Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-25

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 illustrates the amount of tourist that have visited a particular Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017 in millions. The graph also divides the total tourists depending on if they stayed on the island or on a cruise ship.

Overall, the number of visitors has gradually increasd overtime. While cruise ships popularity increased tremendously for staying , islands popularity remained almost the same.

In 2010, there were only 1 million visitors on the island and in the last year it was 3.5 milion. Most people prefered staying on the island at the early years.But the visitors interested in staying on the island remained same from 2013 to 2015 at 1.5 million while people's interest in staying on the cruise ship gradually increased from 2012 finally overtaking the islands popularity in 2016 with 1.5 million people staying in it . On the final year cruise ships were the more popular option with 2 million people staying in it whereas the island had only 1.5 million people.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the overall rise in total visitors and contrast the strong growth in cruise-ship visitors with the relatively stable island-stay figure. The key comparisons are mostly accurate: the total reaches 3.5 million in 2017, island visitors are around 1.5 million in the final years, and cruise visitors reach 2 million. However, some details are unclear or imprecise. Saying cruise visitors overtook island visitors “in 2016” is inaccurate: they were equal at about 1.5 million that year and cruise visitors became higher in 2017. The overview could also summarise the total’s steady growth more clearly and mention its brief plateau in 2015–16. More precise reporting of these stages would make the main features fuller and clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph with figures and comparisons. The sequence from the starting year to the final year is generally easy to follow, and contrast markers such as “while” and “whereas” help connect the trends. Some cohesion is less controlled, however. The long final paragraph combines several stages and comparisons in one sentence, making the relationship between the 2016 figures and the final-year change harder to track. Punctuation and spacing also interrupt the flow, as in “years.But”. Use shorter sentences to separate the island trend, cruise trend, and total, and make references such as “it” explicit so readers can immediately identify the group being discussed.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing a graph, including “gradually increased,” “remained,” “overtaking,” and “more popular option.” This gives you enough range to communicate the main trends. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “amount of tourist,” “cruise ships popularity,” and “people's interest in staying.” These expressions sometimes make the description sound less precise, since the graph reports visitor numbers rather than preferences or popularity. There are also spelling errors, including “increasd,” “milion,” and “prefered.” Aim for standard data-reporting phrases such as “the number of visitors staying…” and check spelling carefully; this will make your vocabulary more natural and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including a contrast structure with “While” and a comparison using “whereas.” Most of the message remains understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “tourist that have visited” has a number-agreement problem, and “remained same” is missing an article. The sentence beginning “Most people prefered…” runs into the next sentence without adequate punctuation, while the long sentence about the 2013–16 figures is difficult to control. Pronoun reference in “staying in it” is also unclear. Practise accurate plural forms, articles, and sentence boundaries, and divide long comparisons into shorter clauses. This would improve control while preserving the range you are attempting.

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