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 line graph compares the proportion of electrical appliances and the amount of housework per week over a five-decade from1920 to 2019.

overall, it can be clearly observed that the electrical appliances of washing machine, refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner rose sharply throughtout the period. Another noticable point is that there was a minimal drop in the housework per week over the period.

Looking at the washing machine witnessed a minimal rise from 40% in 1920 to just over 70% in 2019. The time period between 1920 and 2019 experienced a dramatic rise in refrigerator, which was increased from 30% to 100%. The vacuum cleaner increased significantly from 0 point in 1920 to 90% in 1960. The time period between 1960 and 2019 experienced a gradual rise in vaccum cleaner, which went up from 90% to 100% over the period.

In terms of the number of hours of housework in each week, the time period between 1920 and 1960 experienced a dramatic fall in house work in per week, which went down from 50 hours to 20 hours. The spending time on housework per week decreased slowly from 20 hours in 1960 to just over 10 hours in 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall pattern: appliance ownership generally increased while weekly housework declined, and you support this with figures for washing machines and housework. However, some key details are misreported: refrigerators rose from about 2%, not 30%, in 1920, and vacuum cleaners were at 30%, not zero, in that year. The refrigerator reached 100% by 1980, while the vacuum cleaner reached 100% by 2000; these milestones would make the comparisons more accurate. The overview also says housework showed a “minimal drop,” although it fell substantially overall, from 50 to 11 hours. The response covers both charts, but the inaccurate figures and limited comparison of appliance trends leave some features less fully reported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on appliance ownership, and a final paragraph on housework. This gives the reader a logical route through both charts, and phrases such as “In terms of” help signal the shift in topic. The sequence of years is generally easy to follow. To make the progression more cohesive, group the appliance comparisons around shared patterns—for example, the early rise in refrigerator ownership and the later saturation of refrigerator and vacuum-cleaner ownership. Some linking language is repetitive, particularly “The time period between…” in successive sentences, and the opening of the washing-machine paragraph is grammatically incomplete, which briefly disrupts the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of trend vocabulary, including “rose sharply,” “dramatic rise,” “gradual rise,” and “decreased slowly,” so the main movements are usually clear. There are also attempts at more formal reporting language, such as “proportion” and “experienced.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural: “minimal drop” understates the overall fall in housework, and “increased from 0 point” is not a natural way to describe a percentage. “The spending time on housework” is also awkward, while “vaccum” is misspelled. Aim for precise collocations such as “the proportion of households owning…” and “hours spent on housework,” and vary repeated phrases like “dramatic rise.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses with “which,” and most of the information remains understandable. However, some grammatical errors recur and make parts of the report less controlled. The opening phrase “Looking at the washing machine witnessed…” lacks a clear grammatical subject; write, for example, “Looking at washing machines, ownership rose…”. In “which was increased,” the passive form is incorrect for this trend and should be “which increased.” There are also errors in “over a five-decade from1920” and “house work in per week,” involving number, spacing, and preposition patterns. Check sentence construction and use consistent punctuation and capitalisation, especially at the start of the overview.

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