Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-27

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 7.0)

The diagrams provide information about the age of five different types of library users in 2016, proportion of loans by categories and how the number of loans changed between 2007 and 2016 .

Overall, the adults aged between 18-64 years were the most dominant members of the library whereas both children's and adult's fiction book category made upto more than three quators of the total loans in 2016. Meanwhile total number of loans increased with some fluctuations throughout the period.

In 2016, adults aged from 18 to 64 years were accounted for 51 percentage of the library users whereas adults over 65 years had the smallest share of 12%. However, the proportion allocated to children was 22% followed by young adults catgeory that stood at 15%. Moreover, children's and adults fiction books type accounted for 72% of the total loans followed by Adult non fiction at 13% and children's dvd were lend to only 1%.

Moving on to the bar chart, the total number of loans increased with some fluctuation starting from over 15,000 in 2007 which rose to more than 20,000 in 2010, remained stable before slightly declining in 2013. This figure recovered shorlty and the number of loans became the highest in 2016 at almost 22,000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The response selects the main features across all three visuals and gives a clear overview: working-age adults form the largest membership group, fiction dominates borrowing, and loans rise overall despite fluctuations. The figures for membership and the 72% combined share of children’s and adult fiction are accurately reported. The trend description is also broadly sound, including the rise to around 2010, a later dip, and the 2016 peak. To make the account more fully developed, report the loan-category breakdown more precisely: the response omits several categories, including young-adult loans and adult audio books, and says loans “remained stable” after 2010, although the figures fluctuate. These are limited omissions and generalisations within an otherwise well-focused summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.5

The response is organised effectively into an introduction, an overview, and two detail paragraphs, with the membership and category data separated from the time-series description. This gives the reader a clear progression through the visuals. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover,” and “Moving on to the bar chart” help signal the stages of the report, and the overview appropriately brings the main trends together. Some connections could be more precise: “However” does not express a clear contrast between the largest adult group and the children’s share, while “Moreover” joins two related but distinct chart details. Use transitions that show the exact relationship, and keep each sentence focused on one comparison. Overall, cohesion is flexible and the paragraphing supports the task.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

There is adequate vocabulary for describing the charts, including “dominant members,” “proportion,” “accounted for,” “fluctuations,” and “declining.” These choices allow the main comparisons and trends to be communicated, and the writer attempts some more formal reporting language. However, several word-choice and collocation errors reduce precision: “five different types” mislabels the four age groups, “made upto more than three quators” is awkward, and “DVD were lend” is not an appropriate expression for the category’s share of loans. Spelling slips such as “catgeory” and “shorlty” also affect accuracy. Aim for standard chart-reporting phrases such as “accounted for,” “rose to,” and “reached a peak,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

The response uses a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “the number of loans…which rose” and a contrastive overview sentence. Meaning remains clear, and several sentences are structurally sound. Some grammatical errors persist, however: “adults aged from 18 to 64 years were accounted for” uses an incorrect passive construction; “51 percentage” needs a different grammatical form; and “children’s and adults fiction books type accounted” has problems with possessive and noun structure. The final trend sentence also combines several stages in a way that makes the timeline less controlled. Practise accurate percentage constructions (“accounted for 51%”) and use consistent past-tense clauses to describe changes. This would build on the range already attempted and improve overall control.

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