Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-14

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 6.5)

The line charts illustrate the proportion of households with electrical appliances and the amount of time spent doing housework in one country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, the percentage of people who owned refrigerators has significantly increased, while washing machines and vacuum cleaners showed a steady increase. The number of hours spent doing housework had decreased through the years.

Looking at the first line graph, the number of households with refrigerators faced a significant increase from 1920 to 1980, then reached the peak at 100% between 1980 and 2019. Washing machines and vacuum cleaners started at 40% and 30% in 1920 and ended at just above 70% and 100%, respectively.

About the second graph, the time spent doing housework started with 50 hours in 1920, followed by sustained fall to reach 20 hours in 1960. After that, the number of hours decreased with constant rate. In 2019, the number of hours was 10 hours per week.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both charts and provide a clear overview: appliance ownership generally rose, while housework time fell. Several key figures are reported accurately, including the starting values for washing machines and vacuum cleaners and the final figures for those appliances. The refrigerator trend is also correctly identified as reaching 100% by 1980 and remaining there. However, the overview overgeneralises by saying vacuum-cleaner ownership rose steadily; it reached 100% by 2000 and then levelled off, while washing-machine ownership dipped slightly in 1980. The housework description also needs a clearer account of the later stages: it fell to 15 hours in 1980, stayed there in 2000, and then declined to about 11 in 2019. More precise comparisons would make the coverage fuller.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, overview and separate paragraphs for the two charts. The sequence is easy to follow, and time markers such as “from 1920 to 1980,” “After that” and “In 2019” help guide the reader through the data. The main progression is clear, though some linking is slightly mechanical: “Looking at the first line graph” and “About the second graph” announce the chart rather than smoothly connecting the information. The final paragraph also compresses the 1980–2000 plateau into “decreased with constant rate,” which weakens the logical account of the trend. Use transitions that express comparison or contrast, and group figures by meaningful changes, such as the plateau in housework hours.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “significant increase,” “peak” and “sustained fall,” and the meaning remains clear. Some choices are imprecise or do not collocate naturally: “the number of households … faced a significant increase” is awkward, and “the percentage of people who owned refrigerators” shifts from the chart’s measure of households to people. “Steady increase” also does not accurately describe every appliance trend, while “constant rate” is unclear for the housework figures. Prefer precise chart language such as “the share of households owning refrigerators rose” and “housework hours remained stable.” Greater accuracy in word choice and collocation would make the description more flexible and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the overview contrast with “while” and the time sequence “After that.” Most sentences communicate the intended trends, and errors do not prevent understanding. Some grammatical patterns are less controlled, however. In “the number of households with refrigerators faced a significant increase,” the construction is awkward; a clearer structure is “refrigerator ownership increased significantly.” “After that, the number of hours decreased with constant rate” is missing an article (“at a constant rate”) and does not fit the data well. The phrase “started with 50 hours … followed by sustained fall” also needs an article before “sustained fall.” Continue using varied sentence structures, while checking articles and the grammatical patterns used to describe changes.

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