Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

The three demographic charts illustrates the age of library members and the proportion of loans in different category in 2016, and total number of loans from 2007 to 2016 in little chalfont town.

Overall, the percentage for children's fiction and adult fiction were the highest while children's DVDs was the lowest in total loans. A large share of library members were in adults 18-64, and total number of loans consistancely increased throughout the period.

In 2016, more than half of the library members recorded in adults 18-64, followed by children with 22%. Adults 65 and over accounted for 12%, which was 3 percentage points lower than young adults 13-17(15%). It can be seen in total loans by category that the percentage of loans in children's fiction and adult fiction stood at 38%, followed by adult non-fiction with 13%. Other remaining catogories such as children's non-fiction, children's DVDs, young adults, and adult audio books were less than 10%.

In 2007, total number of loans stood just over 15000, which increase in 2008, reaching just below 20000 and levelled out in 2009. After which, total number of loans consistancely remained just little above 20000, in the following three years before declining slightly to just under 20000. Then again, number of loans rose from 2014 to 2016, staying above 20000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover all three visuals and give a clear overview: fiction in both age groups accounts for the largest loan shares, children’s DVDs the smallest, adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, and loans rise overall. The membership figures and category comparisons are accurately reported, and the final paragraph identifies the main fluctuations in the loan trend. This is a well-supported response, although the overview’s claim that loans “consistancely increased throughout the period” overstates the pattern: the line falls after 2011 and again in 2013. The later description partly corrects this, but a more precise overview would say that loans increased overall despite fluctuations. You could also make the trend’s endpoints and peak clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, an overview, and two detail paragraphs, with the membership and category data grouped separately from the time series. The progression is easy to follow, and phrases such as “followed by,” “After which,” and “Then again” help signal comparisons and sequence. This clear structure supports the reader throughout. Some linking is less smooth or precise: “After which” begins a fragment-like transition, while “consistancely remained” does not clearly express the changes in the figures. The final paragraph would be more cohesive if each period were connected to the next with accurate transitions and the overview’s description of the trend matched the details.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of chart vocabulary, including “accounted for,” “stood at,” “levelled out,” “declining slightly,” and “followed by.” These choices help describe proportions and trends, and the meaning remains clear. The range is adequate and shows some flexibility, but several word-choice, collocation, and spelling slips limit precision: “demographic charts” is not the most natural label for these visuals, “in different category” is awkward, and “consistancely” and “catogories” are misspelled. “Stayed above 20000” is understandable but could be expressed more formally. More accurate collocations and careful proofreading would make the vocabulary more consistently natural and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex forms, including a relative clause in “which was 3 percentage points lower” and time clauses describing changes across the period. Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, and the paragraph structure helps make the data understandable. Some grammatical errors remain. The opening has subject–verb disagreement (“charts illustrates”), and “the percentage … were” also mismatches subject and verb. In “which increase in 2008,” the verb form should be past tense; “the following three years” also needs a clearer grammatical connection to the sentence. Articles and plural forms are sometimes missing, as in “in adults 18-64” and “in different category.” Review agreement, tense consistency, and sentence boundaries to improve control.

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