Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The charts below give information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

 

Student answer (Band 5.0)

Among the presented multiple charts the pie chart illustrates the proprtion of library membership according to age, while the bar graph describe the total number of loans between 2007 and 2016 and tabular data represent total loans by types.

Overall, the main costumers of library were adults with age between 18 to 64, and the category of books that were maximum borrowed was children's fiction and adult fiction. The highest loans of books was experienced in 2016 while the number was least in 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the main age group, the two largest loan categories, and the overall high and low years, so the response includes some relevant features. However, it only reports a small part of the charts and gives no figures to support these points. The statement that loans were highest in 2016 and lowest in 2007 is accurate, but the important changes across the intervening years are omitted, as are the membership proportions and most loan-category shares. The response also falls 66 words short of the required minimum, leaving the summary substantially underdeveloped. To improve, cover all three visuals with selected figures and describe the loan trend, including its rise, fluctuations, and ending level.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic, understandable order: it first introduces the visuals and then gives an overall summary. The use of “Overall” helps signal the shift from introduction to key features, and the two sentences are broadly connected to the task. However, the response is too brief to establish a clear progression through the information, and it does not separate the overview from supporting details in a developed way. The first sentence also compresses three chart descriptions into one, making the relationships between them less clear. Organise the report into an introduction, an overview, and one or two detail paragraphs, using clear links such as “Regarding membership” and “In terms of loans.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “membership,” “total number of loans,” and “category,” which makes the topic recognisable. There is also an attempt to describe comparisons through “highest” and “least.” However, the range is limited, and several word-choice, spelling, or collocation problems reduce precision: “proprtion” is misspelled, “costumers” is not the intended word, and “maximum borrowed” is an awkward way to describe the most popular loan categories. “Bar graph” and “tabular data” are understandable but could be used more naturally in a concise report. Build a wider set of accurate terms for proportions, categories, and trends, and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response uses a few different sentence patterns, including a complex opening with “while,” and the overall meaning can generally be followed. However, grammatical control is uneven. In the opening, the plural subject “the bar graph” is followed by “describe,” while “tabular data represent” is awkwardly attached to the same sentence. The phrase “adults with age between 18 to 64” also has an incorrect preposition pattern, and “the number was least” is not a well-formed comparison. Most sentences are simple or joined in a basic way, so the range is limited. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and comparison structures, and use clear, complete sentences to report each chart’s information.

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