Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-24

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 6.0)

The pie chart illustrates the age distribution of Little Chalfont Library members in 2016, the table represent the breakdown of book loans in the same year. The bar garph shows the total number of loans between 2007 and 2016. Overall, adult aged 18-51 formed majority of members in 2016, the children fiction and the adult fiction were by far the most borrowed items and the total number of loans increase over the 10 year period.

In 2016, the adult aged formed more than half of library member at 51%, followed by the children at 22%, the young adults 13-17 at 15% and the adults 65 and over formed less at 12%. In the same year total number of loans by category, the children fiction and adult fiction accounted for 38% and the Children non fiction and Adult non fiction were only at 6% and 13% and the others category made up 2 % or less.

Regarding the total number of loans , there was an overall upward trend. Loans stood at 15500 in 2007 before rising to 18000 in 2008 and 2009 and then show stability at over 20000 between 2010 to 2012. And see a little decrease in 2013 at 19000 and then incrased and reached at peak in 2016 at 21000.

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 in the membership, the two leading loan categories, and the general rise in loans. Most figures are broadly grounded in the charts, but there is an important misreading: the 51% group is adults aged 18–64, not “18–51.” The loan figures are also understated in places: for example, 2007 is about 15,700 and 2016 about 21,700, rather than 15,500 and 21,000. Your description of the 2010–12 period as stable is reasonable, though the figures fluctuate slightly. To make the report more complete, state the category shares more precisely and distinguish the small dip in 2013 from the subsequent recovery.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction and overview are followed by membership and loan-category details, then the decade-long trend. This makes the information easy to follow, and phrases such as “In the same year” and “Regarding the total number of loans” help signal shifts. The progression is generally logical, but some linking is mechanical, and the final paragraph contains a run-on sequence: “before rising … and then show stability … And see a little decrease.” The relationship between the figures would be clearer if these were separated into complete sentences and connected with precise transitions. Paragraphing is appropriate; improving sentence boundaries and reference clarity would make cohesion more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “age distribution,” “breakdown,” “accounted for,” “overall upward trend,” and “peak,” which allows you to report the main patterns. However, the range and control are uneven, with noticeable spelling and word-choice errors such as “bar garph,” “incrased,” and “formed less.” Some expressions are imprecise or unnatural, including “adult aged formed more than half” and “the others category.” Use standard category labels consistently, such as “members aged 18–64” and “other loan categories,” and choose accurate trend language such as “remained relatively stable.” More precise collocations and careful proofreading would make the vocabulary more flexible and reliable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction are frequent enough to limit accuracy. For example, “the table represent” needs subject–verb agreement, while “the total number of loans increase” needs a past-tense verb. The phrase “adult aged formed more than half of library member” also has problems with article use and singular/plural forms. In the final paragraph, “And see a little decrease” is a sentence fragment, and the sequence beginning “Loans stood…” is not consistently controlled. Practise building complete sentences around each trend and checking tense and agreement.

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