Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-02

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 bar charts illustate the electrical appliance ownership and individual spent time on housework in the country from 1920 to 2019.

Overall, people percentage of owning appliance was drastically increased especially vacuum cleaner and refrigerator, while they spending lesser time per week for housework.

Initially, ownership of fridge and vacuum cleaner amoung citizens were steadily increased till 1980 from 1920. although fridge was made a peak of 100 percent in year 1980, vacuum cleaner was reached that level in 2000. simultaniously, washing machine was on uptrend but only made highest of 75 approximetly from initial of 40. there is slight decline happen in between 1960 to 1980, but it recover on 2000.

Although, citizens time spend on housework weekly had significantly drop from 50 to 20 in between 1920 and 1960. It was made a plateau from 1980 to 2000. Afterwords it declined slightly from 15 to 10 and made its lowest on 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both charts and identify the main overall contrast: appliance ownership generally rose while weekly housework time fell. You also select useful comparisons, including refrigerators reaching 100% in 1980, vacuum cleaners doing so in 2000, and washing-machine ownership dipping before recovering. These details are broadly accurate. The response therefore addresses the task well, though some features are less fully reported: for example, the refrigerator’s sharp early rise from almost zero and the vacuum cleaner’s continued increase after 1960 could be described more precisely. The overview says ownership increased “especially” for refrigerators and vacuum cleaners, but does not clearly note that refrigerators and vacuum cleaners both ended at 100%, while washing machines remained lower. A more precise overview and fuller comparison would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for appliance ownership and housework hours. This makes the two chart topics easy to follow, and time markers such as “from 1920,” “in between 1960 to 1980,” and “Afterwords” help establish sequence. However, some links are mechanical or unclear. The paragraph beginning “Initially” combines several appliance trends in a long sequence, and “Although” at the start of the final paragraph does not express a clear contrast with the preceding information. Punctuation and sentence boundaries also interrupt the flow, particularly where “although” and “simultaneously” begin new sentences without capitals. Grouping the appliance comparisons more deliberately and using clearer transitions would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “ownership,” “decline,” “plateau,” and “lowest,” and the reader can generally understand the trends you describe. There is also some attempt to vary wording, such as “uptrend” and “recover.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural: “people percentage of owning appliance,” “made a peak,” and “citizens time spend” make the report less precise. Spelling errors such as “illustate,” “amoung,” “simultaniously,” and “approximetly” are noticeable. Use standard chart-reporting phrases consistently—for example, “the proportion of households owning…” and “reached a peak”—and check spelling and word forms. This would make your vocabulary more reliable and easier to read.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “although” and a time clause describing the decline in housework. The main trends remain understandable, but grammatical control is uneven. Examples include “people percentage of owning appliance was,” “they spending lesser time,” and “washing machine was on uptrend,” where sentence structure, verb forms, and agreement are not controlled. Some clauses are also joined or punctuated awkwardly, as in “Although, citizens time spend on housework weekly had significantly drop…” and the lower-case sentence beginning “although fridge.” These errors sometimes make the reader work to interpret the intended relationship. Practise accurate subject–verb patterns and past-tense reporting forms, such as “ownership rose” and “time spent fell,” while retaining a mix of sentence structures.

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