Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-04

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 given pie chart elaborates information about work arrangment for graduates of Anthropology from one university and table explains what type of jobs they are doing and their salary range.

Overall, more than half students are full-time employed. A significant number of graduates are unemployed as well and least number of students are doing part-time jobs with their postgrad studies.

To start with, 52% of students are doing full-time job, while 5% are studying higher education and doing part-time job, followed by students who are only doing postgrad study, at 8%. The unemployment ratio is also high, at 12%. The proportion of students who are only working part-time is slightly high, at 15%.

In table chart, it can be seen that freelance consultants and government sector proportion remained same at 5% and 15% for the salary range of $25,000-49,000 and $50,000-74,999, followed by 40% in freelance cosultants and slight decrease in government sector, at 30% for salary range of $75,000- 99,999, which then than beated by government sector in salary range $100,000+, at 50%, while freelance consultants remained same.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main feature of the destination chart accurately: full-time work is the largest category at 52%, and you also report the other destination figures correctly. The overview, however, calls unemployment significant without comparing it with the other categories, and it omits the 8% whose destination is not known. More importantly, the table discussion covers only freelance consultants and government employment, leaving out private companies, whose salary distribution is an important part of the data. Your comparisons between the first two salary bands and the higher bands are relevant, but the final comparison is not fully clear. To strengthen the report, summarise the main salary pattern across all three sectors and make the overview cover both visuals.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the destination chart and salary table. This makes the information easy to locate. You also use linking expressions such as “while,” “followed by,” and “which then,” showing an attempt to connect comparisons. However, some links are mechanical or make the relationship difficult to follow, particularly the long final sentence beginning “In table chart” and ending “while freelance consultants remained same.” The paragraph also moves through salary bands without a clear summary of the overall pattern. Use shorter comparison sentences and organise the table by salary level or by employment sector, including private companies, to make progression more consistent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “salary range,” “freelance consultants,” and “government sector.” These terms help communicate the subject, and most word-choice errors do not prevent understanding. Some expressions are imprecise or unnatural, however: “work arrangment” and “table chart” are not suitable descriptions, while “the proportion … is slightly high” does not clearly convey that 15% is the second-largest destination category. There are also spelling errors such as “cosultants” and “beated.” Aim for more precise reporting language and check spelling carefully. For example, describe categories as “accounted for” a percentage and use “higher” or “lower” when making salary comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons with “while” and clauses introduced by “which.” The main figures remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “more than half students” needs an article or possessive (“more than half of the students”), and “52% of students are doing full-time job” needs an article and a more suitable construction. In the final sentence, “which then than beated by government sector” has an unclear clause structure and incorrect verb form, making the comparison difficult to interpret. Check articles, plural forms, and subject–verb patterns, and divide long sentences when several salary comparisons are being made.

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