', and 'Subsequently' are used to guide the reader through the data. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate overall trends from specific figures. While referencing is generally clear, occasional awkward phrasing in transitions prevents it from reaching a higher band. Overall, the logical progression is clear throughout the response.
Lexical Resource: Band 6.0
The student uses a sufficient range of vocabulary appropriate for Task 1, including terms such as 'depicts', 'accounted for', 'significant increase', 'fluctuations', 'upward trend', and 'overtaking'. However, there are several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'Caribean' (Caribbean), 'begining' (beginning), 'heigher' (higher), 'then' (than), 'ramained' (remained), 'upwrod' (upward), 'stablized' (stabilised), and 'tough' (though). These lexical slips prevent the response from achieving a higher band, although communication is not impeded.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0
The response demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and time markers successfully (e.g., 'The diagram depicts how many tourists visited a particular Caribbean island...'). There are frequent grammatical and mechanical errors, such as missing articles ('at lowest point', 'for a year'), incorrect prepositions or conjunctions ('reached to the peak', 'reached to the 1.5 million'), and spelling/typographical errors. Despite these errors, the majority of sentences are understandable, and complex structures are attempted with adequate control.
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