Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The pie chart illustrates Littel Chalfont's library users of various ages while the table shows categories of component usage share. The bar chart represents the amount of loan taken by the library from 2007 to 2016.

Overall adult's are the highest users of library and the loan amount for it is also highest. But children's fiction also share the same percentage in the year 2016 regardless the usage share. Loan amounts for librabry fluctuated over the 10 years tenure.

As the adults aging from 18 to 67 use library alot but children are also fond of library which make it 2nd highest. As per loan, fictions for children and adults are highest which is 38%. For others, amount is relatively close apart from non-fiction for adults which is 13% in the year 2016.

On the otherhand, the highest amount of debt was taken in 2016. It was over 20000. In other years, these amount fluctuated . From 2011 to 2013, it decreased which was below 20000 but the lowest amount of loan was in the year 2007.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main groups and several important comparisons: adults aged 18–64 are the largest membership group, and children’s and adult fiction each account for 38% of loans. You also capture the broad pattern that loans were lowest in 2007 and highest in 2016. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: the adult age range is 18–64, not “18 to 67,” and the chart shows members rather than “users” in a general sense. The overview that adult loan use is highest is not supported by the category table, where adult and children’s fiction are tied. The trend description could be more precise, especially the rise to 2011, subsequent fall, and recovery to 2016.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs covering the membership and loan data. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the charts. Some links between ideas are less clear, however. “But children's fiction also share the same percentage” does not specify that it matches adult fiction, and “regardless the usage share” makes the comparison difficult to follow. The final paragraph repeats the general idea of fluctuation without clearly tracing the full sequence. Use more precise references and organise the details by chart—for example, membership and loan categories together, followed by the decade-long trend—so that comparisons and changes are easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary such as “percentage,” “fluctuated,” “decreased,” and “highest,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, several word choices and collocations are imprecise for describing library data. “Amount of debt was taken” incorrectly suggests borrowing money, while “loan taken by the library” does not clearly mean items borrowed by library users. “Categories of component usage share” is also awkward, and “alot” and “otherhand” show spelling or spacing errors. Aim for standard data-reporting phrases such as “number of loans,” “share of total loans,” and “accounted for.” More accurate collocations would make your comparisons clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “while” and a time clause beginning “From 2011 to 2013.” The main message is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors affect clarity. For example, “Overall adult's are” has incorrect apostrophe use and agreement, and “children are also fond of library which make it 2nd highest” has an unclear relative clause and verb agreement. In “In other years, these amount fluctuated,” the demonstrative and noun do not agree. There are also inconsistent sentence boundaries and punctuation, such as the space before the full stop in “fluctuated .” Check subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence punctuation, while continuing to practise varied sentence forms.

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