Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-27
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 below represent datas about a Library in the town known as Little Chalfont library .
Overall, the three charts show interresting information about participation of adults as a member of the library also an important percentages of loans that illustrate how much adults and childrens borrow items from yhe latter specially fiction and the diagram shows the fluctuation of number of loans between the 2007 and 2016 .
The adults who ages from 18 to 64 has the huge proportion of library's member accountant at 51% childrens are also a part of Chalfont member accounted 22% following by young adult who ages between 13 -17 and people older then 64 year old to reach 15% and 12% .
Those age categories they clearly participated on reaching a significant number of loans in 2016 which can find childrens and adults are equaly interested in fiction with acceptable percentage 38% for each one followed by borrowing non fiction categories childrens accounted 6% and adults 13% other items such as DVD and audio books are barely between 1%and 2% .
the Diagram chart represent the fluctuation of the number of loans from 2007 to 2016 which increased darmaticly between 2007 to 2011 the
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response attempts to cover all three visual data components provided: the age of library members, total loans by category in 2016, and the trend of total loans from 2007 to 2016. However, the development is somewhat superficial, and the final sentence trails off incomplete. While some key features are highlighted—such as adults aged 18 to 64 forming the largest membership proportion and fiction loans peaking at 38% for both children and adults—the selection of data lacks a fully cohesive overview. The summary of figures contains slight inaccuracies, and the incomplete ending prevents full task completion. It meets the minimum length requirement, but the lack of completion and limited depth place it in the Band 5.0 range.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5
The text suffers from poor structural organization. It consists of a single massive introduction sentence followed by long, dense paragraphs that run on without adequate punctuation or full stops. For instance, the second paragraph is a single convoluted sentence containing multiple clauses strung together with conjunctions like 'also' and 'and'. Cohesive devices are either missing or used inaccurately, and referencing is weak, as seen in expressions like 'the latter specially fiction'. Paragraphing is not properly managed, as the text blends multiple distinct ideas into continuous blocks of text without logical breaks, resulting in a score of 4.5.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive, with noticeable errors in word choice and spelling that occasionally impede communication. Examples include 'datas' instead of 'data', 'interresting', 'yhe latter', 'darmaticly', and awkward phrasing like 'accountant at 51%' instead of 'accounting for 51%'. The student attempts some less common vocabulary such as 'fluctuation' and 'proportion', but spelling mistakes ('darmaticly') and grammatical misuse ('ages from 18 to 64 has the huge proportion') detract from the overall lexical control, justifying a band score of 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5
Grammatical control is weak throughout the response. The text is plagued by run-on sentences, missing punctuation, and frequent subject-verb agreement errors, such as 'The adults who ages... has' and 'childrens are also a part'. Complex structures are attempted, but they are consistently faulty and lack proper subordinate clauses or punctuation marks to guide the reader. Punctuation is virtually absent in extended sections, resulting in long, breathless clauses. These persistent structural and mechanical errors mean the grammar struggles to meet the Band 5 descriptors.
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