Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-10-31

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 charts depict the information about a public libray in a town called Little Chalfont.

Overall, adults aged 18-64 were the dominat library memebers,fiction books were the most borrowed loans categories, and the number of loans increase significantly over ten year period.

Regarding the pie chart,adults aged 18-64 was accounted for 51 members followed by children at about 22 members. Moreover, young adults 13-17 was consisted of 15 members . Adults 65 and over three members less than young adults 13-17 at about 12 members.

According to table chart, children's fiction and adults fiction were the popular categories of loan at about 38% respectively. Furthermore, 13% of loan in adult non fiction and children's non-fiction were about 13% and 6% . In addition, the total loans by young adults and adult audio books remaines same around 2%. Children's DVDs was 1%.

The bar chart shows the total loans from 2007 and 2016.In 2007, there were about 15,000 this figure increase slightly at about 19,000 and remain stable 20,000 and 21,000. It reach at peak of about 22,000 in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all three visuals and give a relevant overview: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group, fiction leads the loan categories, and loans rise overall. Most figures are reported accurately, including the 51% adult membership share and the two 38% fiction categories. However, the trend description is too general: the line rises from about 15,700 to 19,000, fluctuates thereafter, and ends at about 21,700; saying it “remain stable 20,000 and 21,000” obscures those changes. Also, the overview’s claim that loans increased “significantly” is not fully supported by the relatively modest overall rise. Develop the key trend more precisely and distinguish the membership percentages from numbers of members.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs on membership, loan categories, and the trend. This makes the information easy to locate, and transitions such as “Regarding,” “Furthermore,” and “In addition” help signal the sequence. The overview also gives the reader a useful map of the main features. To make the progression more fluent, connect related comparisons rather than listing figures one by one, and use linking expressions more selectively. For example, the final paragraph compresses several years into “remain stable 20,000 and 21,000,” so the relationship between the intermediate fluctuations is unclear. More precise referencing and sentence boundaries would strengthen cohesion further.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “dominant,” “followed by,” “categories,” “remain,” and “peak,” and the reader can understand the main comparisons. There are also attempts to vary wording rather than repeat “show.” However, several spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision, such as “libray,” “memebers,” and “remaines.” Some collocations are awkward: “popular categories of loan” and “the total loans by young adults” do not express the intended ideas naturally. Use standard chart language such as “accounted for,” “share,” and “loan category,” and check spelling carefully. More precise verbs for the changing totals would also help distinguish a rise, a plateau, and a fluctuation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the overall meaning is generally recoverable. However, errors in verb forms and agreement occur in several sentences: “adults aged 18–64 was accounted for,” “young adults … was consisted,” and “this figure increase.” Articles and sentence construction also need attention, as in “reach at peak” and “there were about 15,000 this figure increase.” These errors sometimes make relationships between figures difficult to follow. Practise forming comparisons with accurate subjects and verbs—for example, “Adults aged 18–64 accounted for 51%”—and use past-tense verbs consistently when describing the 2016 data and historical trend. Clearer punctuation between clauses will improve accuracy.

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