Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-09-29
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 given charts illustrates the data about a goverment library in a village known as little chalfont.
overall, little chalfont library is categorised according to age of library members and this given data is of year 2016. moreover about the total loans by category(2016).
In little chalfont library, childrens fiction and adult fiction holds the major percentage with approximately 38% in contrast many people were also intersted in adult non fiction accounted 13%. majorly adults between 18 - 64 were most intersted in library more than half loan are raised by them . where least interest is shown in childrens dvd only 1% people have taken the loan . moreover young adults 13 - 17 and adults 65 and over looks similar because they both have the same interst in library due to fact around of they both have taken the similar percentage of loan. according to data there is slow growth in loan as they were staarted at approximately above 15000 now it is accounted more than 20000
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The student attempts to cover all parts of the task by reporting on the age of library members, loan categories, and the trend in total loans over time. However, there are some inaccuracies and incomplete data interpretations. For instance, the student states that young adults (13-17) and adults (65 and over) 'look similar because they both have the same interest in the library', which is a misreading of the data; the membership chart shows 15 for young adults and 12 for seniors, while the loan category chart shows 2% for young adults and does not provide a separate category for seniors. Furthermore, the figures for total loans are somewhat imprecise. While an overview is attempted, the support and data selection require more precision to reach a higher band.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text is organized into short paragraphs, but the overall structure feels disjointed and lacks proper flow. The introduction is immediately followed by a fragmented overview ('overall, little chalfont library is categorised...'). There is a lack of effective cohesive devices; transitions between sentences and ideas rely heavily on repetitive connectors like 'moreover' and 'in contrast'. Paragraphing is poorly handled, with multiple distinct ideas crammed into a single block of text without clear logical progression. Referencing is occasionally unclear, making it difficult to follow the relationships between the data points presented.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is relatively basic and repetitive ('intersted', 'major percentage', 'loan'). There are several spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'goverment' instead of 'government', 'staarted' instead of 'started', and awkward phrasing like 'more than half loan are raised by them'. While the student attempts some less common terms like 'percentage', 'category', and 'accounted', the range is limited and frequently imprecise, which occasionally causes strain for the reader and restricts the lexical score to a band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions or faulty punctuation. There are numerous grammatical errors throughout the text, including subject-verb agreement issues ('The given charts illustrates'), missing capitalization ('little chalfont'), and incorrect verb forms ('were intersted', 'looks similar because they both have the same interst'). Punctuation is frequently neglected, particularly with sentence boundaries and comma splices. Errors are frequent and noticeable, though they do not completely obscure the overall meaning.
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