Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows what Anthropology graduates from one university did after finishing their undergraduate degree course. The table shows the salaries of the anthropologists in work after five years.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The bar chart compares the destination of Anthropology graduates from one university across six different groups, while the accompanying table illustrates the level of salaries across three variable emloyments after five years of work.

Overall, the highest percentage of graduates participate in full-timw work, whereas part-time work and postgrad study account for the lowest proportion. The proportion of employees who received the largest salary founded in government sector, while the largest pecentage worker who earned the lowest salary recorded in private companies.

Graduates from university prefer to work, as there are just over a half of graduates join full-time work and 15% register for part-time work. Unemployed make up 12% of the total, while uknown destination and full-time postgrad study constitute 8% each. By contrast, the least attracted path was observed for part-time work and postgrad study, at 5%.

Regarding the salary after five years of work, the highest proportion of employees in government sector received the largest salary ( $100,000 and more), at 50%, followed by those who worked in freelance consultants, at 40%, while that for private companies accounted for 30%. The lowest salay was between %25,000-49,999, just 5% from employees in freelance and government sector received this amount, and the figure for private companies was 10%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features from both the bar chart and the table, but some aspects are more fully developed than others. The overview successfully captures the general trends, noting that full-time work is the most common destination and highlighting the contrast in salaries, such as the government sector having the highest proportion of top earners. However, some of the supporting details are slightly unclear or contain minor inaccuracies in data reporting, such as the description of the lowest salaries where the phrasing is a bit convoluted. Ideas are relevant and the selection of data points is adequate to provide a broad summary, placing the response firmly at this level where main features are covered but some parts lack complete clarity and extension.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay presents a coherent overall arrangement with a clear logical progression from the introductory overview to the body paragraphs detailing the chart and the table separately. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the destination data from the salary statistics. However, cohesion is occasionally mechanical or faulty. For instance, transitional phrases between sentences are sometimes simplistic, and referencing is not always entirely clear, such as in the second paragraph where the sentence structure makes the comparison of salary sources slightly confusing. Cohesive devices are present but lack the flexibility and smooth flow required for a higher band.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'destination', 'proportion', and 'constitute'. However, there are several lexical errors in word choice, spelling, and word form that prevent a higher score. For example, 'emloyments' is misspelled, 'full-timw' contains a typo, 'founded' is misused instead of 'found', and 'salay' is misspelled. Furthermore, phrases like 'the largest pecentage worker' demonstrate awkward collocation and lack of precision. While these errors do not severely impede communication, they reflect the limitations characteristic of this lexical band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing structures such as relative clauses and comparative constructions ('while the accompanying table illustrates', 'as there are just over a half'). There is a presence of some errors in grammar and punctuation, but they rarely impede communication. Examples of grammatical slips include article omissions or misuse ('Graduates from university', 'the lowest salay was between %25,000-49,999, just 5% from employees'), preposition errors, and subject-verb agreement issues ('Unemployed make up', where a noun is used where a plural noun or subject is intended). The range of structures is somewhat limited and control over complex sentences is inconsistent.

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