Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-21

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)

This illustration gives information about time spent doing houseworks and ownernships of the household electrical appliances between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, there was an increase seen in ownership of household appliaces and a sharp decrease in number of hours of housework per week per household.

It is quite evident from first line graph that ownership percentage of household appliances increase year by year. In 1920, line chart illustrated that refrigerator had zero percenage ownership but it dramatically increased by time and reached at 100 percent till 1980. The ownership of vacuum cleaner in 1920, was at 30 percent and it steadily increased by time and touched 100 percent in 2000. Ownership of washing mashine in 1920, at 40 percent and increase gradually to 70 percent in 1960, and dropped a little after 1960 and again a rise seen after 1980 and reached approximately at 75 percent.

Meanwhile, the second line chart illusrtrated that numbers of hours of housework per week between 1920 and 2019 per hosuehold. In 1920, the working hours in household were 50 per week but by time there was a sharp decline seen and reached at 20 hours per week in 1960. In 2019, working hours decreased more to 10.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response covers both charts and gives a clear overall summary: appliance ownership generally rose, while weekly housework time fell. It also selects several key comparisons, including refrigerators reaching full ownership by 1980, vacuum cleaners doing so by 2000, and housework dropping from 50 hours to about 10–11. These details support the main trends. However, the overview is somewhat broad: washing-machine ownership did not rise steadily, as it dipped after 1960, and the account could make the contrast between the appliances more explicit. The refrigerator figure in 1920 is described as zero, whereas the chart shows approximately 2%, a small discrepancy. More precise reporting of intermediate values, especially the 1980–2000 housework plateau, would make the coverage more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the two charts. The progression from general trends to selected details is easy to follow, and transitions such as “Overall” and “Meanwhile” help signal the organisation. This is a coherent arrangement, with some effective linking, but cohesion is not consistently smooth. The repeated framing “In 1920” and “by time” makes parts of the account feel list-like, while “first line graph” and “second line chart” are less natural references than naming the data directly. The final paragraph also moves from 1960 to 2019 without noting that housework remained at about 15 hours in 1980 and 2000. Grouping related appliance trends and using clearer comparisons would strengthen progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main information, including “ownership,” “percentage,” “decline,” and “reached.” However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems are noticeable. “Houseworks” is not the usual uncountable form, “owner nships” is misspelled, and “ownership percentage” is less natural than “proportion of households owning.” Phrases such as “increase seen,” “touched 100 percent,” and “a rise seen” are repetitive or awkward, reducing precision. There are also misspellings such as “appliaces,” “percenage,” and “illusrtrated.” Aim for accurate, natural trend language and check spelling carefully; this will make the report more fluent without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main meaning is generally understandable. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, particularly with articles, verb forms, and sentence construction. For example, “ownership percentage of household appliances increase” needs a singular subject and past-tense verb (“the percentage … increased”), while “Ownership of washing mashine in 1920, at 40 percent” is a sentence fragment. The phrase “reached at 100 percent” also uses an incorrect preposition, and “numbers of hours … per hosuehold” has an agreement problem. Commas interrupt some subject–verb units, as in “The ownership of vacuum cleaner in 1920, was…” Practise complete sentences with consistent past-tense reporting, and check articles and agreement before adding complex clauses.

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