Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-22
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 4.5)
The blow pie chart, bar chart and table describe the public library of town Little Chalfont.
Owerall, members of library are from senear group age 65 above have least in volume but adults from 18 to 64 group have majorty in liberary by 51%. Category wize children's fiction and adult fiction are both with 38% each however childrens's DVDs is lowest by only 1%. Total number of lones is highest in 2026 and lowest in 2007.
By age of liberary members adults of 18 to 64 have highest in number and make a total of 51% followed by children with 22% and young adults from 13-17 by 15%. Individuals age above 65 have lowest in libeerary contrubuting just 12%.
Total number of loanes from library is lowest in 2007 by 16000 after that it become 19000 in 2008 moreover it waries between 19000 to 22000 during the years 2009 and 2016
The total books that go on loans catagery by catagery it is 38% each for children's fiction and adult fiction followed by adult non friction by 13%. The least is children's dvds that only one persent moreover other catagary like children non friction, young adult, adult audio books are waries between 6 to 2 persent.
In conclugen, As majorty of liberary are from age group 18 to 64 so based on that books catagary go on lones like children's fiction, adult fiction. Althow number of books also go on loane is not much fluctuated accept 2007 year.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response covers all three visual components (bar chart, pie chart, and table) and attempts to report main features and comparisons. However, there are significant misinterpretations and inaccurate data citations throughout the text. For instance, the student states that the total number of loans is highest in 2026, which is an impossible year given the 2007-2016 timeframe. Furthermore, data values are often imprecise or incorrectly transcribed, such as stating 2007 was 16000 instead of approximately 15700, and confusing percentages. The overview is also weak and lacks a clear summary of the overall trends. Consequently, the response achieves a Band 5.0 due to partial coverage and noticeable factual inaccuracies.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is organized into paragraphs, attempting to group information by age and loan categories. However, the logical progression is frequently disrupted by awkward transitions and mechanical or absent cohesive devices. Sentences such as 'Total number of loanes from library is lowest in 2007 by 16000 after that it become 19000 in 2008 moreover it waries between...' demonstrate poor sentence linking and run-on structures. Paragraphing is attempted but ideas within paragraphs feel disjointed rather than clearly flowing from one point to the next. These structural and cohesive weaknesses place the response firmly in the Band 5 category.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, frequently relying on simple terms like 'highest', 'lowest', and 'number'. There are numerous spelling errors and non-standard word choices throughout the text, including 'blow' instead of 'below', 'Owerall', 'senear' for senior, 'majorty', 'liberary' / 'libeerary', 'wize', 'lones' / 'loanes', 'waries', 'catagery', 'persent', 'catagary', 'conclugen', and 'Althow'. These persistent errors and limited lexical flexibility restrict the score to Band 4.0, as the vocabulary strains the reader and lacks the precision required for academic task 1 reporting.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentences, but the grammatical control is severely compromised by frequent and systematic errors. Issues include subject-verb agreement errors ('members of library are... have least'), missing articles ('in town Little Chalfont'), incorrect prepositions, tense confusion ('it become', 'it waries', 'books that go on loans catagery by catagery'), and punctuation omissions. These errors frequently impede communication and distort the intended meaning, matching the criteria for a Band 4.0 performance.
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