Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-21

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)

A glance at the diagrams reveals the information about a public library residing in a city called Little Chalfont. It illustrates the age of library members, total loans by category in 2016 and total number of loans between 2007 and 2016.

Overall, In 2016 more than half of library members were adults. Furthermore, Children's fiction and adult fiction were leading in category of loans while in the period of 2007 to 2016, number of loans has saw considerable fluctuations.

In 2016, 51% of library members were adults, age group between 18 and 64, followed by children with 22%. Adults whose age is over 65 and young adults number were comparatively low, 15 and 12. Children's fiction and adult fiction alone covers 76% of total loans by category in 2016, 38% each, followed by adult non-fiction and children's non fiction with 13% and 6%. The remaining three categories account for the rest, with children's DVDs representing 1%, while adult audiobooks and young adult books each make up 2%.

Total number of loans in starting year, 2007, was more than 15000 increasing steadily until 2011. In next two years, number of loans reduced to less than 20000. The figure started raising again between 2014 and 2016, eventually reached to more than 20000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response covers all three visuals and gives a clear overview: adults form the largest membership group, fiction dominates lending, and loans rise overall despite a mid-period dip. It also selects relevant figures, including the two 38% fiction categories and the rise from about 15,700 loans in 2007 to around 21,700 in 2016. Most data are accurately reported, but there is one important reversal: the text says adults aged 65+ numbered 15 and young adults 12, whereas the chart shows 12 and 15 respectively. The trend description is broadly sound, though “considerable fluctuations” overstates the relatively modest changes after 2011. More precise comparisons and a less sweeping summary of the trend would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information is organised effectively: an introduction identifies the visuals, an overview highlights the main patterns, and the following paragraphs group the membership and category data before describing the loan trend. This gives the report a clear progression, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “followed by,” and “while” help connect comparisons. Some transitions are slightly mechanical, and the overview’s claim of “considerable fluctuations” is not fully aligned with the more measured account that follows. The final paragraph could also make the sequence of changes clearer by distinguishing the rise to 2011, the decline to 2013, and the subsequent recovery. Overall, the structure is easy to follow, with room for more precise linking between overview and detail.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

The response uses a suitable range of task vocabulary, including “total loans,” “category,” “account for,” “representing,” and “steadily,” and the meaning remains clear throughout. There is some flexibility in describing proportions and trends, but several choices are imprecise or awkward: “library residing in a city” is an unnatural way to introduce the location, “leading in category of loans” is not idiomatic, and “started raising again” is an unsuitable collocation for a figure. “Fluctuations” also suggests larger or more erratic changes than the chart shows. To move further, favour concise, conventional chart language and use trend verbs and comparison phrases precisely. Spelling and word formation are generally understandable, though “non fiction” should be written as “non-fiction.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

There is a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview’s contrast with “while” and the sentence listing the remaining loan categories. Most sentences communicate the intended meaning, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “number of loans has saw” combines an incorrect auxiliary with the past participle, and “Children’s fiction and adult fiction alone covers” has a plural subject with a singular verb. The opening “Overall, In 2016” also has inconsistent capitalisation after the comma. Article use and sentence construction are occasionally awkward, as in “in starting year, 2007.” Review subject–verb agreement, verb forms after auxiliaries, and articles in time expressions; these corrections would improve accuracy while preserving the range of structures attempted.

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