Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-22

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 charts illustrate the changes of ownership of electrical appliances and the amount of time these all consume doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, the percentage of households with electrical appliance increased over the time for all three products, while number of hours per week per household has been declined over time.

Washing Machine usage risen to 40% in 1920 to 60% and 70% in 1940 and 1960 respectively, while it shows a slight decline in 1980 and then surged until 2019. Refrigerator proportion firstly was zero afterwards it sharply shifted to 90% in 1960 and remained pleatued till 2019. Vaccum Cleaner percentage was 30% and then it went up to 100% in 2000 and remained unchanged till 2019.

Furthermore, number of hours per week per household declined over the period, in 1920 the total time spent was 50 per hour then it significantly fall to 20 per hour in 1960 and levelled off till 2019 to 10 per hour.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The student successfully addresses all parts of the prompt, providing an overview of the main trends and reporting key features from both charts. The opening summary accurately notes the general increase in appliance ownership alongside the decrease in housework hours. Key data points are cited, such as washing machine ownership reaching 70% in 1960 and refrigerator ownership hitting 100%. However, there are a few minor inaccuracies in the data reporting; for instance, the text states refrigerator ownership 'firstly was zero' whereas the chart indicates 2%, and housework hours in 1920 are cited as '50 per hour' rather than 50 hours per week. Despite these slight misinterpretations of the axes and minor omissions, the response covers all main trends appropriately.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The response is logically organised into four distinct paragraphs: an introduction, an overview, body paragraph one detailing appliance ownership, and body paragraph two detailing housework hours. Cohesive devices such as 'while', 'furthermore', and 'afterwards' are used to connect ideas, although some transitions feel slightly mechanical or abrupt. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the two different charts. Referencing is mostly clear, though occasional awkward phrasing affects the flow of sentences. Overall, there is a clear logical progression throughout the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common items such as 'surged', 'plateued' (misspelled), and 'significantly fall'. There are several noticeable lexical and spelling errors, such as 'Vaccum' instead of 'vacuum', 'risen' used instead of 'rose', and 'pleatued' instead of 'plateaued'. Word choice is sometimes imprecise, such as 'amount of time these all consume doing housework'. However, the vocabulary used is sufficient to communicate the main trends of the charts clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, using clauses introduced by 'while' and 'where'. However, grammatical accuracy is inconsistent. There are several tense and verb form errors, such as 'Washing Machine usage risen to 40%' (missing auxiliary verb) and 'number of hours per week per household has been declined' (incorrect passive construction). Punctuation and article usage also show occasional lapses. While these errors do not impede overall communication, they prevent the text from achieving a higher band score due to frequent slip-ups in grammatical control.

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