Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-03
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 6.0)
The line graph demonstrate the number of travelers visiting the Caribbean island in millions from 2010 and 2017.
Overall, the graph shows the increase in visitors to the Caribbean. The total number of visitors has a gradual increase from starting of 2010, which gets spike after 2016. Cruise visitors starts from the lowest but ended up above the visitors staying on island, where as visitors on island shows a definite increase after 2011 but ends up as the lowest.
Total number of people visiting the island begins from 1 million which slightly get increased to 1.5 million in 2012. The trend continues to increase uniformly to 2.5 million visitors in 2014. The graph only show a little increase between year 2014 and 2016, keeping the visitors below 3 million. The line than show a big spike after 2016, proceeding total number of visitors to 3.5 million in 2017.
Visitors staying on island didn't show any difference from year 2010 and 2011 and stays the same which it was in the starting. After 2011, graph shows a huge increase in visitors which peaks at 1.5 million in 2013 and stays same till 2015. It than drops down to approx 1.2 million in 2016 and ends up to 1.5 million visitors in 2017.
The visitors on ship starts from the lowest of all three. It went upto 0.5 million in 2011 but again came back to same location in 2012 from where it started in 2010. The visitors than show a steady increase after 2012 reaching to 1 million in 2014. The cruise visitors crosses the visitors on island inbetween 2015 and 2016, reaching to its peak of 2 million visitors in 2017.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 7.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0
The response successfully covers all parts of the task by reporting on the three data series across the given timeframe. A clear overview is provided at the beginning, identifying the overall upward trend and the key crossover point between cruise and island visitors. Main features and specific comparisons are selected and reported well, such as noting that cruise visitors started from the lowest point and ended up above those staying on the island. While the main trends and data points are generally accurate and supported with figures from the graph, there is a slight tendency to over-generalize or state minor fluctuations that could be more concisely structured. Ideas are well-extended throughout the body paragraphs, making the information clear and easy to follow.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The essay presents a coherent overall arrangement with a logical progression from an introductory overview into detailed body paragraphs for each data category. Paragraphing is used appropriately, with distinct sections for the total, the island visitors, and the cruise visitors. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or slightly faulty in places, such as with repetitive referencing (e.g., 'The visitors than show...', 'It than drops down...'). Transitional markers are utilized to guide the reader through the data, but referencing and substitution can occasionally feel formulaic, which keeps the response at this level.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'gradual increase', 'steady increase', and 'peak'. However, there are notable spelling errors and word-choice inaccuracies, such as 'demonstrate' instead of 'demonstrates', 'starting' instead of 'start', 'gets spike' instead of 'peaks' or 'spikes', and confusing 'then' with 'than'. These lexical slips and occasional awkward collocations do not impede communication, but they restrict the response from achieving a higher mark, reflecting a limited precision in word choice and spelling control.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writing demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting structures like relative clauses and comparative statements. However, there are frequent errors in grammar and punctuation, particularly regarding subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'The line graph demonstrate', 'Cruise visitors starts', 'Visitors staying on island... stays'), article usage (e.g., 'gets spike', 'inbetween'), and prepositional phrases. While these errors rarely impede communication and the meaning remains clear, the presence of frequent grammatical slips prevents the response from demonstrating the consistent control found at higher bands.
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