Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-19

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 illustrates the number of tourists visiting a certain Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

overall, the number of visitors in the Caribbean island experienced different trend in the time period. Visitors staying on cruise ship and total number of visitors increased with some fluctuations. Though the proportion of visitors staying on the island rose over the period, it remainds the least popular among the visitors in the period.

In 2010, visitors staying on cruise ship stood at 0.25 million. Then it it increase a little at 0.5 million by 2011 before if fall Again at 0.5 million in 2012. After that it recovered well and continue to grow to 2 million by 2017. In addition, total number of visitors stood at 2 million in 2010. Then it continued to grow steadily and reached upto 3.5 million in 2017.

In 2010, visitors staying on island stood at 0.75 million and it remained same until 2012. After that it continue to increase and it reached to 1.5 million in 2015 before experiencing some decline to1.2 million in 2016. After that it increased again and reached upto 1.5 million by 2017.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the period and both visitor categories, and your overview notes that cruise-ship visitors and the total rose while island-staying visitors changed less. The account also includes several relevant figures and the broad upward trend. However, some details are inaccurate: the total was 1 million in 2010, not 2 million, and cruise-ship numbers fell from 0.5 million in 2011 to 0.25 million in 2012, rather than rising and then falling to 0.5 million. The claim that island visitors were the “least popular” is not supported, since this category exceeded cruise-ship visitors for much of the period. More precise comparisons and a clearer overview of the total’s growth would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs describing the cruise-ship/total figures and island visitors. This gives the information an overall coherent arrangement. Time markers such as “In 2010,” “After that,” and “In addition” help show sequence, but the linking is sometimes mechanical, and the repeated “After that” makes the progression less flexible. Some references are also unclear, particularly “it” in the cruise-ship paragraph, where the reader must infer which figure or category is meant. Grouping the series more deliberately and using clearer comparisons between them would strengthen the flow and make the relationships easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “stood at,” “remained,” “reached,” “decline,” and “fluctuations,” so the main trends are generally understandable. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural: “different trend” should be plural or rephrased, “recovered well” is not a precise description of the data, and “least popular” suggests preference rather than visitor numbers. There are also spelling and form errors, including “remainds” and “upto.” Aim for accurate trend language and natural collocations, such as “rose steadily,” “fell,” and “accounted for.” This would make the description more precise without requiring unnecessarily elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including a contrast clause beginning “Though” and time clauses such as “before experiencing some decline.” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “it it increase” and “it continue to increase” have incorrect verb forms, while “visitors staying on cruise ship” needs a plural or article. The sentence “Then it continued to grow steadily and reached upto 3.5 million” also has an unclear subject, since “it” could refer to the total or a category. Check past-tense consistency, subject–verb agreement, articles, and punctuation, and make sure each pronoun has a clear antecedent. More accurate control of these forms would improve readability.

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