Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-26

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 chart shows the percentages of households with electrical appliances, while the second graph shows the number of hours per week.

The percentage of households having refrigerator rose significantly. However, percentage of households having washing machine showed rise but somewhere declined between years [redacted phone]. However, gained stability after year 1980. The other charts compares number of hours of housework per week which showed a remarkable decline over the years.

The number of households having refrigerator rosed significantly between years [redacted phone] increasing from 0%-50%,further increasing between years [redacted phone] from approximately 50%-90%. However, percentage rose from 90%-100% between years [redacted phone], after that it remained constant from year 1980 till year 2019. The number of household having vacuum cleaner rose constantly by 20% between every 20 years and then remained constant from years [redacted phone]. the number of hours of housework per week declined remarkably between years [redacted phone] from 50 to 35, then 35 to 20 between years [redacted phone]. Until it collapsed to 10 hours per week by year 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall patterns: appliance ownership generally increased, while weekly housework declined. You also report useful details for refrigerators, vacuum cleaners and housework, including the refrigerator reaching full ownership and vacuum cleaner ownership levelling off. However, coverage is uneven: the washing-machine trend is mentioned only briefly, and the overview does not compare the three appliances clearly. Some figures are inaccurate: refrigerators rose from about 2% to 55% between 1920 and 1940, not 0% to 50%, and washing-machine ownership increased from 40% to 75% overall, with a dip from 70% to 65% before rising again. Housework ended at about 11 hours, rather than 10. More precise comparisons and fuller coverage of all series would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable sequence: an introduction, a brief overview, and then details about appliances and housework. This gives the reader a basic sense of the chart’s main trends. However, the progression is not consistently clear because the overview and detail paragraphs repeat some information, and the washing-machine trend is inserted between refrigerator points without a clear grouping. Repeated use of “However” does not always signal a contrast, while “The other charts” is an unclear reference. Organise the details into clearer comparisons—for example, discuss appliance ownership together, then housework—and use linking phrases only where the relationship between ideas is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of trend vocabulary, including “rose significantly,” “remained constant,” “declined remarkably” and “collapsed.” These choices help communicate change, although some are imprecise or repetitive: “collapsed” overstates the gradual fall in housework, and “rose” appears several times. There are also word-choice and form problems, such as “the other charts compares,” “gained stability,” and “the number of households having refrigerator.” Use more precise chart language and vary the verbs appropriately: describe a series as “ownership,” say it “levelled off,” and refer to “the proportion of households with a refrigerator.” This would make the account more natural and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses linked with “while,” “however” and “after that,” and the main trends are generally understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement, verb forms and sentence boundaries. For example, “The other charts compares” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “the percentage … rose” needs an article in the earlier sentence. “The number of households having refrigerator rosed” combines an awkward construction with an incorrect past-tense form. Punctuation and spacing are also inconsistent, as in “50%,further.” Check agreement and past-tense forms, and use complete, clearly punctuated sentences to improve control.

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