Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-13

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The charts below show the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Percentage of households with electrical appliances (1920-2019)

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The two line graph illustrates, changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in household in a country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, ownership of electrical appliances showed an upward trend, whereas housework in households declined. The two electrical appliances refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner were steadily rosed at 100%, while waching machine slightly dropped after in 1960.

At the beginning of the period, waching machine stood at 40% in 1920 and it gradually rose to 70% in 1960 it then, fell at 65% in 1980 and again stood up to 70% in 2019. On the other hand, refrigerator was at 0% in 1920 and it was reached at a peak of 100% in 2019. Lastly, the vacuum cleaner atood at 30% in 1920 it then increased by 100% in 2019. In 1960 both waching machine and vacuum cleaner was at the same percentage od 70%.

Moreover, the housework started at 50% in 1920 and fell to 10% in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both charts and give a relevant overview: appliance ownership generally increased, while time spent on housework fell. You also identify useful comparisons, including the washing machine and vacuum cleaner both reaching 70% in 1960. This meets the task well, though some details are less fully or accurately reported. The refrigerator began at about 2%, not 0%, and the washing machine rose from 65% in 1980 to 75% in 2019, rather than 70%. The housework figure in 2019 was about 11 hours, not 10, and the unit is hours rather than a percentage. To strengthen the response further, report the main stages and endpoint figures more precisely, especially the refrigerator’s early rise and the decline in housework.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing the appliance trends and housework. Sequencing expressions such as “At the beginning of the period,” “On the other hand,” and “Moreover” help guide the reader. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical, and several long sentences join multiple changes without clear punctuation—for example, the washing-machine sentence moves from 1920 through 1980 and then to 2019. The overview also combines several trends in a sentence that is difficult to follow. Use clearer sentence boundaries and group related comparisons together; for instance, describe the refrigerator and vacuum cleaner’s growth in one focused section, then report the housework figures separately.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “ownership,” “upward trend,” “declined,” “rose,” and “peak,” so the reader can understand the main comparisons. However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “steadily rosed,” “stood up to,” and “increased by 100%” do not express the intended trends naturally. “Waching” and “atood” are spelling errors, while “amount of time” would be more precise than describing housework as a percentage. Aim for accurate, conventional language for describing data, such as “rose to,” “reached,” “remained at,” and “fell to.” This would make your vocabulary more controlled and the figures easier to interpret.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in verb forms, agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries. For example, “the two electrical appliances … were steadily rosed” has an incorrect verb form and agreement, while “it was reached at a peak” uses an unsuitable passive construction. In “both … was at the same percentage,” the plural subject requires a plural verb. The opening also has an unnecessary comma after “illustrates,” and several clauses are joined without adequate punctuation. Practise forming accurate comparisons with structures such as “ownership rose from … to …” and check subject–verb agreement and clause boundaries when editing.

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