Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-13

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 chart below provide information and details about a public library in a town known as Little Chalfont. The detail breakdowns a number of borrowing items across different category over nine-year period.

Overall, what stands out from the chart is that the age of library members were more of adults until 2016. Moreover, the most borrowed category in 2016 were children fiction as well as as adult fiction. The graph demonstrates that there were less number of borrowing items in 2007 whereas in the last years there were considerable upward trends, reaching highest of all time.

Looking at the details, pie chart represents the age of library members in 2016. Adults were around 51% whereas number of children were 22%, remaining young adults and adults over 65 were around 15%. The highest number of loans by category were around 38% which led by Children fiction and adult fiction books. Adult non-fiction and children non-fiction were not seemed more interesting across the library members. Other remaining category were the least borrowed items of all time.

In 2007, there were around 16,000 items carried by different groups of library members. Furthermore, coming years have seen fluctuations and highest number of borrowing items were recorded in 2016 which was about 22,000 items.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the three visuals and identify several key features: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, fiction accounts for the largest loan shares, and total loans rise overall from 2007 to 2016. The approximate figures for the 2007 and 2016 totals are also broadly accurate. This meets the task well, but some details are incomplete or imprecise. The 15% figure refers only to young adults; adults aged 65 and over account for 12%, not a combined remaining group. The overview also misses the fluctuations in the loan trend, and the claim that loans reached a “highest of all time” is better expressed as the highest point shown. To strengthen the response further, report the main changes across the intervening years and distinguish the smaller loan categories more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two detail paragraphs. The sequence from membership and loan categories to the time-series chart is understandable, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “Looking at the details,” and “Furthermore” help signal movement between points. However, the organisation within paragraphs is sometimes loose. The overview combines several features without clearly separating the charts, while the final paragraph gives only the start and end totals and does not explain the intervening fluctuations. Some references, such as “the chart” and “remaining category,” are not fully clear. Grouping the information by visual and using more precise links between comparisons would make progression smoother and cohesion less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “borrowed category,” “fluctuations,” “upward trends,” and “recorded,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “what stands out” and “considerable upward trends.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward: “detail breakdowns,” “items carried,” and “not seemed more interesting” do not describe library loans naturally. Repetition of “number of borrowing items” also limits precision. Use standard chart language such as “the number of loans,” “accounted for,” and “rose overall,” and choose neutral descriptions rather than inferring what readers found interesting. These refinements would make the vocabulary more precise and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including the overview sentence beginning “Moreover” and the comparison using “whereas.” The main ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “The chart below provide” needs subject–verb agreement, and “the age of library members were” has an agreement problem. In “the most borrowed category … were,” the singular subject also requires a singular verb; “as well as as” contains an unnecessary repeated word. There are also issues with articles and plural forms, as in “the highest number of loans … were” and “other remaining category.” Review agreement around singular phrases such as “the number,” and check articles and sentence boundaries. More consistently accurate control of these patterns would improve clarity.

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