Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-28

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 three charts illustrate the details about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont.

Overall, it can be seen that pie chart show the proportion of library members age, the table give idea about the total loan by category and bar chart give idea about the total number of loans in that time.

In pie chat, it is evident that half of the public in library was adult between 18 to 64, followed by the childrens which are 22 in number. The young adults from 13 to 17 and adults over 65 were 12 and 15 respectively.

The table shows that children's fiction and adult fiction took the major amount of loan in 2016 which is 38%. The children's no-fiction and adult non-fiction were 6% and 13% respectively. Young adults and adult audio books took only 2% each and lowest was 1% by children's DVDs.

The bar chart illustares that loan took in 2007 was lowest, which is slightly above 15,000 which rose substantially, climed to almost 23,000 in 2016. There were some fluctuations from 2008 to 2015 but overall, graph shows only upward trend.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three visuals and include a clear overview of their purpose, followed by relevant details about membership, loan categories and the trend in total loans. The main comparisons are generally selected well: adult fiction and children’s fiction are both 38%, and loans rise overall from about 15,700 to 21,700. However, the overview mostly describes what each chart shows rather than highlighting the key findings. There is also a factual reversal in the age figures: children account for 22%, while young adults are 15% and members aged 65+ are 12%; your response gives the latter two values in the opposite order. The claim that loans climbed to almost 23,000 is also higher than the chart’s 2016 figure. More precise reporting and a stronger synthesis of the main patterns would improve the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is organised into a brief introduction, an overview and separate paragraphs for the membership figures, loan categories and annual totals. This gives the reader a coherent route through the three visuals, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “followed by” and “but overall” help show relationships. However, the overview mainly lists the chart types instead of bringing the most important findings together, so it does not guide the reader effectively. Some connections are also unclear: “which are 22 in number” does not explicitly identify a percentage, and the age figures are presented in a confusing order. The final paragraph says there were fluctuations but does not identify them. A more analytical overview and clearer links between comparisons would make progression more effective.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing charts, including “proportion,” “fluctuations,” “substantially” and “overall,” and the reader can understand the main subject of each paragraph. However, the range and precision are uneven. Several phrases are awkward or imprecise, such as “details about,” “give idea about,” “major amount of loan” and “loan took in 2007.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “pie chat,” “illustares,” “climed” and “no-fiction,” which reduce the accuracy of the report. Aim for standard chart language and check spelling carefully; for example, describe loans as “the number of loans” and categories as accounting for a “share” of borrowing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple statements and longer sentences, and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, errors in articles, agreement and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “pie chart show” and “the table give” need subject–verb agreement, while “the proportion of library members age” needs a possessive or a different grammatical structure. In “the childrens which are 22 in number,” the relative clause is not formed appropriately, and “the young adults … and adults over 65 were 12 and 15 respectively” is grammatically understandable but does not clearly match the intended categories. The final paragraph also contains an incomplete construction in “loan took in 2007 was lowest.” Practise accurate sentence patterns for comparing figures, alongside checking articles and plural forms.

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