Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-26

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 pie chart illustrates information about a public library in Little Chalfont and the bar chart represents the total percentages of loans uptil 2016

The main highlight of the information is, adults from the age group of 18-64 years old accounts 51% of libray members. Moreover, old aged population from age above 65 years makes 12% of library members and on the other hand number of loan surged in 2016

The membership of Little Chalfront Library is recorded highest for the age bracket of 18 to 64 years old which shows that adults are more inclined towards libraray and utilizing library for their benifits.

Adding furthermore, ammount of loans hiked in 2016 and most of them from adult and children's fictions accounts 38% for each category and least percentage count catergory was children's DVD and total number of losnd were noticed in the year of 2007 took an uptrend in 2008

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by mentioning several details from the visual data, such as the 51% figure for adults aged 18-64 and the 38% figures for fiction loans. However, the response misidentifies the chart types, referring to a bar chart when the visual actually contains a table and a line graph. Furthermore, there is no clear overview provided of the main trends across the charts, and some data points are garbled or inaccurate. The information is presented in a somewhat disjointed manner, leading to an incomplete and partially inaccurate summary. Therefore, this performance meets the criteria for Band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response lacks standard paragraphing, appearing instead as a sequence of poorly linked sentences with inadequate organisation. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, as seen in awkward transitions like 'Adding furthermore,' and 'on the other hand'. There is no clear progression of ideas, and the relationships between the data points from the different charts are not clearly established. Referencing is occasionally confusing, which makes the overall flow mechanical and difficult to follow. This aligns with a Band 5 score for Coherence and Cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a limited and minimally adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting some less common words such as 'inclined' and 'surged'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'uptil', 'libray', 'benifits', 'ammount', 'catergory', and 'losnd'. These noticeable errors detract from the quality of the writing and can cause some difficulty for the reader. While the topic vocabulary is partially present, the frequent lexical inaccuracies restrict the score to a Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The response shows a very limited range of sentence structures, with heavy reliance on simple sentences and faulty attempts at complex structures. There are persistent grammatical errors, including missing articles ('accounts 51%', 'makes 12%'), subject-verb agreement issues ('number of loan surged', 'most of them from adult and children\'s fictions accounts'), and punctuation errors due to a complete lack of periods. These frequent errors cause strain for the reader and indicate limited control over grammar and punctuation, which is characteristic of Band 4.

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