Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-15

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 charts illustrate the interests of people in several categories of books by proportions along with age groups of them in Little Chalfont. The bar graph provides insightful information of loan over a period of ten years.

Overall, the adults hold more than half of library's membership and the number of loans fluctuated throughout the period. Additionally, the highest number of loans is against children's and adult’s fiction.

In 2007, the number of loans was the lowest at 16,000 which fluctuated over the period of 10 years and ended with the highest in 2016 numbering 21,000. More than fifty percent of library membership is owned by adults aging 18 to 64 while those over 65 hold the lowest popularity.

Moreover, the highest interest of borrowers was attracted by children and adult fiction, each 38%. It is followed by adult non-fiction and children non-fiction, each numbering 13 and 6 percentage, respectively. On the other hand, children DVDs, young adults and adult audio books comprises the lowest 5% of borrowers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover the three visuals and provide a clear overview: adults form the largest membership group, loans fluctuate, and fiction categories lead borrowing. The figures for adult membership (over half) and the two fiction categories (38% each) are accurate. You also identify the lowest loan total in 2007 and the highest in 2016, although the latter is closer to 21,700 than 21,000. Some details are less fully reported: the membership shares for children and young adults are omitted, and the loan trend is described broadly rather than showing its rise to 2011, dip, and subsequent recovery. The final comparison misstates the smallest categories as a combined 5%; their shares total 5%, but each category is only 1% or 2%. More precise selection and reporting would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement, with an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs covering the loan trend and category details. This makes the main information easy to locate. However, progression within the body is sometimes loose: the sentence about membership in the loan paragraph shifts topic without a clear transition, and “Moreover” introduces another category detail rather than a distinct development. Some linking is also mechanical, particularly “It is followed by” and “On the other hand,” which suggests contrast where the categories are simply being compared. Grouping membership figures together and then presenting the loan trend and borrowing categories in a consistent order would make the relationships clearer and cohesion more natural.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range for describing charts, including “fluctuated,” “proportions,” “highest,” and “lowest,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices that reduce precision. “Interests of people in several categories of books by proportions” is an awkward description of the charts, while “insightful information of loan” is not a natural collocation. “The highest number of loans is against” and “membership is owned by adults” also express the data imprecisely. In addition, “lowest popularity” does not accurately describe the smallest membership share. Aim for standard chart language such as “share,” “accounted for,” and “loan total,” and use precise terms for people and categories.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the comparison with “while.” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors are present. In “the adults hold more than half of library’s membership,” the possessive needs an article (“the library’s membership”); “adults aging 18 to 64” has an incorrect participle and missing age-range construction; and “children DVDs, young adults and adult audio books comprises” has a subject–verb agreement error. The phrase “each numbering 13 and 6 percentage” also has problems with number and plural form. Review articles, agreement, and plural forms, and check that each sentence’s subject matches its verb. Greater accuracy in these patterns would make the comparisons more fluent.

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