Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-11

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 6.5)

The charts illustrates information about a public library in Little Chalfont town. Overall, adults between 18-64 years of age, constituted the most for the library membership. Children's fiction and adult fiction made the highest proportion of loan among all the other categories. Generally, the number of loans increases over time.

The majority of library members are the adults with 18-64 years of age, while children's, young adults 13-17 and adults 65 and over age are combined less than the half of the total membership. Adults with the age of 65 and over are the least one among others. The table shows children's fiction with 38%, adult fiction 38% and adult non-fiction are the most borrowed categories in 2016, while the remaining things are even less than 10%.

Finally, the graph shows overall trend for loan increases from 2007 to 2016, while a little decline can be seen in 2013. The lowest loan was approximately 10,000 in 2007, while the highest one was round about 22,000 in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main features: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, fiction leads the loan categories, and total loans rise overall. The overview and the three data sources are all addressed, with useful comparisons such as the two fiction categories each accounting for 38%. Some details, however, are inaccurate or too broadly expressed. The 2007 total is about 15,700, not 10,000, so it is not the lowest figure stated correctly; the lowest point on the graph is the starting value, but its amount is misreported. Also, adult non-fiction is 13%, not equal to the two fiction categories, and “the remaining things are even less than 10%” overlooks that adult non-fiction exceeds 10%. More precise reporting of these figures would strengthen an otherwise relevant summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by membership and category details, then the loan trend. This makes the information easy to follow, and signposts such as “Overall” and “Finally” help indicate the stages of the report. The progression is generally logical, though some links are mechanical and the second paragraph combines membership and borrowing information without a clear transition between them. The phrase “while the remaining things” also leaves the comparison somewhat vague. To make the organisation more controlled, group each chart’s details distinctly and use precise references such as “the other loan categories” rather than broad wording. The structure is coherent, but cohesion and paragraph focus could be more flexible.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “library membership,” “proportion,” “categories,” “decline,” and “overall trend.” These choices make the topic clear, and terms such as “fiction” and “non-fiction” are appropriate. However, some word choices and collocations are imprecise: “made the highest proportion of loan” is awkward, “the least one among others” is unclear, and “the remaining things” is too informal and vague for an academic report. “Loans increases” also reflects an incorrect word form, while “round about” is less suitable than a concise data-reporting expression. Aim for precise collocations such as “accounted for the largest share of loans” and “the smallest membership group.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons with “while” and a contrast introduced by “although” in effect through “while a little decline can be seen.” Most sentences remain understandable, and errors do not prevent the reader from following the main message. Some grammatical inaccuracies persist, however. “The charts illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement, and “the number of loans increases” should use a past-tense verb when describing the period shown. In “adults with 18-64 years of age,” the age phrase is not formed correctly, while “children’s, young adults … and adults … are combined less than the half” has an unclear construction. Check agreement, tense consistency, and sentence patterns when describing groups and proportions.

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