Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-29
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 of library members while the bar chart depicts the number of loans took during 2007 to 2016. There is also a table referring to the category of library loan by category in 2016.
Overall, adults have highest number to attend library while old folks are least in numbers. Apparently, 2016 is year with most number of loans taken. The members interested in childrens and adult fiction took most loans.
To being with, age of adults from 18-64 can be seen in highest numbers in library about 51%. Children takes around 22% while young adult from 13-17 and adults from 65 and over accumated to 12% and 15% respectively. Secondly, the loans taken by childrens and adult fiction is highest with 38%. Adult non-ficiton take second place with 13% while children's DVDs and adult audio books witnessed least number of loans with 1% and 2%.
Total number of loan having upward trend from 2007 to 2011. Started with 16000 in 2007. The number soaring to 21000 by the end of 2011. It faced a slight decline with 19000 in 2013 and recovered in coming years and peaked at the end of 2016 with 23000.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5
You cover all three visuals and provide a clear overview: adults form the largest membership group, fiction accounts for the biggest loan share, and loans peak in 2016. Most category figures are reported accurately, including the 38% shares for both fiction categories and the 13% for adult non-fiction. However, the age figures for young adults and older adults are reversed: the chart shows 15% and 12%, respectively. The trend description also misses the dip and recovery in detail, and the final figure of 23,000 is higher than the chart’s approximate 21,700. The response addresses the task well overall, but more precise reporting and fuller coverage of the fluctuations would strengthen it.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5
The response has a coherent overall structure, with an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the membership and loan data. This makes the main information easy to locate, and sequencing expressions such as “Overall,” “To begin with,” and “Secondly” help guide the reader. The final paragraph also follows the timeline from 2007 to 2016. However, some linking is mechanical, and the overview’s points are compressed together rather than clearly distinguishing membership patterns from loan trends. The trend paragraph would progress more clearly if it described the rise, decline, and recovery in sequence, using accurate year references. More precise connections between comparisons would make cohesion smoother.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use relevant vocabulary for describing charts, including “upward trend,” “slight decline,” “recovered,” “peaked,” and “category.” These choices show an attempt to vary language beyond basic repetition. However, several word choices and collocations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “highest number to attend library,” “old folks,” and “number of loan.” There are also spelling errors, including “ficiton” and “accumated,” and “soaring” overstates a modest increase. Aim for neutral, accurate chart language and check spelling carefully. Phrases such as “largest membership group” and “the total number of loans” would communicate the data more naturally and precisely.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the response is generally understandable. The overview and data paragraphs show some control of comparison and time references. However, errors in sentence structure and verb forms recur: “the number of loans took” needs a passive construction, while “Children takes” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. The fragment “Started with 16000 in 2007” also needs a subject and finite verb, and “Total number of loan having upward trend” is not a complete grammatical sentence. Articles and plurals are also inconsistent. Practise forming complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check agreement and tense when describing figures across years.
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