Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-13

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 graphs compares the number of tourits visiting the Caribbean island between the year 2010 and 2017.

Overall, it is shown that the total number of visiting people has been increased gradually over the given time period. People who stayed on curise ships fluctuated at the start but the number rose gradually over time. Whereas people prefered to stay on the land throughout the period.

Initially, mostly people likes to stay on land, that trend gradually rose up to 1.5 million people in 2013, which remain constant throughout the period with little fluctuations. Moreover, less than half mllion people prefered to stay on the curise ship in 2010 but after few wavering, the number of tourites rise to 2 million people who perfered to live on the cruise ship by 2017.

In total, only 1 million people like to visit Caribbean island in early years but it gained popularity over time which leads to 3 million visitors in 2017.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the overall rise in total visitors and describe the contrasting patterns for cruise-ship and island stays, so the main features are covered. The account of island visitors reaching about 1.5 million in 2013 and then remaining broadly stable is accurate, as is the cruise-ship figure of about 2 million in 2017. However, the final total is reported as 3 million, whereas the graph shows approximately 3.5 million. The overview also says island stays continued “throughout the period,” but does not clearly highlight that this series peaked at 1.5 million and dipped slightly in 2016. The response meets the task well overall; more precise reporting of the endpoint and a clearer comparison of the series would make the coverage more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear four-paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about each accommodation type and then the total. This gives the reader a generally coherent route through the information. Some links are less effective or slightly mechanical: “Whereas” begins a fragment after the overview, and “Moreover” does not express a clear addition or contrast between the figures. The final paragraph repeats the total trend rather than developing a comparison with the two visitor categories. Use linking phrases to show relationships precisely, and group related figures—for example, compare the island and cruise-ship totals at the beginning and end of the period. Clearer referencing would also help avoid vague phrases such as “that trend.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “fluctuated,” “constant,” “gradually,” and “period,” and the reader can generally understand the intended trends. However, the range is limited and several word-choice or spelling errors are noticeable, such as “tourits,” “curise,” “mllion,” and “perfered.” Some expressions are also unnatural for describing chart data: “people likes to stay,” “gained popularity,” and “live on the cruise ship.” Prefer concise, accurate terms such as “visitors,” “the figure,” “stayed on the island,” and “rose.” Take care to use the same labels consistently and to distinguish visitors staying on the island from those staying on cruise ships. More precise collocations would make the report clearer and more formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a relative clause in “people who stayed on cruise ships,” and most of the intended meaning remains understandable. Some grammatical errors recur, particularly with subject–verb agreement and verb forms: “The line graphs compares,” “people likes,” and “the number … rise.” There are also problems with tense and sentence construction, as in “which remain constant,” and the overview’s “Whereas” clause is incomplete. Use past-tense forms consistently for the period shown, and check singular subjects such as “the number” against their verbs. Combining the fragment with the preceding sentence and varying sentence patterns more accurately would improve control while preserving your useful attempts at complex structures.

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