Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-23

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 two line graphs illustrate changes in proportion of household owning of electrical appliance and the number of time spent on housework in a particular country between 1920 and 2019.

Overall, the ownership all of three electrical appliance increased considerably over the period, with refrigerator, washing machine and vacuum cleaner become almost universal. In contrast, the time of housework declined significantly.

in 1920, around 40% people were using washing machine, including 30% of people were using vacuum cleaner, while there was no use of refrigerator. Then refrigerator using rose sharply, reaching 90% in 1960 and 100% in 1980. It remained until 2019. Similarly the proportion for vacuum cleaner also rose steadily, reaching around 100% in 2000 and remained until 2019. Meanwhile, washing machine users rose slowly, reaching around 70% in 1960, before falling in 1980 it recovered with 75% in 2019.

Regarding housework, households spent around 50 hours per week in 1920. The figure steadily fell 35 hours in 1940 and 20 hours in 1960. Then it gradually more declined at around 10 hours until 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both charts and give a clear overview: appliance ownership generally rose, while housework time fell. The main trends are supported with relevant figures, including refrigerators reaching 100% by 1980 and vacuum cleaners by 2000. The washing-machine account also notes its dip in 1980 and later recovery. Some details, however, are inaccurate or imprecise: refrigerators were at about 2% in 1920, rather than showing “no use,” and housework fell to 15 hours in both 1980 and 2000 before reaching about 11 in 2019, not “around 10 hours until 2019.” The overview’s claim that all three became “almost universal” is also less accurate for washing machines, which ended at 75%. More precise reporting of these distinctions would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on appliance ownership and a final paragraph on housework. This makes the two charts easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Then,” “Similarly” and “Meanwhile” help show sequence and contrast. The progression is generally logical, though some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “before falling in 1980 it recovered” would be easier to follow if the dip and recovery were separated or linked with clearer punctuation. The final paragraph also compresses the later housework figures into one broad statement, weakening the progression through the years. More precise referencing and smoother links between comparisons would make cohesion more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a relevant range of trend vocabulary, including “increased considerably,” “rose sharply,” “rose steadily,” “declined significantly” and “remained.” These choices communicate the broad movements and are appropriate to a chart summary. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “household owning of electrical appliance,” “the number of time,” “refrigerator using,” and “it recovered with 75%.” “Almost universal” also overstates washing-machine ownership at the end. These issues do not prevent the reader from understanding the main message, but they limit precision and naturalness. Aim for standard chart language such as “the proportion of households owning,” “the figure for,” and “recovered to,” while checking singular and plural forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses with “while,” “before” and “reaching,” and the overall meaning is usually clear. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in sentence construction and verb forms. For example, “with refrigerator, washing machine and vacuum cleaner become almost universal” needs a finite verb or a participle construction, while “the figure steadily fell 35 hours” is missing a preposition. In “before falling in 1980 it recovered,” punctuation is needed to separate the clauses. There are also issues with articles, plurals and agreement in the opening sentence. These errors rarely obscure the trends, but more consistent control of sentence patterns, articles and prepositions would improve accuracy.

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