Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-11

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)

This pie chart divides the people coming to a public library named as Little Chalfont in 2016 into different age groups. Meanwhile, the table besides it, provides the proportion about the types of books been borrowed by these individuals. On contrary, the bar graph describes how the total number of books being borrowed had changed annually between 2007 and 2016.

Overall, in 2016, the highest number of individuals visiting library were adults aged between 18 and 24, and the population of the adults over 65 was lowest among all age groups. The most popular book among adults and children was fiction. Besides, the trend of borrowing books from library had increased over the period.

To begin with, 51% of the total population was accounted for adults. It is followed by children at 22%. At the same time, the proportion of teengars between the age of 13 and 17 stood at 15% and adults aged 65 and over at 12%. All in all, among all library goers, most of the ppulation borrowed fiction, which accounted for the nearly two-third of the total books they took as loan. As in, children and adult fiction made up the 38% of total books being borrowed. Secondly popular type of books were non-fictions for both children (6%) and adults (13%). The least famous type of book was chidren's DVDs which merely made up the 1% of total number of books being borrowed.

Further analyzing the data, the number of books being borrowed were changed over the period.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the three visuals and include relevant figures for membership and loan categories. The overview also notes that fiction is the leading category and that borrowing rose overall. However, some key details are inaccurate: adults aged 18–64 are described as 18–24, and the chart shows the largest membership group, not the highest number of people visiting. The claim that fiction accounts for “nearly two-third” is also incorrect: the two fiction categories total 76%. Most importantly, the final paragraph introduces the loans trend but gives no figures or description of its fluctuations, including the peak in 2016 and the dip around 2013. Covering this chart more fully and checking comparisons against the data would make the summary more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs covering membership and loan categories. This gives the reader a coherent overall arrangement, and signposts such as “Overall” and “To begin with” help indicate the stages of the report. However, the progression is incomplete because the final paragraph ends after saying that borrowing changed over time, without reporting the trend. Some linking is also mechanical or unclear: “On contrary” and “All in all” do not connect the ideas naturally, while “It is followed by” has an unclear reference. Grouping the figures more deliberately and completing the discussion of the line graph would improve the flow and make relationships between the data easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted for,” “stood at,” and “made up,” and the main subject remains understandable. There are, however, noticeable inaccuracies in word choice and collocation. “Books been borrowed” and “books being borrowed” are awkwardly repeated, while “most popular book” does not accurately describe a category share. “Least famous” is also unsuitable for describing the smallest loan category, and “population” is imprecise for library members. Spelling slips such as “teengars,” “ppulation,” and “chidren’s” further reduce accuracy. Use precise terms such as “members,” “loan share,” and “least borrowed category,” and proofread spelling and repeated phrasing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including relative clauses and comparison structures, as in “adults aged between 18 and 24” and “which accounted for…”. The meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “the table besides it, provides” has incorrect punctuation, and “the number of books being borrowed were changed” has a subject–verb agreement problem and an awkward passive construction. Articles and sentence patterns are also sometimes inaccurate, as in “visiting library” and “the proportion of… stood at.” The final sentence is incomplete in its reporting of the trend. Aim for clearer, controlled sentences—for example, “The number of loans changed over the period”—and check agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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