Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-15

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 graphs illustrate the percentage of households between 1920 and 2019, who have electrical appliances like washing machines, refrigerator and vacuum cleaners and the number of hours spent weeekly using these appliances.

Overall, more and more households purchased these appliances increasingly with washing machine suffering a little decline in ownership. As for usage to do housechores per week, these appliances drastically reduced the number of hours spent.

In 1920, no household owned a refrigerator but on the contrary, 30% and 40% households owned vacuum cleaners and washing machines respectively.

More households began to acquire refrigerators and there was a spike in ownership from 0% to 90% two years later, with a steady increase up to an eventual 100% in subsequent years till 2019.

The vacuum cleaner follows a similar trend from 30% households ownership to a whopping 100% by 2000 which continued on same frequency till 2019. On the other hand, households having washing machines didn't significantly spike but had gradual increments from an initial 40% to 70% in 1960 with a decline of approximately 10% the following year. However, there was a gradual rise from that 1980 decline back to a final 70% of households owning washing machines.

In conclusion, the number of hours needed to do weekly housework like washing clothes, preparing meals and cleaning was reduced drastically from 50 hours in 1920 to 10 hours a week in 2019 by using all three appliances

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both charts and identify the main overall patterns: appliance ownership generally rose, while weekly housework time fell. The response also includes useful comparisons, such as refrigerators rising from almost no ownership to universal ownership and vacuum cleaners reaching 100% by 2000. However, several details are inaccurate: refrigerator ownership rose to about 55% by 1940 and 90% by 1960, not from 0% to 90% “two years later”; washing-machine ownership fell by about five percentage points from 70% to 65%, rather than approximately 10% “the following year.” The final figure for washing machines is about 75%, not 70%. The overview also overstates the appliances’ direct role in reducing housework. More precise reporting of dates and figures would strengthen an otherwise clear account.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, paragraphs describing appliance ownership, and a final statement about housework hours. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the information, and transitions such as “On the other hand” help signal comparisons. However, the housework trend is largely postponed until the conclusion, so the two charts are not integrated evenly. Some linking is also mechanical or unclear: “In conclusion” introduces data rather than a concluding argument, while “that 1980 decline” refers back to an inaccurately described change. Grouping the main trends more deliberately—for example, discussing the near-universal appliances together and then contrasting them with washing machines and housework hours—would make progression smoother and references clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “ownership,” “gradual increments,” “decline,” and “reduced drastically,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more expressive wording, such as “a spike” and “a whopping 100%,” but these are not always appropriate for a neutral academic report. Some collocations and forms are awkward, including “households ownership,” “same frequency,” and “hours spent weeekly using these appliances”; the last also contains a spelling error. “Purchased” is less precise than “owned” when describing the chart. Aim for consistent, formal language and accurate collocations, using terms such as “the proportion of households owning” and “hours spent on housework.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including contrast clauses and time expressions, and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors nevertheless recur. In the opening, the comma after “2019” incorrectly separates the subject from “who have”; the sentence would be clearer as “The line graphs show the proportion of households that owned…” In “30% and 40% households,” the plural noun needs “of,” and “washing machine suffering” lacks a clear grammatical connection to the overview clause. The sentence beginning “However, there was a gradual rise…” also has an unclear reference to the earlier decline. Check articles, plural forms, clause connections, and punctuation, especially in longer sentences. More consistently controlled complex sentences would improve accuracy.

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