Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-08-29

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 5.5)

The charts are giving information about a public library in a town called little Chalfont in regards of its memebers in 2016 and loans from 2007 to 2016.

Overall, in regards of libarary members, adults sharing highest proportion while children readers are on 2nd number while loans per catogery showing that children fictions are resposible og a big percentage of loan.

At a glance, adults are having largest proportions of library readers of 51%. while, children shared a second largest ratio of 22%. on the pther hand, young adullts of 13 to 17 contributed 15% of members following older adults by 12%.

With regard to loans for library, childrens and adult fiction contribure the major role of 38% sequencely. While childrens DVDs and adult audio books shared markedly low percentage. Adults non fiction and childrens non fiction resposible relatively equal loans.

In regards of loan by year, 2016 dominates by 24,000 loan taker, following by 2015 and 2011 of 22,000. On the other hand other years repreasents a equal percentage

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response covers the main features of the charts, including membership proportions and loan categories. However, the analysis is somewhat superficial. For instance, the description of loan trends by year is inaccurate; the student claims 2016 had 24,000 loans, but the chart shows a different figure, and the claim that other years represent an 'equal percentage' is factually incorrect based on the data provided. While the main features are identified, the lack of precision in reporting data and the failure to make meaningful comparisons between the categories limit the score. The overview is present but lacks clarity.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5

The essay is organised into paragraphs, which helps the reader follow the structure. However, the use of cohesive devices is often mechanical or inaccurate, such as 'sequencely' and 'on the pther hand'. The logical progression between sentences is occasionally disrupted by awkward phrasing, such as the transition between the membership data and the loan data. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the flow of ideas is hindered by repetitive sentence structures and grammatical errors that affect the overall coherence of the report.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary is limited and repetitive, relying on basic terms like 'sharing', 'contributed', and 'responsible'. There are several spelling errors, such as 'memebers', 'libarary', 'catogery', and 'repreasents'. The use of 'sequencely' is an incorrect word choice. While the student attempts to use some topic-specific vocabulary (e.g., 'proportions', 'fiction', 'non-fiction'), the range is insufficient to convey information with precision. The errors in spelling and word choice are noticeable and occasionally cause some difficulty for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response relies heavily on simple sentence structures. There are frequent grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('adults sharing highest proportion', 'childrens and adult fiction contribure'), incorrect preposition usage ('in regards of'), and punctuation errors. Complex structures are attempted but are often faulty or awkward. The frequency of these errors is high, which impacts the clarity of the information presented. To improve, the student needs to focus on basic sentence construction and proofreading for common grammatical slips.

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