Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-30

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 pie chart illustrates the proportion of destination of Anthropology graduates from a university after graduation.The table presents the salaries of three type of employments: freelance consultants, government sector and private companies after 5 years' work.

Overall, graduates with full time work has the highest proportion while postgrad study with part time work has the lowest proportion.Government sector graduates are earning highest after 5 years of work, private companies graduates has the lowest proportion of making over than hundred thousand.

Full-time work has the largest percentage among the graduates with 52% followed by part-time worker with only 15%.The graduates persuing further postgrad study with part-time work are the lowest with only 5%. Unemployed graduates are 12% and full-time postgrad study are 8%.

After 5 years' work experience, Goverment Sector graduates are among most highest paid with 50% are earning more than one hundrend thousand dollars while only 5% are making between 25,000 and 49,999 dollars .Private companies graduate are making the least amount of money with only 30% are getting over 100,000 dollars and most of them them (35%) and getting between 50,000 and 74,999 dollars salaries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main destination pattern accurately: full-time work is the largest category at 52%, while part-time work combined with postgraduate study is smallest at 5%. You also make a useful comparison between government and private-sector salaries, correctly noting that 50% of government employees earn over $100,000, compared with 30% in private companies. However, the overview is incomplete: it does not summarise the salary distribution across all three employment types, and freelance consultants are omitted from the detailed comparison. The claim that private-company graduates have the “lowest proportion” earning over $100,000 is true only relative to the other two groups, so make that comparison explicit. Some information is reported clearly, but other key features are less fully covered.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for graduate destinations and salaries. This makes the two visuals easy to distinguish, and sequencing details from the largest destination category to smaller ones is sensible. Linking phrases such as “Overall,” “while,” and “followed by” help show relationships. To make the progression more complete, include the missing “not known” figure in the destination paragraph and discuss freelance consultants in the salary paragraph, rather than ending after the private-company figures. Some connections are also awkward or unclear, particularly the long sentence beginning “Private companies graduate are making the least amount…”; divide it into shorter, clearly linked comparisons. The organisation is sound, but cohesion is not consistently smooth.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “graduates,” “postgrad study,” “unemployed,” and “salary,” and the main information remains understandable. There are also attempts at more specific phrasing, such as “after 5 years’ work experience.” However, several word-choice and collocation problems reduce precision: “proportion of destination” is unnatural, “graduates are earning highest” is imprecise, and “making over than hundred thousand” is not idiomatic. Spelling errors such as “persuing,” “Goverment,” and “hundrend” also detract from accuracy. Prefer standard chart language such as “share,” “earned,” and “accounted for,” and use consistent forms like “full-time” and “postgraduate study.” These improvements would make the vocabulary more precise and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons with “while” and a relative clause in “graduates with full time work has the highest proportion.” Most of the intended meaning can be followed, but some grammatical errors recur. Subject–verb agreement is inconsistent: “graduates … has” should be “graduates … have,” and “private companies graduates has” needs a plural verb. There are also problems with sentence construction in “50% are earning” and “only 30% are getting,” where a clearer form would be “50% earn” and “only 30% earn.” Punctuation is sometimes missing after sentence boundaries, and the opening has no space after the full stop. Check agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries, while retaining your attempts at varied structures.

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