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 given pie chart illustrates an age sector of the people in and the table shows loans given by the Little Chalfont library of different types of book's categories in 2016. While the bar chart compares the total number of loans approved by the library between 2007 and 2016)

Overall, half of the members were an adult, followed by children. The child's fiction and the Adult fiction books were the highest among all the other books in terms of loan categories, whereas DVDs were remained at last in that comparsion. Lastly, the bar chart shown minimal ups and down with some gradual growth and decrease.

In pie chart, half of the members were an adult,followed by the children with 22%. A young adults and those people who were aged 65 or plus respectively shared 12% and 15%.

In the table, almost 38% of the people loaned child's and Adult fiction books. The non fictional adult book stated at 13% and the other types of books such as Child's non fictional, DVDs, Young adults and Adult audio books represented almost 6%, 1%, 2%,13% and 2% respectively.

In the bar chart, at the start, it was around 15000 in 2007 but just after four years it showed graudal increase of plus five thousand and came up-to 20000 in 2011. After that, it showed slight decrease until 2013. By the time it again started to rise the amount and reached just over 20000 in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three visuals and provide a relevant overview: adults form the largest membership group, fiction leads the loan categories, and total loans generally rise over the period. Most figures are accurately reported, including the 38% shares for both fiction categories and the low share for children’s DVDs. However, the age figures are confused: the chart gives 22% for children, 15% for young adults and 12% for members aged 65+, but your account reverses the latter two. The loan-category sentence also repeats 13% for young adults, whose share is 2%. The trend description is broadly right, but saying loans rose by 5,000 by 2011 is inaccurate; they increased from about 15,700 to 21,000. More precise comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the membership chart, loan table and trend chart. This makes the information easy to locate, and phrases such as “Overall” and “After that” help signal the structure. The progression is generally logical, though some links are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Lastly” introduces the trend overview without a clear connection to the preceding comparison, and “By the time it again started to rise the amount” makes the sequence difficult to follow. The overview also repeats details later rather than synthesising the main comparisons. Use clearer references and more precise transitions to connect changes and avoid repetition.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “total number of loans,” “categories,” “gradual increase” and “slight decrease,” so the main subject is usually clear. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, which limits precision: “loans approved” is not the same as loans made, “an age sector” is unnatural, and “books were remained at last” is difficult to interpret. There are also spelling and form errors, such as “comparsion,” “graudal” and “non fictional.” Repeated use of “showed” and “amount” makes the description less flexible. Choose standard chart-reporting expressions and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “While” and a sequence using “After that.” However, grammatical errors occur often enough to make some sentences awkward or unclear. Examples include “half of the members were an adult,” where the article and number do not agree, and “A young adults and those people … shared 12% and 15%,” which has faulty agreement and an unclear structure. The sentence beginning “While the bar chart compares…” is left as a fragment, and the closing parenthesis after “2016” is unnecessary. Work on articles, singular and plural agreement, complete sentence construction, and punctuation; these corrections would make your comparisons easier to understand.

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