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 illustrate the changes in ownership of electrical appliances and amount of time spent doing housework in households in one country between 1920 and 2019, measured in percentage.
Overall, ownership of electrical appliances experienced significant increase throughout the year, while houseworks hours experienced significant fall, which shows that people are relying on electrical appliances than self handwork.
Looking at the details, in 1920, refrigerator started with 0%, while it's usage peaked in 1980 with 100% and doesn't change for furthers years. Similarly, usage of vaccum cleaner started with 30%, and peaked in 2000 with 100%, same as refrigerator. Furthermore, the ownership of washing machine started with 40% in 1920 and showed positive changes and ended up with about 71% in 2019.
On the other hand, number of household work fell significantly throughout the year. It 1920, it started with 50%, which was highest, but it started decreasing throughout years and fell to lowest i.e.10% in 2019.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The student successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of both charts and making relevant comparisons. The overview captures the general trends—the rise in appliance ownership and the decline in housework hours. Key data points are cited, such as the peak of refrigerators and vacuum cleaners reaching 100%, and the decline of housework hours from 50 to 11 (or 10 as stated). However, there are minor inaccuracies in reading the graphs, such as stating refrigerators started at 0% (the chart shows around 2%) and misreading the initial washing machine figure slightly. Despite these small flaws, the response covers all parts well and presents a clear summary.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response has a clear overall arrangement and is divided into logical paragraphs, separating the overview, appliance details, and housework hours. Cohesive devices are used to link ideas, such as 'Overall', 'Looking at the details', 'Similarly', and 'On the other hand'. However, referencing and progression are sometimes a bit mechanical, and the paragraphing could be slightly better managed. The logical flow is maintained throughout, ensuring the reader can easily follow the comparison between appliance adoption and the reduction of housework time.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting some less common lexical items such as 'ownership', 'appliance', and 'significant increase'. However, there are several word choice and collocation errors, such as 'houseworks hours' instead of 'housework hours', 'relying on electrical appliances than self handwork' instead of 'manual labour', and spelling errors like 'vaccum'. Vocabulary control is sufficient to communicate the main points, but these inaccuracies prevent the score from reaching a higher band.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
The response displays a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'while houseworks hours experienced significant fall, which shows that...'. Grammatical control is generally decent, but there are noticeable errors in prepositions, articles, and tense consistency, for instance, 'throughout the year' instead of 'over the period', 'it's usage' instead of 'its usage', and 'It 1920' instead of 'In 1920'. These errors do not impede communication, but they occur with some frequency.
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