Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-09-27

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 charts illustrates the percentage of households that owned three electrical appliances - washing machine , refrigerator , and vaccum cleaner.and the average number of hours spent on housework per week in one country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, its is evident that the ownership of all three electrical appliances increased considerably throughout the period, while amount of time spent on housework decline substantially. Refrigerator and vaccum cleaner became almost universal owner by end of period, whereas washing machine showed a smaller overall increase.

To commence with, in 1920 washing machine were most common appliances , being owned by 40% of households. This figure rose to 60% in 1940 and reached 70% in 1960.it then fell slightly to around 65% in 1980, before recovering to 75% in 2019.By contrast, refrigerator ownership increased dramatically from 0% in 1920 to 55% in 1940 and 90% in 1960. It then reached to 100% in 1980 and then remained at this level thereafter. similary , this trend with the percentage of ownership of vacuum cleaner rose steadily from 30% in 1920 to 50% in 1940, 70% in 1960 and 90% in 1980 , reaching to 100% in 2000.

Meanwhile, the average time spent doing householdwork fell from 50 hours per week in 1920 to 35 hours in 1940 and just 20 in 1960. It declined further to approximately to 15 hours per week in 1980 and 2000, before reching only 10 hours per week in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The student successfully addresses all parts of the prompt by reporting the main features of both charts and making relevant comparisons. An adequate overview is provided in the second paragraph, capturing the overall trends of rising appliance ownership and declining housework hours. Key data points are accurately cited, such as refrigerator ownership starting at 2% in 1920 (written as 0% by the student, which is a minor discrepancy from the transcription but acceptable) and reaching 100%, and housework hours falling from 50 to 11. The figures are appropriately supported and compared throughout the body paragraphs. Minor issues in precise data reading do not detract from a clear, well-supported task response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response is logically organised with a clear overall progression. It begins with an introductory paragraph paraphrasing the prompt, followed by a clear overview, two detailed body paragraphs, and logical sequencing of data. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate appliance ownership from housework hours. Cohesive devices are employed with reasonable flexibility, such as 'Overall', 'To commence with', 'By contrast', and 'Meanwhile'. However, there are minor cohesion and punctuation faults, such as missing spaces before punctuation marks ('washing machine , refrigerator'), which slightly disrupts the fluency of referencing and logical flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student demonstrates a sufficient range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items and collocations such as 'considerably', 'substantially', 'universal owner', and 'dramatically'. However, there are noticeable word-form and spelling errors throughout the text, including 'vaccum' instead of 'vacuum', 'owner' instead of 'ownership', 'similary', and 'householdwork'. Furthermore, 'almost universal owner' is an awkward collocation. Despite these inaccuracies, communication is not impeded, and the vocabulary is adequate to convey the trends.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The student uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, including subordinate clauses ('while amount of time spent on housework decline substantially'). There are several grammatical errors, such as article omissions ('The two line charts illustrates', 'washing machine were most common appliances'), subject-verb agreement issues ('amount... decline'), and awkward phrasing ('reached to 100%', 'reching only 10 hours'). Punctuation and spacing errors are also frequent. While these errors occur regularly, they rarely impede overall communication, placing the response solidly in the band 6 category.

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