Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-26

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 mixed charts illustrate proportion of Anthropology students by which career field they choose after completing their degree.

Overall, it is clear that full time workers hold largest portion in the chart. While part time workers and postgrad students hold the lowest figure. In general, Anthropology graduates who work in government sector are highly paid.

The Anthropology students who work full time has the biggest portion as compared to other destinations. While students who do part time work to fulfil their needs are in a negligible amount. Furthermore, full time postgrad students and the graduates who are not known are equal to each other and have same ratio. On the other hand, 12% of Anthropology graduates are unemployed. Moreover, part time workers and postgrad students came last with 5% and hold the lowest figure.

In addition, freelance consultants who earn below $50,000 are 5%, up to $50,000 are 15% and consultants who earn below and more than 100k are 40%. Following this, Antrhropology graduates in government sector who earn below fifty thousand dollars are 5%, 15% are below $80,000, 30% of graduates earn below 100k and 50% are above 100k and they are highly paid. In addition, employs of private companies earn below fifty thousand are 10%, 35% are getting pay below $80,000 in private companies. The private companies workers who earn below one lakh are 25% and 30% earn more than one lakh.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both the graduate destinations and the salary table, and your overview identifies full-time work as the largest destination and government employment as the best-paid category. Several figures are reported accurately, including 52% in full-time work, 12% unemployed, and the 50% of government employees earning over $100,000. However, some salary descriptions are unclear or inaccurate: for example, freelance consultants’ 15% is in the $50,000–74,999 band, not simply “up to $50,000,” and the government figures are described using thresholds such as “below $80,000” that do not match the table’s salary bands. The overview also calls part-time work and postgraduate study the lowest figure without clearly distinguishing the 5% combined category from the 15% part-time-only group. More precise comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on destinations, and a paragraph on salaries. This makes the two chart components easy to locate, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “On the other hand,” and “In addition” help signal movement between points. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. Repeated use of “In addition” and “Furthermore” does not always show the precise relationship between figures, while “Following this” introduces the government data without a clear comparison. The salary paragraph would be more coherent if each employment type were described in a consistent order, using the table’s four income bands, and if comparisons between sectors were grouped together. Clearer referencing would also prevent ambiguity about which graduates each percentage describes.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “destinations,” “freelance consultants,” and “government sector,” and you attempt to vary expressions for earnings. However, several word choices and collocations are imprecise or unnatural, such as “hold largest portion,” “came last,” and “do part time work to fulfil their needs.” The repeated use of “below” to describe salary bands also obscures the exact categories, and “highly paid” is a broad description where a precise comparison would be more effective. There is also a spelling error in “Antrhropology.” Aim for accurate chart language such as “accounted for,” “salary band,” and “earned,” and use the table’s stated ranges rather than paraphrasing them into potentially misleading thresholds.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and some more complex forms, including the contrast introduced by “While” and the relative clause in “consultants who earn…”. Meaning is generally understandable, but some errors in agreement and sentence construction remain. For example, “The Anthropology students who work full time has” should use a plural verb, and “freelance consultants who earn below $50,000 are 5%” does not form a clear grammatical relationship between the people and the percentage. The opening overview also uses a sentence fragment beginning “While part time workers…”. Work on complete clauses, subject–verb agreement, and consistent sentence patterns when reporting figures. More accurate control of these structures would make the comparisons easier to follow.

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