Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

Libraries are very important part of society, it is for all age groups to study and to discover ideas.

In the attached pie chart, age groups of the Little Chalfont Library users are mentioned. Age groups are categorised into four groups. Those are as follows:

1. Children

2. Young Adults

3. Adults

4. Adults 65 and above

The pie chart shows that the most number of users of the library are adults, then childrens, then young adults and then adults 65 and over.

The table presented shows that as per the data of 2016, the total number of borrowing is categorised into seven, the data says that the books related to adult's fiction and children's fiction were borrowed the most, and what people are least interested in is the Children DVDs,

There is also a bar chart displayed, which have total data of the past decade for issuance of books from the library. We have numbers of books borrowed in the y-axis of the bar chart, and the year mentioned in the x-axis. The data is changing simultaneously from 2007 to 2016, and the highest peak is of 2016 also the lowest is at the start of the decade.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three visual elements and report some relevant overall features: adults form the largest membership group, fiction accounts for the largest loan shares, and loans peak in 2016 while starting lowest in 2007. However, the account is only partial and several key comparisons are missing. The membership figures are not reported, and the loan categories are described without their percentages; the two fiction categories each represent 38%, while children’s DVDs are just 1%. The decade trend is also oversimplified: loans generally rose, but fluctuated after 2011 rather than changing steadily. Include a concise overview and support it with selected figures and clearer comparisons across all three visuals.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some organisation: it moves from the membership chart to the table and then to the loans chart, so readers can follow the broad sequence of the visuals. However, the numbered list of age groups interrupts the report and repeats information that could be integrated into a paragraph. The opening sentence about libraries in general does not help the progression, and there is no clear overview that brings the main findings together. Linking is also limited, with repeated openings such as “The pie chart shows” and “The table presented shows.” Use a clear overview followed by logically grouped details, and connect comparisons explicitly—for example, contrast the two leading fiction categories with the much smaller DVD share.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the general subject, including “age groups,” “borrowed,” “y-axis,” and “x-axis.” There are also some attempts at more formal reporting language, such as “categorised” and “presented.” However, several expressions are imprecise or unnatural for describing charts: “most number of users,” “total number of borrowing,” “issuance of books,” and “the data is changing simultaneously.” “Books” is also too narrow when the categories include DVDs and audiobooks. Aim for accurate collocations such as “largest proportion of members,” “share of total loans,” and “number of loans,” and use a wider range of precise terms for trends and proportions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes simple statements and some attempts to combine ideas, but the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make parts awkward. For example, “Libraries are very important part” is missing an article, while “the most number of users … are adults” has problems with both phrasing and agreement. In “There is also a bar chart displayed, which have total data,” the relative clause has incorrect subject–verb agreement. The long sentence beginning “The table presented shows that as per the data of 2016” is difficult to control and contains unclear clause structure. Practise accurate comparisons and shorter complex sentences, checking articles, agreement, and punctuation before adding further clauses.

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