Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-11-03

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 shows the time spend by housework by house holds and also the ownership changes of electrical appliances.

Overall, the number of hours of housework has fall for more then 30 percent and the percentage of ownership of electrical appliances has increased drastically.

By the year 1920 almost 0 percent of households had Refrigerators which ownership increased to 90 percent in just 40 years and after 20 more years it reached 100 percent and remainded static. In 1920 nearly 30 percent of households had vaccume cleaner by the year 2000 it reached 100 percent after rising linearly. In case of Washing machine in start 40 percent of households had it which rose for 40 years and rached to 70 percent after a slight fall it again increased and reached its peck to around 75 percent by year 2019.

In the same years as the owership of electrical appliences was increasing the hours of housework were decreasing. In year 1920 the hours of house work per week was almost 50 which reduced to 20 hours by year 1960 after that it reduced slowly and reached 10 hours per week by year 2019.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both charts and give a clear overview: housework time falls substantially, while appliance ownership generally rises. The main trends and several useful comparisons are supported with figures, including refrigerators reaching 100% by 1980 and washing machines ending at about 75%. There are a few inaccuracies or over-generalisations: refrigerators were about 2%, rather than almost 0%, in 1920; vacuum-cleaner ownership did not rise linearly, and the washing-machine figure dipped around 1980 before increasing. The overview also says housework fell by “more then 30 percent,” although the chart shows a fall from 50 to about 11 hours. More precise reporting of the scale and shape of changes would strengthen an otherwise well-focused summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall progression: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on appliance ownership, and a final comparison with housework hours. This makes the information easy to follow, and phrases such as “after 20 more years” and “In the same years” help connect changes over time. To move further, make comparisons between the appliance series more explicit and avoid relying on broad links such as “In the same years” when the trends do not change at exactly the same pace. Some sentences also carry several stages of data in one sequence, particularly the washing-machine description; dividing or restructuring these would make the progression more controlled. Paragraphing is appropriate, but cohesion is not yet consistently flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “ownership,” “reached,” “increased,” “reduced,” and “remained static,” so the main information is generally understandable. However, the range and control are limited by repeated general verbs and several inaccurate or misspelled forms, such as “peck,” “vaccume,” “owership,” and “appliences.” Some collocations are also awkward, for example “the time spend by housework” and “ownership increased.” Choose precise expressions for describing data, such as “the proportion of households owning” an appliance, and check spelling carefully. More varied verbs for rises, falls, and plateaus would help you report the trends with greater precision and make the account sound more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including time clauses such as “after 20 more years it reached 100 percent” and a contrast introduced by “after a slight fall.” However, errors occur across the response and sometimes make relationships less clear. Examples include “the number of hours … has fall,” where the verb form is incorrect, and “the hours of house work per week was almost 50,” where the subject and verb do not agree. Articles and sentence construction also need attention in “in start 40 percent of households had it.” Practise accurate past-tense reporting and agreement, and use punctuation to separate long sequences of changes. Greater control of these patterns would make your varied sentence attempts clearer.

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