Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The three charts illustrate data about Little Chalfont Library in 2016 and the trends of book loan from 2007 to 2016.Overall, majority of the library are found to be members of ages 18-64 and Children's fiction and Children's non-fiction were the most borrowed categories. The total number of Loan increased overall during the ten year period.

In 2016, adults aged 18-64 were icluded into 51% of membership,the largest group. It was then followed by Children 22% and after that the young adults aged 13-17 were approx of 15%. The smallest group was of adults aged from 65 and over.Reagarding the loans the Children's fiction and adult fiction were equally popular,getting 38% of total after them adult non fiction was common with 13% and Children's non fiction was being demanded with 6%.The remaining Categories ,Children's DVDs,Young adults and adult audio books were of 1or 2%.

The bar chart shows the conclusion that the Loan started with 5,000 and then ranged upto 10,000,15000,20,000 and the highest of all was 25,000.

This was the whole summary of the given Chart.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main membership group and correctly note that adult and children’s fiction each account for 38% of loans, with adult non-fiction at 13%. You also give an overall statement that loans rose over the period. However, the overview inaccurately calls children’s fiction and non-fiction the most borrowed categories; non-fiction is only 6%, while adult fiction is equally prominent with children’s fiction. The membership figures are also misreported: children are 22%, but the response says 51% of membership for adults without clearly giving the 12% figure for older adults. Most importantly, the loan-chart description does not report the actual trend: it begins at about 15,700 and fluctuates before reaching about 21,700, rather than moving through the axis tick values. Select and compare the key data more accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by details about membership and loan categories, then a paragraph on the time series. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Regarding the loans” signal shifts in focus. However, progression is weakened because the final paragraph describes the chart’s scale markings rather than the yearly data, and “This was the whole summary” adds no useful information. Several details are crowded into one long paragraph, with limited separation between comparisons. Use a clear paragraph for each chart or data set, and connect the figures through accurate comparisons—for example, the equal shares for adult and children’s fiction and the rise from 2007 to 2016.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “membership,” “borrowed categories,” “total,” and “equally popular,” so the topic is generally clear. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “book loan” is better expressed as “book loans,” “were included into 51%” does not clearly describe a membership share, and “the loan started with 5,000” confuses a chart’s scale with its data. Spelling and word-form slips such as “icluded” and inconsistent capitalisation also reduce precision. Aim for concise, conventional reporting language and use terms such as “accounted for,” “share,” “peaked at,” and “fluctuated” only when they accurately describe the figures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

There are attempts at both simple and more developed sentences, such as “The total number of Loan increased overall during the ten year period” and the sentence comparing the fiction categories. However, errors in sentence construction and agreement are frequent enough to make some statements difficult to follow. For example, “Overall, majority of the library are found to be members” has an unclear subject and faulty agreement, while “The smallest group was of adults aged from 65 and over” is awkwardly formed. Missing spaces after full stops and commas, as in “2016.Overall” and “13%.The,” also affect readability. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles, and complete sentence boundaries, then check punctuation and sentence structure during revision.

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