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 illustrates about a public library in a city which is called Little Chalfont.

Overall, the pie chart shows the age of library members, whereas the table depicts the proportion of total loans by seven categories, and the bar chart demonstrate the total number of loans between 2007 and 2016.

The pie chart illustrate the library members age, and they diveded into four age groups. More than a half perchent of members were adults and their age was between 18-64, the 2nd possitions was hold by the childrens, adults 65 and over was only 12%, and young adults was 15%.

The table demonstrated the total loans by seven categories such as children's fiction, children's non-fiction, children's DVDs, young adults, adult fiction, adult non-fiction, and adult audio books. Hence, the children's fiction and adult fiction was in the top 38%, adult non-fiction was 13%, and the lowest one was childrens dvds.

The bar chart depict that whole number of loans between 2007 and 2016. The chart followed upward trend with some slight fluctuations. Initially, in 2007 the number was just over 15000, in 2008 to 2009 it rose and stable, after rising two years it fall in 2013 around19000. From 2014 it again strat to rise and rechead at the peak in 2016 approxmately 22000.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all three visuals and provide a relevant overview, identifying the adult age group as the largest and noting that loans generally increased with fluctuations. Several figures are reported accurately: adults aged 18–64 account for 51%, both fiction categories make up 38%, and loans rise from just over 15,000 to about 22,000. However, some details are unclear or incomplete. Calling children the second-largest membership group is correct, but the description does not give their 22% share, and the lowest loan category is not identified precisely: children’s DVDs and young adults are both 1% and 2% respectively, with DVDs the lowest. The trend description also says loans rose for two years before falling, which does not clearly capture the year-by-year pattern. Select and report key figures more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the membership, loan categories, and loan trend. This makes the information easy to locate, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Initially” help signal the structure. The organisation is coherent, though some linking is mechanical or unclear. For example, “Hence” does not express a clear relationship between the list of categories and the figures that follow, while “after rising two years it fall” makes the sequence of years difficult to follow. The overview also describes the chart types rather than bringing the main comparisons together. To strengthen progression, group related figures and use precise time references, such as “from 2008 to 2010” and “after a dip in 2013.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “categories,” “fluctuations,” “upward trend,” and “peak,” so the reader can understand the subject and broad patterns. However, word choice, spelling, and collocation errors are noticeable and sometimes make the account less precise. Examples include “the 2nd possitions was hold,” “the chart followed upward trend,” and “rechead at the peak.” “Whole number of loans” is also not a natural way to describe the total. Aim for accurate, conventional reporting phrases and check spelling carefully. Replacing informal or imprecise expressions with terms such as “accounted for,” “remained stable,” and “reached a high of” would make the description clearer and more appropriate for an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including the overview clause “whereas the table depicts…” and the trend sentence “The chart followed upward trend with some slight fluctuations.” The main meaning is generally recoverable, but errors occur across sentence structures, agreement, articles, and verb forms. For instance, “The charts illustrates” has a plural subject with a singular verb, while “the children's fiction and adult fiction was” needs plural agreement. In “the number … it fall,” the verb form is incorrect, and several sentences omit articles, as in “followed upward trend.” These errors sometimes make relationships between events harder to follow. Practise checking subject–verb agreement and past-tense forms, and build accurate complex sentences around comparisons and changes over time.

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