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 pie chart illustrates the proportion of members who use little chalfont library in 2016 along with total loans per category from the year of 2007 to 2016.

Overall,majority of library members are adults almost 51% and second frequent users are childern which is 22% .On the other hand usage of young adults and adults 65 and over consume almost same .

Furthermore,the loans per catogery vary the loan on childern fiction and adult fiction is same which is 38%and on childern DVDs and young adult and adult audio books is almost same which is between 1-2% and on adult non fiction is 13% in 2016.

moreover, the bar chart compared the data between 2007 to 2016 it shows that intial loans was 15000 and it goes high till 2011 which is more than 20000 after hitting highest loan started to reduce and but after 2014 it also increase and till 2016 it is on its high which is more 22000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three visuals and identify several important features: adults form the largest membership group (51%), children’s and adult fiction each account for 38% of loans, and loans rise overall from about 15,700 to 21,700. The overview also notes the peak around 2011 and the later recovery, so the main picture is clear. Some details are less fully or precisely reported: the 15% and 12% shares for young adults and older adults are described only as “almost same,” and the loan trend after 2011 could be explained more clearly, including its fluctuations and the final high in 2016. Also distinguish membership proportions from loan categories explicitly. More precise comparisons and a fuller account of the trend would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, a broad overview, and further details about loan categories and the time series. This gives the reader a coherent route through the visuals. However, the paragraphing is limited, and transitions such as “Furthermore” and “moreover” sometimes feel mechanical rather than showing the exact relationship between points. The final sentence also combines several stages of the trend in one long sequence, making the rise, decline, and recovery harder to follow. Use separate, clearly focused paragraphs for the membership and category data, then the loan trend, and connect comparisons directly—for example, contrast the two 38% categories before describing the smaller shares.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “majority,” “highest,” and “reduce,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. However, spelling errors and imprecise or repetitive wording limit clarity: “childern,” “catogery,” and “intial” recur as noticeable slips, while “usage” is not the most accurate term for the share of members. Phrases such as “goes high” and “on its high” are also unnatural for describing figures. Aim for accurate collocations and a wider set of trend verbs, such as “rose,” “peaked,” “declined,” and “recovered.” Check spelling carefully, especially for key labels taken from the chart.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, and the main comparisons are usually understandable. However, control is inconsistent, particularly in longer sentences. For example, “after hitting highest loan started to reduce and but after 2014 it also increase” has problems with articles, tense, and sentence construction; “the loans per catogery vary the loan” also lacks a clear grammatical relationship between its clauses. There are some errors in punctuation and spacing after sentence openings, as in “Overall,majority.” Use past tense consistently for the 2007–2016 data, and divide complex descriptions into shorter sentences with clear subjects and verbs. More accurate sentence boundaries and clause links would improve readability.

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