Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-14

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 5.5)

The two charts provide the data of a "Litlle Chalfont Library" which is a public library in a town.

Overall, the library mostly constitutes of adults of middle-aged. The type of resources of the library in which total loan is the highest were childrens' fiction and adult fiction. It is clear that more number of loans was accounted in the last year.

To begin with library members, childrens' makes up 22% of population on which three categories of loan are associated, one is fiction estimated with 38% of loan, 6% of non-fiction and lowest was DVDs with 1%. The least populated were elderly ones of age 65 and over, that contribute 12%. Young adults (13-17) and Adults (18-64) accounts for 15% and 51% of proportions respectively. The former takes up negligible amount of loan and the latters' total loan accross the categories comprises of 53% of loan.

Looking at number of loans sanctioned between [redacted phone], the largest quantity of loans observed in 2016 to over 22000 members. The lowest people opted for loan was in 2007 to about 16000 members. Equal number of librarians applied for loans in 2011 and 2015 to around 21000 individuals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important features, including the largest membership group (adults aged 18–64), the two leading loan categories (adult and children’s fiction, both 38%), and the rise to the highest loan total in 2016. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear: 2016 loans were about 21,700, not over 22,000, and the chart reports loans, not “members” or “individuals.” The statement that children’s fiction, non-fiction and DVDs are the three categories associated with children also overlooks the separate young-adult and adult categories. Your overview is relevant, but “more number of loans was accounted in the last year” is imprecise, and the trend across the decade is only partly described. Select and report the data more precisely, including the overall rise and later fluctuations.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs covering membership and loan totals. Phrases such as “To begin with” and “Looking at” help signal shifts between the charts. However, the first data paragraph combines membership proportions with loan-category percentages, so the relationship between these different measures becomes difficult to follow. The reference in “the former” and “the latters’” also requires effort to interpret, and the final paragraph gives selected years without clearly explaining the intervening pattern. Group the membership figures separately from the loan-category data, then describe the time series in chronological order. This would make the progression clearer and reduce the need for the reader to infer connections.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “fiction,” “non-fiction,” “proportions,” and “estimated,” and you attempt to vary expressions for quantities. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, sometimes obscuring the data: “library mostly constitutes of adults of middle-aged,” “loans sanctioned,” and “people opted for loan” do not describe the charts naturally. “Librarians applied for loans” changes the meaning, since the figures show loans rather than librarians. There are also spelling and form issues, such as “Litlle,” “childrens’,” and “accross.” Aim for precise chart language and consistent terms such as “members,” “share,” and “loans,” while checking spelling and possessive forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the clause “which is a public library in a town.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors make relationships between ideas unclear. For example, “the library mostly constitutes of adults of middle-aged” has an incomplete and faulty structure, while “Young adults … and Adults … accounts” has subject–verb disagreement. In “the former takes up … and the latters’ total loan … comprises,” the pronoun and verb forms are also problematic. Articles, plurals, and sentence construction need more consistent control. Build shorter, accurate comparisons first, then add subordinate clauses where they clarify rather than complicate the information.

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