Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-26

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 pie chart describes the members age of a public library while, the table shows the categories of loans in 2016 and the bar graph states the number of loans from 2007 to 2016.

Overall, more than half of the library members were adults and the lowest was adults over 65. Loans were mostly taken for children's fiction and adult fiction while the least was for children's DVDs. The number of loans has shown some fluctuation over the period.

To start with, the age group 18-64 accounts for 51% which is also the highest of all the other groups followed by children at 22%, young adults 13-17 represents 15% and the lowest was adults 65 and over at only 12%. The loans were mostly taken for children's fiction and adult fiction that is 38% and the least amount of loans were taken for children's DVDs, young adults and adult audio books.

The number of loans in 2007 were around 16,000 it increased till 2012 however in 2013 there was a slight decline in the numbers of loans but after 2014 it rose up to 22000 by 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main features across all three visuals: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, fiction dominates loans, and total borrowing fluctuates. The age percentages are reported accurately, and you correctly identify children’s DVDs as the smallest loan category. Your overview is relevant, but the trend description is not fully precise: loans did not simply increase until 2012, as they fell slightly from 2011 to 2012, and the series then fluctuated before reaching about 21,700 in 2016. You also group young-adult loans and adult audio books with the least category without giving their 2% shares, and the annual trend receives limited detail. More precise comparisons and a clearer account of the changes would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs covering membership and loan data. This makes the information easy to follow, and phrases such as “followed by” and “however” help signal comparisons and change. The progression is generally logical, but some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “The loans were mostly taken…” repeats the overview rather than developing the age-group paragraph, and “after 2014 it rose” does not clearly distinguish the 2014, 2015 and 2016 figures. Improve cohesion by grouping related details more deliberately and using precise references to years and categories, while avoiding repeated summary statements.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing charts, including “accounts for,” “followed by,” “slight decline” and “fluctuation.” These choices communicate the main information, and the reader can understand your comparisons. However, some wording is imprecise or awkward, such as “the pie chart describes the members age,” “the bar graph states,” and “the least amount of loans were taken.” There is also repetition of “loans” and “mostly taken.” Choose more natural chart-reporting collocations and vary terms for borrowing and proportions. Greater precision in phrases such as “the smallest share” would also help distinguish the lowest category from categories that are merely tied at a low percentage.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple and more developed sentence forms, including a contrast with “while” and a sequence marked by “however” and “after.” Most of the meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems persist. In the opening, “while, the table” has an unnecessary comma, and “members age” needs a possessive form. In “The number of loans in 2007 were,” the singular subject requires “was”; the following sentence also shifts awkwardly between past and present (“it increased” and “there was”). The long final sentence would be clearer if divided and punctuated carefully. Check subject–verb agreement, possessives and consistent past-tense reporting to improve accuracy.

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