Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-19

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)

The charts illustrate the details about age of library members and the number of loan taker from library participents, the chart also shows dividing total loan takers in categories. The library called little chalfont.

Overall, the charts represent adults from younger age to adults and olds. The younger adults are more in numbers than older and children. The famous category of loan taking is children's fiction and adult fiction.

The pie chart shows the adults from 18-64 ages are higher in percentage of library members. The chart mainly illustrates the loan category which is high in two specific types children's fiction and adult fiction.

The bar graph dipicts that total number of loans are very high in the year 2016 which is 20,000. The lowest percentage of loan takers are in the year 2007 which is 15,000 in amount.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 150 words, containing only 139 words, which results in a penalty under Task Achievement. While the student attempts to cover multiple aspects of the visual data—such as age groups, loan categories, and the overall loan trend over time—some of the reported data points contain inaccuracies. For instance, the student states that the total number of loans in 2016 was '20,000' (the actual figure is approximately 21,700) and that the lowest amount in 2007 was '15,000' (the chart shows roughly 15,700). The overview is very basic and lacks a well-developed summary of the main trends. Consequently, the performance aligns with Band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The essay is divided into short paragraphs, attempting to separate different charts or ideas, but the overall progression lacks clarity and cohesion. Many sentences feel disjointed, and the use of cohesive devices is minimal or mechanical (e.g., repeating 'The chart mainly illustrates...' and 'The bar graph dipicts that...'). Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the links between the introduction, overview, and body paragraphs do not establish a smooth flow. Paragraphing is attempted but remains basic and fragmented, justifying a Band 5 score.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is very limited and repetitive. The student frequently reuses basic terms such as 'chart', 'loans', 'adults', and 'fiction'. There are notable lexical and collocational inaccuracies, such as 'number of loan taker', 'library participents', 'older and children', and 'lowest percentage of loan takers are in the year 2007 which is 15,000 in amount' (where loans are counted in number, not percentage or amount). While the meaning is generally decipherable, the range is restricted and inadequate for more precise reporting, placing it at Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student relies on basic sentence structures, and attempts at more complex sentences are often flawed. There are frequent grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues (e.g., 'adults from 18-64 ages are higher', 'total number of loans are very high') and missing articles or prepositions ('details about age', 'in a town called little chalfont'). Spelling errors are also present, such as 'dipicts' instead of 'depicts'. These errors cause occasional difficulty for the reader, which is characteristic of Band 5 grammar descriptors.

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