Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-08

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 7.0)

The pie chart illustrates what Anthropology graduated students from a university did once they completed their higher education, whereas the table displays the income of the anthropologists in employment five years later.

Overall, the highest proportion of students entered full-time employment, while income of employees in government sector was higher than other two sectors.

Regarding percentages shown in pie chart, it is clear that 52% of graduates were working full-time. 15% students worked part-time, while 12% remained unemployed after graduation. Furthermore, postgraduates who enrolled for full-time postgrad study and the ones' who did not know about their destination were at same level at 8%. Meanwhile, 5% of students studied and worked part-time.

As far as the table is concerned, 50% of employees working in government sector earned $100,000 or more and 30% of them received salaries ranging between $75000 and $99,999, representing highest proportion in five years. On the other hand, 40% of freelance consultants received income from $75,000 to $99,999 and $100,000 or more. By contrast, private firms gave lower salaries compared with the other two sectors. 35% employees received income ranging from $50,000 to $74,999, and 30% workers earned $100,000 or more.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The response selects the main features from both visuals and gives a clear overview: full-time work was the most common destination, and government-sector employees had the strongest high-income profile. The destination figures are accurately reported, as are the key salary comparisons: 50% in government earned $100,000 or more, while freelance consultants were evenly split between the two highest bands. The private-company figures cited are also correct. To make the account more fully developed, include the omitted salary-band figures, especially the contrast that 35% of private-company employees earned $50,000–$74,999, the largest share in that sector, and note that government had the highest proportion in the top band. The claim that government income was higher overall is a useful summary, but could be qualified as a comparison of salary distributions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the chart and table. Its progression is easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore,” “Meanwhile,” and “By contrast” help signal relationships between figures. The overview also gives the reader a useful framework before the details. Some connections could be more precise: “representing highest proportion in five years” is not clearly attached to a specific comparison, and “On the other hand” introduces the freelance figures without a strong contrast. The table paragraph would be clearer if it moved systematically through the salary bands or explicitly contrasted the top-income shares across all three sectors. Overall, the organisation is clear, with some room to make cohesion more exact and less formulaic.

Lexical Resource: Band 7.0

You use a suitable range of task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “remained unemployed,” “income ranging from,” and “salaries,” and the meaning is consistently clear. There is some flexibility in describing the visuals, rather than simply repeating the same verb. A few word choices and collocations are less natural: “Anthropology graduated students” would be better expressed as “Anthropology graduates,” and “at same level” as “in equal proportions.” “Received salaries” is understandable but “earned” is more idiomatic, while “private firms gave lower salaries” sounds imprecise and overgeneralises the distribution. Aim for concise, conventional reporting language and use “share” or “proportion” when comparing categories. These occasional awkward choices limit the precision and naturalness of an otherwise adequate range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 7.0

The response uses a range of sentence forms, including a complex opening with “whereas,” a clear overview clause, and several sentences combining figures with comparisons. Many sentences are accurate and easy to understand. A few grammatical slips remain: “Anthropology graduated students” has an incorrect noun construction, “15% students” needs an article or “of,” and “the ones’ who” uses an unnecessary apostrophe and an awkward relative construction. In “employees working in government sector,” an article is needed before “government sector”; “representing highest proportion” also needs “the.” These errors do not obscure the data, but checking articles, noun phrases, and possessive forms would improve control. Continue using varied structures while proofreading these recurring details.

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