Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-20

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 graph depicts the amount of visitors visiting a certain Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017.

Overall,the number of tourists satying on cruise ships and those who stayed on island went on increasing gradually from 2010 to 2017. Consequently, the total amount of holidaymakers rose substantially from 2010 to 2017.

In 2010, the number of visitors who were staying on cruise ships was 0.2 million of total tourists. It grew in the next year to exactly 0.5 million of all number visitors. It's number was declined in the 2012, however, in the coming years it escalated substantially and reached to its peak value, which was exactly 2 million of all visitors.

The amount of visitors ,staying on island, remained stable from 2010 to 2011. Their number was increased from approximately 0.7 million to about 1.2 million of all visitors who visited the island.It stabilized from 2013 to 2015 at the value of exactly 1.5 million of all people who visited the island. It's number was declined in the next year, but it again reached to it's previous value.

This increased the total amount of tourists who visited the Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the overall rise in total visitors and describe both accommodation groups, with relevant figures such as cruise-ship visitors reaching 2 million in 2017 and island stays remaining at 1.5 million for several years. However, the overview is not fully accurate: visitors staying on the island did not increase gradually throughout, since their figure fell in 2016, and the total levelled off at about 2.75 million in 2015–16 before rising. Some details are also unclear or imprecise, including the cruise-ship figure in 2012 and the claim that it reached its peak “in the coming years” without specifying when. A more precise overview and clearer comparisons between the two groups would make the key features more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the two visitor categories. This makes the information easy to follow, and time markers such as “In 2010,” “from 2013 to 2015,” and “in the next year” help establish sequence. However, the final sentence repeats the general point about total growth rather than adding a useful comparison, while the overview and body do not clearly distinguish the total trend from the two component trends. Some references are also unclear, particularly “It’s number” and “This increased,” whose referents are not immediately obvious. Organising the body around the main stages of change and using more precise referencing would strengthen progression and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “remained stable,” “escalated,” “peak value,” and “stabilized,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, several choices are repetitive or do not fit naturally with the data. “Amount of visitors” is less suitable than “number of visitors,” and “the number of tourists satying on cruise ships” contains a spelling error and an awkward phrase. Expressions such as “all number visitors” and “all of people” are also unnatural. The repeated use of “number” and “visitors” limits variety, while some attempted alternatives, such as “holidaymakers,” are not needed for precision. More accurate collocations and consistent use of chart vocabulary would improve clarity and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “however” and “but,” and the main trends can usually be understood. Some grammatical errors remain, especially in verb forms and sentence construction. For example, “Their number was increased” should be “Their number increased,” and “It’s number was declined” should be “Its number declined.” The sentence beginning “It grew in the next year” shifts into an awkward construction, and “reached to its peak value” uses an incorrect pattern. There are also punctuation and spacing issues, such as the missing space after the full stop in “island.It” and the misplaced comma in “visitors ,staying on island,”. Check possessive forms, verb patterns, and punctuation when editing.

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