Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-12

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 charts illustrates the information of a public library in a town, named Little Chalfont.

Overall, the most of the members of the library are adults and in the year of 2016 the total members mostly loans fictions books from the library. The amount of loans has overall increased from the year 2007 to 2016.

First of all in 2016, half of the members were adults (18-64) which was 51% after them most members were childrens (22%) and rest members were youny adults (13-17) and adults 65 and over (15% and 12% respectively). Secondly, members mostly liked to loans fictional books both for children's and adult. Which consists total 76% (38% in both category). And the lowest popular was children's DVD (1%) after young adults and adult aduio books (2% per category). And the rest is adult non-fiction and chindren's non-fiction (13% and 6% respectively).

Lastly, the total number of loans increased over the time. In the early year (2007) the number was only around 15,000 which increased to above 20000 in 2011. After that the number slightly decreased to slighlty less to 20000 in 2013 and again rose till 2016 to around 22000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response covers all three charts and gives a clear overall summary: adults form the largest membership group, fiction accounts for the biggest share of loans, and total borrowing rises overall. It also selects relevant details, including the two 38% fiction categories and the rise from about 15,700 loans in 2007 to roughly 21,700 in 2016. Most figures are accurate, but the age-group figures are misassigned: children are 12%, young adults 22%, adults aged 18–64 51%, and those aged 65+ 15%. The response reverses the first two values and gives 12% for the final group. The trend description is broadly sound, though the 2013 dip and subsequent recovery could be reported more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by membership and loan-category details, then the decade-long trend. Sequencing phrases such as “First of all,” “Secondly,” and “Lastly” help the reader follow the charts, and the main points are generally easy to locate. However, these transitions feel somewhat mechanical, and some links between ideas are awkward, particularly “Which consists total 76%” and “And the rest is…”. The overview also combines membership and borrowing information in a sentence that is difficult to interpret. To strengthen progression, use more natural links and make each paragraph’s focus explicit, while connecting comparisons directly to the relevant figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main information, including “members,” “fictional books,” “non-fiction,” “total number of loans,” and “decreased.” However, the range is limited and several noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling errors reduce precision. For example, “members mostly loans fictions books” is not a natural way to describe borrowing, while “the lowest popular” and “liked to loans” are awkward. There are also misspellings such as “youny,” “aduio,” and “chindren’s.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding the overall message, but more accurate chart-reporting vocabulary and careful proofreading would make the account clearer and more appropriate in style.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, especially in agreement, articles, and sentence construction. For instance, “The charts illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error, and “the most of the members” uses an incorrect article pattern. The fragment “Which consists total 76%” does not form a complete sentence, while “the number slightly decreased to slighlty less to 20000” has an unclear structure. Tense is generally appropriate for describing the 2016 data and historical trend, but sentence boundaries and agreement need more reliable control. Practise complete, well-formed comparisons and check each sentence’s subject and verb.

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