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 pie chart illustrates the percentage proportion of demographic data of Chalfony library users by the year of 2016. The table displays the total loans segmented into seven categories in 2016. The bar graph displays the total number of books borrowed over the priod of nine years, from 2007 to 2016.

According to the pie chart half of the users of the library, in 2016, were adults with age 18 to 64. Followed by children at 22%. Furthermore, adults, which were 65 plus along with young adults from age 13 to 17 were at 15% and 12%.

According to the table, most borrowed books were related to children's fiction accounting for 38% and least borrowed items were about children's DVDs at 1 percent. All other items were intermediately on loan for instance, adult fiction (38%), adult non fiction (13%), children's non fiction (6%), young adults(2%) and adult audiobooks (2%).

According to the bar graph, In 2007, number of loans were at their lowest at 16000 books per year, nevertheless library loans increased with passing years reaching above [redacted phone] by 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You cover all three visuals and report several relevant figures, including the 38% shares for children’s and adult fiction and the low 1% share for children’s DVDs. However, the response only partially selects and reports the main features. The overview is missing: the reader is not clearly told that adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group or that annual loans generally rose over the period. There are also factual inaccuracies: the age figures for adults aged 65 and over and young adults are reversed, and the final loan total is given as “above 220000” rather than approximately 21,700. The trend description also overlooks the fluctuations after 2010. Prioritise an accurate overview and correct comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: it introduces the three visuals and then discusses the membership chart, category table and loan graph in separate paragraphs. This makes the information easy to locate, and phrases such as “According to the table” signal transitions. The progression is nevertheless somewhat mechanical because the same introductory pattern is repeated, and the final paragraph gives only a brief trend statement without developing the changes across the years. Some linking is also imprecise: “Followed by children” is a fragment rather than a complete connection to the preceding sentence. To strengthen the organisation, add a concise overview after the introduction and group related comparisons, using varied, accurate transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “segmented,” “accounting for,” “categories” and “increased,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are, however, several awkward or inaccurate choices that reduce precision. “Percentage proportion” is redundant, “demographic data” is less direct than describing the age groups, and “intermediately on loan” does not naturally express the relative shares. “Books borrowed” is also too narrow for a chart labelled total loans, which includes other materials such as DVDs and audiobooks. Spelling errors such as “priod” and the misspelling of the library’s name further affect accuracy. Prefer standard chart-reporting collocations such as “accounted for,” “share of loans” and “loan total.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the relative clause in “adults, which were 65 plus” and the participle phrase “accounting for 38%.” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions are present. “Followed by children at 22%” is a sentence fragment, while “by the year of 2016” and “with passing years” show problems with article and preposition patterns. Capitalisation after “According to the bar graph” is inconsistent, and the long final sentence joins contrasting ideas with “nevertheless” without appropriate punctuation. Aim for complete sentences and check clause boundaries, articles and prepositions; for example, write “In 2016, adults aged 18–64 made up half of the members.”

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