Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-25

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 6.0)

The given image clearly illustrates about the age of library members, total loans by catrgory for 2016 year and total number of loans from [redacted phone], and they are represented in form of pie chart, tabular form and in bar graph form respectively. In addition to this data, various age groups, categories and numerical and statistical data has been used to plot information, making it very informative.

The pie chart is taken under use to provide comperative data among the different age groups who are members with the Little Chalfont Library. Furthermore, the data makes it very clear that the adults falling the the age group of 18-64 occupies the majority of space of pie chart. On the other hand, for the loans by category data, the Children's fiction has the maximum contribution among all the other categories, followed by adult fiction, adult non-fiction, children non-fiction categories.

Apart from the comperative data among age groups and categories, the total number of loans which are taken between [redacted phone] displays the real profit of the library over all those years, where it is evident that the year 2007 had the least amount of loans, around 15000 dollers. Moreover, the following years have showed an increase in number of loans, reaching its peak in 2016 year, roughly 21,000 dollers.

Therefore, it can be concluded from the given informative charts and graphs that, the age group 18-64 are major contributer as members, among which, the children's fiction and adult's fiction category is the most prefered over all other categories, and lastly, this outcome had lead to profit for The Little Chalfont Library due to increment in number of loans taken over years.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response covers all parts of the visual data by mentioning the age of library members, loans by category, and total loans over time. An overview is present, and some comparisons are made, such as identifying the 18-64 age group as the majority and Children's/Adult fiction as leading categories. However, there are some minor factual inaccuracies and misinterpretations of the data, such as stating the unit of loans is 'dollers' instead of the actual number of loans, and missing the exact figures. The summary captures the main trends well enough to meet the requirements for a Band 6.5 or 6, but could be more precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The essay is arranged coherently with a logical overall progression, moving from an introduction to body paragraphs discussing each chart, followed by a conclusion. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate ideas. Cohesive devices are employed to connect sentences, such as 'In addition to this data', 'Furthermore', and 'Apart from', although some transitions feel slightly mechanical. Referencing is generally clear, though occasional clunky phrasing like 'is taken under use' affects the natural flow of the response.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, attempting less common terms such as 'comperative', 'contribution', and 'increment'. However, there are notable spelling errors ('catrgory', 'comperative', 'contributer', 'prefered') and inaccurate word choices, such as referring to the number of loans as 'dollers' instead of loans/items. While communication is not severely hindered, these lexical inaccuracies and spelling slips prevent the score from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some variety in structure. However, there are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, such as 'the given image clearly illustrates about', 'adults falling the the age group', and 'this outcome had lead to profit'. Punctuation is generally acceptable, but grammatical slips in preposition usage and verb forms occur frequently enough to occasionally disrupt the flow, placing this text firmly in the Band 6 category.

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