Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-28
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 pie chart and table depict information about a public liberay in Little Chalfont, including the age distribution of its members and a breakdown of items borrowed by category in 2016, while the bar chart illustrates how total number of loans changed annually from 2007 to2016.
Overall, the figures of loans trended upward from 2007to 2016, with fiction, either for children and adults, being most popular at the end of period. Regarding its members, adults between 18-64 witnessed the largest percentage.
To begin with, the table and bar chart, starting at just over 15,000 loans in 2007, this figure experienced a slighlty upward trend throughout the timeframe and reached at its peak at 20,000 by the end of the period. Looking at the table, the vast majority was fiction both for children and for adults, each accounted for 38%. In contrast, children's and adults non-fiction loans significantly accounted a lower proportion, at 6% and 13% respectively. Furthermore, the other categories are constitutued at around 1-2%.
On the other hand, the pie chart contains vast majority of this liberary was adults, that is 63%, and merely half of its working age were old age that is 12%. The remaining one-third were children and adolescents, with the former make up 22% and the latter was 15%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The student successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of the three visual elements (pie chart, table, and bar chart) provided. An overview is included, noting the upward trend in loans and the popularity of fiction, as well as the predominance of working-age adults among members. Key data points are highlighted, such as children's and adult fiction each accounting for 38%, and the 18-64 age group making up 51% (though the student erroneously states 63% later). There is minor confusion in quoting some exact figures, such as stating total loans peaked at 20,000 rather than around 21,700, and slight inaccuracies in member percentages. However, the overall response covers the scope of the prompt adequately, earning a solid band score.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response is organized into clear paragraphs, starting with an introduction, followed by an overview, and then body paragraphs detailing the charts. Cohesive devices are used to link ideas, such as 'To begin with', 'In contrast', and 'On the other hand'. However, referencing and progression are occasionally clunky or mechanical, such as the awkward transition in the third paragraph: 'To begin with, the table and bar chart, starting at just over 15,000 loans...'. Paragraphing is present and appropriate, but logical flow suffers slightly from minor structural slips and imprecise referencing between the charts.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
The student demonstrates an adequate vocabulary range for the task, attempting less common items such as 'distribution', 'predominance', and 'proportion'. There are, however, several spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'liberay' instead of 'library', 'slighlty' instead of 'slightly', and awkward phrasing like 'significantly accounted a lower proportion' and 'constituued at around'. Despite these inaccuracies, communication is not seriously impeded, and the vocabulary used is sufficient to convey the main trends and data points.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some attempt at subordination and relative clauses. However, grammatical accuracy is inconsistent. There are several structural errors and dangling modifiers, such as in the sentence 'To begin with, the table and bar chart, starting at just over 15,000 loans in 2007, this figure experienced...', which creates a grammatical fault. Other issues include subject-verb agreement errors like 'the other categories are constitutued' and punctuation slips. These errors occur frequently enough to occasionally cause minor confusion, placing it firmly in the band 5.5 to 6 range.
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