Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-05

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 both line graphs illustrates the changes in possession of electrical devices and amount of time spent doing housechores in a country over a period of 1920 to 2019.

Overall, it is evident that during this period of time ownership of refrigerator and vaccum clearner surges and then remain stable for longer period. However, washing machine with high ownership initially, saw a decrease in 1980 and then increases gradually till 2019. While the number of hours of household chores per week per household decline over till 1980 and the reamain stable tiill 2000 and then showing a little decrease in reamaining period.

During this period, Refrigerator with no ownership in 1920 saw an increase wwith highest possession in 1980 and then remain stable relatively for longer period till 2019.Whereas, initially with 30% ownership of vaccum cleaner surges and showed peak in 2000 and afterwards remain stable. Finally, washing with highest onwership of 40% in 1920 showed a gradual increase till 1960 and then faced decline till 1980 in possession however, showing increase afterwards till 2019.

Moreover, the numbers of hours of housework per week per houshold from 1920 to 2019 decreases . In 1920 , highest working hours were 50 hours which saw a noticeable decline till 1960 and then with little decrease till 1980 . However, between 1980 and 2000 the numbers of hours remain stable with average 13 hours with a decrease till 2019 in which there was 10 working hours per week.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response successfully covers all parts of the task by reporting the main features of both charts and making relevant comparisons throughout. You provide a clear overview at the beginning, noting the general trends in appliance ownership and housework hours. The specific details, such as refrigerator ownership reaching one hundred percent by 1980 and the weekly housework hours dropping from fifty to around eleven, are accurately cited from the data. The information is extended and supported well, aligning comfortably with the requirements for a solid performance at this level, though a tendency to slightly over-generalise or repeat certain data points keeps it from reaching higher bands.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

There is a coherent overall arrangement to your writing, with a clear attempt to logically sequence information by grouping the appliances and the housework hours into separate paragraphs. You use some cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'Moreover', and 'However' to guide the reader through the data. However, progression is sometimes hindered by mechanical referencing and awkward transitions between sentences, such as starting paragraphs with abrupt phrasing like 'During this period'. Paragraphing is present, but the internal cohesion within paragraphs could be smoother and less repetitive to achieve a higher standard of logical flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

Your vocabulary provides an adequate range for the task, allowing you to successfully describe trends using words like 'surges', 'gradual increase', and 'stable'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors throughout the text, such as 'housechores' instead of 'housework', 'vaccum clearner' instead of 'vacuum cleaner', and 'wwith' or 'onwership'. While these errors do not seriously impede communication, they demonstrate limited control over less common lexical items and spelling accuracy, which restricts your score in this criterion.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting structures like 'While the number of hours... decline over till 1980'. However, your writing contains frequent errors in grammar, articles, and prepositions, such as 'The both line graphs illustrates' (agreement error and unnecessary article), 'remain stable tiill 2000 and then showing' (tense inconsistency), and missing articles before nouns. These errors require some effort to decipher and mean that error-free sentences are not frequent enough to push the response into higher grammar bands.

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