Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-21
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 chart give the detials of public library of Little Chalfont Town.
Overall, Little Chalfont Library, has different age of library members in the year 2016. The library has total loans category, in which children's fiction and adult fiction is higher and rest others are under 15%. The graphs illustrate the loans gradual increase from 2007 to 2011, slowly drop and, surge again from 2014 to 2016.
The library has total 100 members with different ages, the highest are audlts 18-64 ages which is 51 members. The onather higher members are children they are 22. The remaining participants are young audlts 13-17 ages , Adults 65 and over, they are 12 and 15 respectively. The Loans are follows, Children's fiction and Adult fiction are higher 38% each. The other category adult audio books and young adults are 2% apiece. At last, the children's non-fiction, children's DVD's and, Adult non-fiction are 6%,1% and 13% singly.
The bar grahp presents the data as, In the year 2007 the loan was approximately 16000 and then creeped to roughly 21000 by the year 2010. Following, the loan vary from 2011 and fall in the year 2013 by around 19000. Finally, the loan amount moderately escalated from 2014 almost 21000 and reached to nearly 23000 by the end of the 2016.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response covers all parts of the task by addressing the three provided data sets: age of members, loan categories, and the 10-year trend of total loans. An overview is present, though somewhat fragmented across the opening paragraph. Key features are reported, such as the highest loan categories being adult and children's fiction at 38% each, and the membership peaking in the 18-64 age group at 51 members. However, there are minor inaccuracies in reading the data, such as stating the total membership is 100 when it sums to 100 individuals, but misreporting the trend figures slightly compared to the source chart (e.g., stating loans reached nearly 23,000 in 2016 when the gridline shows around 21,700). Despite these minor misreadings, the main features and comparisons are adequately selected and presented.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The essay is divided into paragraphs, attempting to separate different charts or ideas, though the paragraphing structure is slightly disjointed. The introduction is very brief, and the overview sentences are split awkwardly across paragraphs. Cohesive devices are used, but sometimes mechanically or awkwardly, such as 'Following, the loan vary' and 'At last'. Logical progression is generally maintained as the essay moves from membership demographics to loan categories and finally to the line graph trends, but referencing and transitions between sentences can feel abrupt and repetitive.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for communicating the basic trends and figures, attempting some less common vocabulary such as 'escalated', 'moderately', and 'respectively'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors, including 'detials', 'audlts', 'onather', 'grahp', and 'creeped'. Some phrases are unnatural or unidiomatic, such as 'total loans category' and 'loan amount moderately escalated'. While meaning is generally clear despite these errors, the lexical control restricts the score to this level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but grammatical control is weak. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement, such as 'The chart give', 'the loan vary', and punctuation/article omissions. For example, 'the highest are audlts 18-64 ages which is 51 members' contains faulty clause structure. Complex structures often contain errors that cause some hesitation for the reader, though they rarely completely impede communication. Punctuation errors, such as comma splices and missing commas in lists, also occur regularly.
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