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 pie chart illustrates the proportion of the age of library members , the given table outlines the percentage of the total loans by seven distinct categories in 2016 and third vertical bar chart gives us the report on the total number of loan over one decate.

Overall, it can be seen that adults 16-64 consumers hold the largest share while adults 65 and over are the least popular.

Children's friction and Adult's friction contributes to almost 3 quarters of the total percentage.The total number of loan increased over the decate with some fluctuation.

Adults reader of age about 18 to 64 years dominated the market with the share of 51%,more than the half of total market.They were followed by the children with the proportion of roughly a quarter (22%).Young adults and the over 65 years people were a lot far from them with with ratio of about 15% and 12% approximately.The top two categories that contribute more than the three quarters of the total shares are children's friction and adult's friction, with 38% of each followed by adult non-friction with just 13% and the rest of all the categories such as adult audio books, young adults ,children's DVD and children's non-fiction held no more the remaining 15 percent of the total loan in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the three visuals and provide a useful overview: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, while the 65-and-over group is smallest, and loans generally rise with fluctuations. The figures for membership and loan categories are mostly reported accurately. However, the overview’s claim that the two fiction categories make up “almost 3 quarters” is imprecise: together they account for 76%, slightly more than three quarters. More importantly, the response gives no specific figures or stages for the decade-long loan trend, despite identifying it in the overview. The description of the chart is therefore less complete than the discussion of the other visuals. To strengthen the response, report key points such as the rise from about 15,700 in 2007 to 21,700 in 2016, including the peak and fluctuations.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction to an overview and then to details about membership and loan categories. This gives the reader some overall organisation. However, the progression is incomplete because the final chart is mentioned but not actually described, so the discussion does not fully follow through on the overview. Several ideas are crowded into long sentences, particularly the final sentence listing loan categories, and the repeated use of “with” makes relationships harder to follow. There is also little paragraph separation between the detailed comparisons. Use a separate paragraph for each set of visuals, and connect comparisons clearly—for example, contrast the two largest loan categories with the smaller ones.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “dominated,” “share,” “fluctuation,” and “categories.” However, inaccurate word choice and spelling are noticeable and sometimes make the meaning unclear. “Friction” is used repeatedly where “fiction” is intended, and “non-friction” should be “non-fiction”; these errors affect key chart labels. Phrases such as “the least popular” and “dominated the market” are not well suited to describing library membership figures, while “over one decate” is both misspelled and imprecise. Aim for accurate, neutral reporting language and check the spelling of category names carefully. More precise terms such as “accounted for” and “membership share” would also improve the description.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You use both simple statements and some longer structures, including a comparison of the membership groups and a sentence listing loan categories. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and punctuation are frequent enough to make parts of the response difficult to read. For example, “Children's friction and Adult's friction contributes” has a plural subject with a singular verb, and “more than the half” uses an incorrect article pattern. The opening sentence is also overloaded, joining three chart descriptions without clear punctuation. Work on building shorter, complete sentences and checking subject–verb agreement, articles, and commas. This will make your comparisons clearer while allowing you to retain some complex structures.

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