Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-02

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 pie chart illustrate the age of library members at Little Chalfont Library in 2016, while the table shows the percentage of loans by category in the same year. The bar grap compares the total number of loans from 2007 to 2016.

Overall, adults aged 18-64 accounted largest proportion of library members, whereas adults aged 65 and above constituted the smallest proportion. In terms of loans, fiction accounted for the highest percentage for both children and adults. The total number of loans genrally increased over the period, despite a slight decline in later years.

Looking first at the age distribution of library members, adults aged 18-64 accounted for largest proportion, at 51%. Children represtented 22% of the membership, followed by young adults 13-17 at 15%. adults aged 65 and over are smallest group, at 12%. Regarding loans by category, childrens fiction and adult fiction are equally stood at 38%, childrens non-fiction and adult non-fiction represtend 6% and 13% respectively. Smallest categoriesare yound adults, adult audio books and childrens dvds

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the prompt by summarising the information across the three visual representations provided, successfully selecting main features and making relevant comparisons. For example, the overview correctly identifies the dominant age group and highlights the popularity of fiction. However, some aspects of the task are developed more fully than others. While the body paragraph details the age distribution reasonably well, the reporting of the loan categories is incomplete and abruptly trails off at the end of the text without finishing the description of the remaining data. To reach a higher level, the response needs to fully extend all parts of the data without leaving sections abruptly under-developed or incomplete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response presents a coherent overall arrangement with a clear introduction, overview, and body paragraphs, showing that information is logically organised. The transition from discussing the age distribution to the loan categories is adequately managed. However, cohesion is sometimes faulty or mechanical, and referencing is not always completely clear. For instance, the transition 'Looking first at' helps guide the reader, but the lack of proper punctuation and the incomplete final sentence disrupt the logical progression and smooth flow of the text. To achieve a higher standard, the writer should ensure that cohesive devices are used more skilfully and that all paragraphs maintain an uninterrupted, logical progression from start to finish.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully attempting less common items such as 'proportion', 'distribution', and 'constituted'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including typographical mistakes like 'illustrate' instead of 'illustrates', 'grap' instead of 'graph', 'genrally', 'represtented', and 'yound adults'. These errors do not seriously impede communication, but they reflect a lower band limitation. To move up to the next band, the student must demonstrate greater control over spelling, word forms, and word choices, ensuring that vocabulary is used accurately without mechanical slips.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writing demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'while the table shows the percentage of loans by category in the same year.' There are several errors in grammar and punctuation, including missing articles ('accounted largest proportion', 'are smallest group'), subject-verb agreement issues ('adults aged 65 and over are smallest group'), and punctuation omissions such as missing full stops at the end of the response. These errors are typical of this band level; while they rarely impede overall communication, they persist throughout the text. To improve grammatically, the student should focus on articles, prepositions inside grammatical patterns, and careful proofreading to ensure sentence structures are fully controlled.

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