Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-20

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)

There are three different charts that consist data of a public library located in Little Chalfont.

Overall, the pie chart and the table reflects the data for the year 2016 only, that shows the majority of the members and loans taken from the library are adults aging from 18-64 years old and the children, while young adults and people of 65 years or older have mix results. The bar graph shows a high amount of total number of loans which were more than 15000 in 2007 and later reached around 22000 in 2016.

The pie chart highlights the proportion of all the users of different age groups, around 51% users are adults that are 18-64 years old, which is followed by the children that are 22%, afterwhich the young adults are 15% and the adults 12%. Similarly, the children's and adult fiction loans are same around 38% but adults have almost double loans in the non-fiction category to 6% loan of children's non-fiction. There are multiple smaller loans that include 1% children's DVDs, 2% young adults and 2% adult audio books.

In contrast, the total number of loans in 2007 were more than 15000 that increased around 21000 in 2011 and then reduced for two consecutive years lying between 19000 to 20,000 loans in 2013. However, the number of loans again started to increase resulting in nearly 22000 loans in total in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three visuals and provide a relevant overview, identifying the dominance of adults aged 18–64 among members and the rise in loans from 2007 to 2016. The key category comparisons are also reported accurately: children’s and adult fiction each account for 38%, while adult non-fiction is 13% compared with 6% for children. Some details, however, are unclear or imprecise. The overview says children are among the majority of both members and loans, although children’s loans are not a majority overall; the two fiction categories together make up the largest share. The trend description also says loans fell for two years to 2013, but the decline began after 2011 and the 2014 figure then rose. Clarifying these points and selecting the main comparisons more precisely would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the 2016 data and the loan trend. This makes the information easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Similarly,” and “In contrast” help signal relationships. Some cohesion is less controlled, however. “Similarly” introduces a comparison between loan categories rather than a close parallel, while “In contrast” does not express a clear contrast with the preceding paragraph. The overview also combines several points in a long sentence, making the relationship between membership and loans less clear. Use more precise transitions and organise the overview around the two main findings—membership/loan composition and the overall trend—to make progression more consistently logical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “category,” “non-fiction,” and “consecutive years,” and the reader can understand the main comparisons. There are some inaccurate or unnatural choices that limit precision. “Charts that consist data” is not a natural collocation, and “adults aging from 18-64” is an awkward way to describe an age group. “Mix results” is vague, while “smaller loans” could be mistaken for loan quantities rather than smaller shares. Repeated use of “loans” and “number of loans” also makes parts of the report less varied. Aim for precise chart language such as “accounted for,” “share,” and “fluctuated,” while checking collocations and avoiding vague descriptions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including relative clauses and comparisons, and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors recur, particularly with subject–verb agreement and sentence construction. For example, “the pie chart and the table reflects” should use a plural verb, and “that shows” does not agree clearly with the plural idea it refers to. The opening phrase “charts that consist data” also has an incorrect grammatical pattern. In “the total number of loans in 2007 were,” the singular subject requires “was.” There are also awkwardly joined clauses in the overview, which make the sentence difficult to control. Review agreement and clause boundaries, and use shorter sentences when presenting several comparisons.

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