Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-09

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)

Little Chalfolt is a public liabrary in a town and it shows that adults were mostly invovled in getting books from liabrary. The chart shows that adults over 65 were not mainly intrested in liabrary and contribute very little in loaning the books. The books that most of the people took were Adult fiction while the books that seemed less intrested were Children's DVD. Adults non-fiction and children's fiction showed a normal trend. The overall performance of Little Chalfolt showed steady increase. During 2007, the total numbers of loans were about fifteen thousands while in 2016 the amount of loan increase and went more than twenty thousands.During the years between 2008 to 2014, there were fluctuations in loans. It is proved from the chart that people lost intrest in loans during 2013 but than an increase in loans in upcoming years. The difference between overall trend wasa not quite big.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several relevant features, including the dominance of adults aged 18–64 among members, the high shares for adult and children’s fiction, and the overall rise in loans from 2007 to 2016. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: adults aged 65 and over were 12%, not necessarily “not mainly interested,” and the chart shows membership rather than how much each group borrowed. The statement that adult non-fiction and children’s fiction showed a “normal trend” is not supported by the category table, which gives proportions rather than trends. Your overview of the loan pattern is also broad; it would be stronger if it noted the peak in 2016 and the dip around 2012–13 before recovery. These omissions and imprecisions limit coverage of the charts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The response moves through the membership chart, loan categories and yearly totals, so the reader can identify the main topics. However, the information is presented as one continuous paragraph, with no clear separation between an overview and supporting details. Connections between ideas are sometimes unclear: “Adults non-fiction and children's fiction showed a normal trend” does not explain how this relates to the preceding comparison, and “The difference between overall trend wasa not quite big” is difficult to interpret. Linking phrases such as “By contrast” and “Regarding annual loans” could clarify comparisons, while grouping related figures into paragraphs would create a more logical progression. The repeated use of “The chart shows” and “During” also makes the flow feel limited.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “total numbers of loans,” “fluctuations,” “increase,” and “Adult fiction,” which helps communicate the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “getting books from library,” “books that seemed less interested,” and “normal trend.” These expressions make some comparisons unclear. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “liabrary,” “intrested,” “invovled,” and “Chalfolt,” which reduce the accuracy of the writing. Aim to use precise chart language such as “accounted for,” “share,” and “loan total,” and check spelling carefully. More accurate phrasing would make your comparisons easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, for example, “During the years between 2008 to 2014, there were fluctuations in loans.” However, control is inconsistent, and errors occur in sentence structure, verb forms, articles and punctuation. In “the amount of loan increase,” the verb form does not match the past-time context; “but than an increase in loans” is an incomplete clause; and “adults over 65 were not mainly interested in library” lacks an article and has an awkward grammatical pattern. The sentence beginning “The books that most of the people took” is also difficult to manage accurately. Use shorter, complete sentences when describing figures, and check tense consistency and clause structure. These recurring errors sometimes make meaning harder to follow.

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