Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-18

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 provided pie chart and table chart illustrate the information what the teritary graduates destination after the completion of their master degree and the income of Anthropologists on workplace after five years.

Overall, it is clear that majority of graduates enter full-time employment after the completion of their graduation. Wheras after five year in the workplace, those students employed in government sector tend to have highest salary.

To begin with, full-time work accounts for more than half of the total at 52%. Part-time work is the next largest category at 15%, followed by the umemployed graduates respresents only 12%. However, full-time postgrad study and not known passout are contributing the same proportion at 8%. Graduates with part-time work and postgrad study is the least chosen category, with only 8% students.

Turning to the table chart, after five years of employement, the government sector offers the highest earnings, with 50% of its working earning $100,000+, while only 5% fall into the lowest brackets of $25,000-49,999. Furthermore, freelance consultants gives the same amount of salary in $75,000-99,999 and $100,000 at 40%, with only 5% earning between $25,000-49,999. Meanwhile, private comapnies offers largest income to $50,000-74,999 and lowest at 10% to the group of $25,000-49,999.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both the graduate destinations and the salary table, and the overview identifies the main pattern: full-time work is the largest destination, while government employees are most likely to earn the top salary. Most figures are reported accurately. However, one key figure is wrong: part-time work combined with postgraduate study is 5%, not 8%. The table discussion also omits the notable contrast that private-company employees are most concentrated in the $50,000–74,999 band (35%), whereas the other two employment groups have their largest shares at $100,000 or above. Your response therefore selects relevant features and gives useful comparisons, but some details are less fully developed or precise than they could be.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the pie chart and table. The progression from the overall pattern to supporting figures is easy to follow, and transitions such as “To begin with” and “Turning to the table chart” clearly signal shifts in focus. Comparisons are also linked with “whereas” and “meanwhile.” Some linking is slightly mechanical, and “However” does not express a clear contrast in the sentence about the two categories at 8%. The final table sentence would be clearer if it explicitly compared private companies with the other sectors. Overall, the structure is logical and cohesive, with some room for more precise connections between details.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “accounts for,” “proportion,” “earnings,” and “salary,” and the meaning is generally clear. However, a number of word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems make the language less precise: “table chart,” “teritary,” “passout,” “comapnies,” and “employement” are examples. Phrases such as “the income of Anthropologists on workplace” and “offers the highest earnings” are also unnatural in this context. Some expressions, including “largest income to” and “working earning,” make the intended comparison harder to understand. Aim for accurate, conventional terms such as “employment destination,” “graduates in work,” and “salary band,” and check spelling carefully. This would make your adequate range more controlled and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including a clear overview sentence and clauses introduced by “while” and “with.” The main information is usually understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “the information what the … destination” has an incorrect clause structure, and “the completion of their master degree” has problems with article and number. In “Graduates with part-time work and postgrad study is,” the plural subject requires a plural verb; “freelance consultants gives” and “private companies offers” show similar agreement errors. There are also awkward sentence patterns in “offers largest income to” and “only 5% fall into the lowest brackets.” Work on subject–verb agreement, articles, and constructing comparisons accurately while retaining your attempts at complex sentences.

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