Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-03

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 line graphs illustrate the changes in ownership of washing machine, refrigerator and vaccum cleaner and the times had been spent doing household works (washing clothers, preparing meals and cleaning) in a country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, the highest numbers of owners of the three electrical appliances were in 2019 while the lowest figures were in 1920. On the other hand, the times were using for household chores reached a peak in 1920 and the figure decreased over the 99 years and reached the lowest in 2019.

Firstly, the houses who were using washing machine, it was 40% in 1920 and the proportion rose steadily over the years. It hit it's highest in 2019, around 75%. Additionally, the usage of refrigerator was nearly 0% which grew rapidly over these 99 years and peaked at 100% in 2019. Moreover, vaccum cleaner had been owned 30% by the households at the starting and the number kept growing over the following years and stopped at 100% in 2019.

Secondly, the houses used to spend 50 hours per week for housworks. The amount gradually declined in the following years and hit its lowest number, around 10 hours per week in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response successfully addresses all parts of the task by presenting an overview of the trends and reporting the main features of both charts. The main features are appropriately highlighted, such as the peak ownership of appliances in 2019 and the inverse trend in the amount of housework hours. However, some details are slightly under-developed or less precise, such as the minor fluctuations in the washing machine trend, which prevents the response from reaching a higher band. The overview accurately captures the overarching patterns across the 99-year period, ensuring that the visual data is adequately summarised and compared where relevant.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The essay presents a coherent overall arrangement with a clear logical progression from an introduction to an overview, followed by body paragraphs detailing appliance ownership and housework hours respectively. Paragraphing is used adequately to group related ideas. However, cohesion at times feels a bit mechanical, with simple sequencing devices like 'Firstly' and 'Secondly'. Referencing is generally clear, though occasional awkward phrasing in transitions prevents the progression from feeling entirely seamless, reflecting the characteristics of this level.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The writer uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'proportion', 'decline', and 'fluctuate'. However, there are noticeable lexical and word form errors throughout the text, such as 'vaccum' (spelling), 'household works' and 'housworks' (collocation and word form), and 'times were using' (inappropriate phrasing). While these errors do not seriously impede communication, they limit the score because the vocabulary lacks precision and contains frequent slips in word choice and spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing structures like relative clauses and time clauses. There are several grammatical errors present, particularly with articles, verb forms, and prepositions, such as 'ownership of washing machine' (missing article/plural), 'the houses who were using' (awkward subject-verb structure), and 'hit it's highest' (punctuation error with possessive pronoun). Despite these errors, the meaning remains mostly clear and they rarely impede communication, balancing simple structures with attempted complex forms.

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