Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-10

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 given pie chart, table and bar graph represents information about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont. Firstly, the given pie chart shows highest use of library done by adults at the age of 18-64 at 51%. The second highest usage of library is done by Children at 22%. The lowest use of library is of adults 65 and over at 12%. Young adults at the age of 13-17 has comparatively used the library more at 15% than adults 65 and over. Secondly, the table given gives an idea of loan by category in the year 2016. Children's fiction and adult fiction has the most loans at 38% while, children's DVD has the least amount of loans at 1%. Adult non fiction has been borrowed at 13% outrunning children's non-fiction at 6%. Young aduls and adult audio books have similar amount of loans at 2%. Lastly, the bar graph given in this section compares total number of loans from the year 2007 to 2016. The loan in the year 2007 of 15,000 was the lowest out of all the years. It then rose to 19000 in the year 2008 and remained consistent in the year 2009. Loans drastically increased at 21000 in the year 2010 and stayed constant in 2011 and 2012. It dropped in 2013 at 19500. There was a continuos increase in loans in 2014 at 21000, 2015 at 21500 and 2016 at 13000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You cover all three visuals and identify several relevant comparisons, including the largest membership group, the equal shares for adult and children’s fiction, and the overall rise in loans from 2007. However, the response is only partially successful because there is no clear overview drawing together the main features, and some key figures are inaccurate. Most importantly, loans in 2016 reached about 21,700, not 13,000; the graph also shows a gradual rise to 2011, a dip and recovery, rather than loans staying constant in 2011–12. The membership figures are percentages, but describing them as library “use” is not precise. Add a concise overview and check each reported value against the chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a clear sequence, moving from the membership chart to the category table and then the loans graph. Signposting such as “Firstly,” “Secondly,” and “Lastly” helps the reader follow this order, and the information is generally grouped by visual. However, the repeated formula makes the progression somewhat mechanical, and there is no separate overview to establish the main message before the details. Some links between comparisons are also awkward, particularly “while, children’s DVD has the least,” where the punctuation interrupts the contrast. Organise the response into an introduction, an overview, and focused detail paragraphs, and use a wider range of natural linking phrases to show contrast and change.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing charts, including “remained consistent,” “drastically increased,” “dropped,” and “similar amount.” These choices make the general subject clear, and the response attempts some variation rather than relying only on “went up” and “went down.” However, several expressions are imprecise or unnatural: “highest use of library done by adults” and “loan by category” do not describe the data idiomatically, while “outrunning” is an unsuitable choice for comparing percentages. There are also spelling errors such as “aduls” and “continuos.” Prefer standard chart language such as “accounted for,” “share of loans,” and “rose,” and proofread spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, and most of the information remains understandable. There are some errors in agreement and sentence construction, however. For example, “The given pie chart, table and bar graph represents” needs a plural verb (“represent”), and “Young adults … has … used” has incorrect agreement and an awkward verb pattern. In “Children’s fiction and adult fiction has the most loans,” the plural subject requires “have.” Some sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention, as in “while, children’s DVD,” and the long final sequence of yearly figures. Use accurate subject–verb agreement and vary sentence structures while keeping comparisons in clearly punctuated sentences.

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