Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-30

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 5.0)

This piechart and a bar graph that is given below demonstrates data about a public library in a town called Little Chalfont.by summarizing the information by selecting and addressing specific points and making comparisons where relevant.

In the overview of piechart, in 2016,the little chalfont library had a different numbers of members , and mention with their ages by gender like childhren,young adults 13-17,adults 18-64, adults 65 and above and they all are shown with a specific colour of boxes with them. piechart show major portions for adults that are 51%,wile children are about 22% from the rest of the other two young adults and adults over 65 and more. the rest of the other are 12 to 15%There is also a loan category in total so its information is given in a table.

In the bar graph there is a range in years from 2007 to 2016 where the total number of loans taken, so in comparison to other years 2007 has a loan of 15,000 from rest of other years that is less,but moving forward from 2009 to 2012 and [redacted phone] have same quantity of loan,2013 is also different from the other its less but [redacted phone] are in the range of less than 20,000 of loan. thats the whole point that a graph represent

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the three visual elements and report some relevant features, including the largest membership group (adults aged 18–64) and the low loan total in 2007. However, the response only partially summarises the data and does not give a clear, accurate overview of the main patterns. The membership figures are percentages, but the text calls them “numbers”; it also says the remaining age groups are “12 to 15%,” overlooking that young adults are 15% and those aged 65 and over are 12%. The loan-category table is mentioned but not described, so its key pattern—that children’s and adult fiction each account for 38%—is missing. Several trend statements are unclear or inaccurate, such as saying 2008–2009 were below 20,000. Select the main comparisons and report them precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response by visual: the membership chart and table are discussed first, followed by the loan graph. This gives the reader some sense of the task’s structure. However, the ideas do not progress clearly within those sections, and there is no distinct, concise overview of the main features. Long, loosely connected sentences—particularly the second paragraph—combine several points without showing how they relate. Linking phrases such as “in comparison to other years” and “moving forward” are used, but the comparisons that follow are difficult to interpret. The ending, “thats the whole point that a graph represent,” does not provide a useful summary. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and details, and group related figures into clear comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “members,” “loan category,” “total number of loans,” and “comparison,” so the reader can recognise the subject. The range is nevertheless limited, and several expressions are imprecise or repetitive, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “different numbers of members” is vague, while “same quantity of loan” does not clearly describe the yearly totals. “Piechart” and “bar graph” are understandable, but the response would benefit from accurate chart language such as “proportion,” “accounted for,” “rose,” and “fluctuated.” There are also spelling and word-form problems, including “childhren” and “summarizing.” Aim for precise terms and natural collocations rather than repeating general words such as “other” and “different.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “where” and “but,” but these are often not controlled successfully. For instance, “This piechart and a bar graph … demonstrates” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and the opening sentence becomes difficult to parse because it joins the task description to “by summarizing” without a clear grammatical structure. Other examples include “the little chalfont library had a different numbers” and “2007 has a loan,” where number agreement and tense choices are inaccurate. Sentence boundaries and punctuation are also inconsistent, with missing spaces after full stops and several run-on constructions. These errors sometimes obscure the intended comparisons. Practise writing shorter, complete sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while checking agreement, articles, tense, and punctuation.

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