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)

The charts illustrates the information about the members, barrowing category and total number of loans at Little Chalfont Library.

Overall, adults aged 18-64 represented the largest proportion of the library members, while people aged 65 and over accounted for smallar share. Fiction was the most popular category of loans, and the total number of loans gradually increased between 2007 and 2016.

Regarding membership, adults aged 18-64 made up 51% of members, followed by the childern at 22%. Yound adults aged 13-17 accounted for 15% while those who aged 65 or over represented the remaning 12%.

In terms of laons in 2016, chiildren fiction and adult fiction were equally popular, each account for 38% of all his loans. Adult non-iction represented 13%, while children no- friction 6%. Yound adults books and young adults audio books each accounted for 2% and children DVDs were the least popular, at just 1%.

The total number of loans rose from approximately 16,000 in 2007 to around 22,000 in 2016. Although figures flunctuated slightly, particulary with a decline in 2013, overall the trend was upward.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response covers all three visuals and gives a clear overview: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, fiction leads the loan categories, and loans rise overall. The membership figures and the main loan shares are reported accurately, and the trend description correctly notes the 2013 dip. This is a well-selected account of the main features. One detail is misreported: the chart lists young-adult loans at 2% and adult audio books at 2%, not “young adults audio books”; the latter category is adult audio books. The trend could also be supported with one or two intermediate figures, such as the peak of about 21,700 in 2016, to make the account more fully developed rather than relying mainly on start and end points.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is arranged in a clear sequence: an introduction, an overview, then separate paragraphs for membership, loan categories and the time trend. This makes the response easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “Regarding membership” and “In terms of” help signal each section. The organisation is coherent, though some connections are a little mechanical, and the final paragraph could relate the trend more explicitly to its key stages. For example, it could mention the rise to around 21,000 in 2011, the subsequent fall, and the later recovery. There is also an unclear reference in “all his loans”; using “all loans” or “total loans” would make the relationship more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The response uses a reasonable range of task-appropriate vocabulary, including “represented,” “accounted for,” “equally popular,” “fluctuated” and “overall trend.” These choices allow the main comparisons and changes to be communicated. However, spelling errors and imprecise category labels reduce accuracy: “barrowing,” “childern,” “Yound,” “laons,” “chiildren,” “non-iction” and “flunctuated” appear, while “young adults audio books” does not match the chart’s “adult audio books.” Some phrasing is also less natural, such as “smallar share” and “those who aged.” Careful proofreading and more consistent use of the chart’s category names would improve precision and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

There is a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Although figures fluctuated slightly,” and the comparison “children’s fiction and adult fiction were equally popular.” Most meanings remain clear. Some grammatical errors persist, however. The opening has subject–verb disagreement in “The charts illustrates,” and “those who aged 65 or over” is missing the verb “were.” In “each account for 38%,” the verb form should be “accounted,” consistent with the past-time data. The phrase “each accounted for 2%” also needs a clear pair of categories, and “all his loans” has an inappropriate pronoun reference. More consistent past-tense reporting and careful checking of agreement and sentence phrasing would strengthen accuracy.

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