Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-28

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 graph illustrates the percentage of the households with electrical appliances (washing machine, refrigerator and vaccum cleaner) and number of hours spent per week in doing housework in one country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, the useage of electrical appliances are increasing rapidly, while the number of hours spent on household works are decreasing over the periods.

In terms of using electrical appliances, in 1920, refrigerator started with about 1%, culminating with 100% by 2019. It experienced a steady increase throughout the period and remained constant between 1980 and 2019. Similarly, vaccum cleaner had a significant increase began with 30% and soared to 100% by 2019. In contrast, washing maching had 40% users in 1920 which was the largest part among the other appliances. Though it faced some fluctuations from 1960 to 1980, it rose up to 60% by 2019.

In 1920, 50 hours per week was spent on household work. However, the number gradually decline to 10 % by 2019. Though it remained constant from 1980 to 2000, it face a significant decrease.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main overall contrast: appliance ownership generally rose while housework time fell, and you include relevant details for all four series. The refrigerator’s rise to 100% and subsequent plateau, the vacuum cleaner’s growth, and the washing machine’s fluctuation are all useful comparisons. However, some figures and descriptions are inaccurate: washing-machine ownership reaches about 75%, not 60%, in 2019, and housework falls to about 11 hours, not “10%” (the unit is hours). The overview also overgeneralises the appliance trend, since washing-machine ownership dips between 1960 and 1980. This covers the task, but some details are less fully and precisely reported than others; accurate endpoints and units would strengthen the summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for appliance ownership and housework. This makes the main information easy to locate, and transitions such as “Overall,” “Similarly,” and “In contrast” help signal relationships. Some linking is less precise, however. “Though it remained constant from 1980 to 2000, it face a significant decrease” does not clearly connect the plateau to the later decline, and “In terms of using electrical appliances” is an awkward way to introduce the data. The final paragraph is also brief and leaves the housework trend less developed than the appliance comparisons. More explicit sequencing and clearer references between periods would make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of trend vocabulary, including “culminating,” “steady increase,” “soared,” “fluctuations,” and “remained constant.” These choices help describe changes and comparisons, although some are not used precisely or naturally. “The useage of electrical appliances” is both misspelled and an imprecise description of household ownership; “household works” is also an unnatural phrase. “The largest part among the other appliances” does not clearly express that washing machines had the highest ownership in 1920. Spelling errors such as “vaccum” and “washing maching” are noticeable, while “10%” confuses the unit rather than describing the measure accurately. More precise chart vocabulary and careful spelling would improve control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex forms, including subordinate clauses with “while,” “though,” and “which,” and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors persist, particularly with agreement and verb forms. For example, “the useage … are increasing” has a singular subject with a plural verb, while “the number gradually decline” and “it face a significant decrease” need past-tense verbs. The construction “a significant increase began with 30%” is also incomplete or awkwardly formed. In “50 hours per week was spent,” the passive construction does not agree naturally with the plural measure. Review subject–verb agreement, tense consistency for historical data, and sentence construction; these corrections would make your varied structures more accurate.

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