Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-08-18

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 charts illustrate the changes in ownership of electric appliances and time spending on housework in households in a country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, dramatic rise in refrigerator's percentage as a household had been observed, competing with vacuum cleaner. On the other hand, amount of time had been steadily decreased to nearly 10 hours per week in 2019.

Washing machines rate had grown up steadily from almost 40% to about 75% with a bit fluctuation. Vacuum cleaners had tackled an escalate in proportion of households from nearly 30% to approximately 100% in 2019, in contrast, refrigerator's ratio, surprisingly grew from1% approximately in 1920 to 100% in 2019 rivalling to vacuum cleaner. Conversely, vacuum cleaner and washing machine proportion intersected in 1960

However, numbers of hours of housework per week per household had been declined .In 1920, individuals working hours per week seemed 50% after two decades the amount decreased to about 32 hours per week, similarly, in upcoming two decades the time reached to rougly 19 hours. Continuously, time came up to less than 10 hours in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

You have successfully identified the main trends and provided a clear overview of the data. You covered all three appliances and the housework time trend. However, there are some inaccuracies in your reporting of the data. For instance, you mention that housework hours were '50% in 1920', which is an incorrect unit of measurement as the chart refers to hours per week, not a percentage. Additionally, some descriptions of the trends, such as 'tackled an escalate', are imprecise and slightly confusing. To improve, ensure you accurately interpret the units provided in the charts and use more precise language to describe the movement of the data points.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The response is organized into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the information. You use some cohesive devices like 'Overall', 'On the other hand', and 'Conversely'. However, the flow between sentences is sometimes mechanical, and the logical progression is occasionally hindered by awkward phrasing, such as 'Continuously, time came up to...'. The use of referencing is sometimes unclear, making it difficult to track which appliance you are referring to in certain sentences. Improving the variety and accuracy of your linking words will help create a smoother, more professional flow throughout the report.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

You have a sufficient range of vocabulary to convey the main points, but there are several instances of unnatural word choice and collocation errors. Phrases like 'time spending on housework' should be 'time spent on housework', and 'tackled an escalate' is not standard English. You also use 'rate' and 'ratio' interchangeably, which is imprecise. To reach a higher band, focus on using more academic collocations such as 'a significant increase' or 'a steady decline' rather than 'grown up steadily' or 'came up to'. Expanding your repertoire of reporting verbs and nouns will significantly improve your score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors that occasionally impede clarity. Examples include 'dramatic rise in refrigerator's percentage as a household had been observed' (incorrect article usage and passive construction) and 'vacuum cleaner and washing machine proportion intersected' (missing articles). There are also issues with tense consistency, such as using the past perfect 'had been decreased' where the simple past or present perfect would be more appropriate. Focus on mastering basic article usage and ensuring subject-verb agreement to reduce the frequency of these errors.

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