Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-31

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 given graph illustrates that how much tourists visit Caribbeean island in 7 years from [redacted phone].

Overall, the number of visitors increased sharply with time. Meanwhile,the number of visitors staying on island has an irregular trendthat some times increased and some time decreased. However, cruise ships visitors number climbed to peak gradually with the passage of time.

Visitors that stayed on cruise ships were 0.25 million in 2010 which increased to 0.5 million 2011. Then, suddenly travellers number again droped to 0.5 million in 2012. In the next year in 2013 it again went to 0.5 million. Finally, number of travellers started to increased from 2014 countinuously till 2017 . In 2017 that number peaked to 2 million.

On the other hand, visitors stayind at island first remain same and then suddenly climbed to peak and then suddenly fell down. The number was about 0.75 million from [redacted phone]. From 2011 it started to go to its peak till 2015. In period of [redacted phone] the number remain same that was 1.5 million. In 2016 number was 1.25 million and again in 2017 it went to 1.5 million.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall rise in total visitors and distinguish between cruise-ship visitors and those staying on the island. The island-stay figures are mostly reported accurately, including the plateau at 1.5 million from 2013 to 2015 and the dip in 2016. However, the cruise-ship account contains a key factual error: the figure fell to 0.25 million in 2012, not 0.5 million. The overview also says the total increased “sharply” without giving its overall scale, and the total series is not described in detail. To strengthen the response, include the total’s rise from about 1 million to 3.5 million and explain that cruise-ship numbers grew especially strongly in the later years, while island-stay numbers changed comparatively little.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs for cruise-ship visitors and island visitors. This makes the two categories easy to follow, and phrases such as “On the other hand” signal a comparison. The sequence within each paragraph is generally chronological. However, some linking is mechanical or imprecise: “Finally” is used before the account of several years, and “From 2011 it started to go to its peak” does not clearly identify the stages being compared. The total trend is also omitted from the detailed discussion, leaving the report less balanced. Use clearer time markers and connect the categories through direct comparisons to make progression more complete and cohesive.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing trends, including “increased,” “climbed,” “fell,” “peak,” and “remain same,” so the main movements are usually understandable. There is also some variation in how you refer to visitors. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “how much tourists,” “travellers number,” and “went to its peak”; these reduce precision in a data report. Spelling errors, including “Caribbeean,” “droped,” “countinuously,” and “stayind,” are noticeable. Aim for standard chart-report collocations and check spelling carefully. More precise terms such as “the figure,” “visitor numbers,” “rose to,” and “reached a peak” would help you describe the data clearly and consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “Meanwhile” and a time clause beginning “In the next year.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but errors in sentence construction and verb forms occur across the response. For example, “illustrates that how much tourists visit” has an incorrect clause structure, while “the number … has an irregular trend” does not maintain the past tense used for the historical data. Other examples include “visitors stayind at island” and “the number remain same,” where verb forms and articles are not controlled. Some sentences also run together or have awkward punctuation. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build complex sentences around clear subjects and verbs.

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