Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-19

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 given chart provides the information of a local library at a town know as Little Chafont. briefing the information about loans taken by different age members from 2007 to 2016.

According to given chart, in 2016's loan categories was completely different from one another. Adults age varying from 18-64 take membership highly at 51% and adults with age 65 and over participated roughly at 12%. And childrens participated 22% respectively. While young adults 13 to 17 years old engaged 15%. Furthermore, with respect to loan in 2016, children's fiction and adult fiction was totally same 38%, and adult audio books or young adults was also similar just 2%, while adult non-fiction was 13%. Children's DVDs were very less only 1%. However children's non-fiction was also low with 6%.

Continuing with given table of loan in 2007 to 2016, was very high. In 2007, it was roundly 15500 and in 2008 it increased about 18000. While in 2009 it decreased to round about 17000 or in 2010, it was sharply went up estimatedly 21000. It was also maintained from 2011 to 2012 with slighlty average of 1000. But in 2013, it decreased sharply around 19000, and in 2014, it also came on it's old value, with also slightly increasing rate of 500 every year, at the end to 2016

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You cover all three visuals and include several relevant comparisons, such as the equal 38% shares for children’s and adult fiction and the largest membership group being adults aged 18–64. However, the response only partially reports the main features: it has no clear overall summary, and the loan trend is described with several inaccurate figures. For example, loans rose from about 15,700 in 2007 to 19,000 in 2008 and remained around that level in 2009, rather than falling to 17,000. The final trend is also left incomplete. Select the main patterns first, then report accurate approximate values and explain the overall rise across the period, including fluctuations.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has some organisation: it first discusses membership and loan categories, then turns to the yearly totals. This gives the reader a basic route through the information, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “Continuing” show attempts to connect ideas. However, progression within the paragraphs is uneven, and some links are inaccurate or unclear. “While” introduces fragments or loosely connected statements, and the final sentence ends without completing the point about 2016. Group the information into clear sections, use a concise overview before the details, and connect comparisons directly—for example, contrast the two 38% categories in one sentence and describe the annual trend in chronological order.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “loan categories,” “membership,” “increased,” and “decreased,” and you attempt to vary your wording. However, the range is limited by repeated or imprecise expressions, and several collocations make the meaning difficult to follow. Phrases such as “participated roughly,” “was very high,” and “came on it’s old value” are not natural ways to describe chart data. There are also spelling and word-form problems, including “Chafont,” “childrens,” and “slighlty.” Aim for precise reporting language such as “accounted for,” “stood at,” “rose to,” and “returned to,” and check spelling and apostrophes carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentences, but control is inconsistent, particularly in complex clauses. Errors in agreement and verb forms appear in examples such as “Adults … take membership” and “it was sharply went up.” Articles and sentence construction are also problematic in “in 2016’s loan categories was completely different,” while the opening sentence is a fragment and the final sentence is incomplete. These errors sometimes make relationships between figures hard to understand. Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use consistent past-tense forms for the historical data. For example: “The total rose to approximately 19,000 in 2008 and remained at that level in 2009.”

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