Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-02

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 5.5)

The chart and bar graph compares the propotions of library users by the age at little chalfont library, and loan taken for different categories and their total numbers of loans from 2007 - 2016.

Overall the highest number of frequent user at library age between 18-64 and the lowest adults 65 and over, Whereas as by far largest shared of loans invested in children fiction and Adult fictions and lowest invested in Children DVDs.

Age between 18-64 significantly higher users of library with 51%, the half of it Followed by children at 22%.

young adults 13-17 were at 15% and lowest users adult 65 and above were 12%.

Meanwhile 38% of loans taken for children,s fictions and adult fictions, as the third adult non-fiction 13% however children non-fiction 6% while adult audio books and young adult at 2% and lowest children DvD,s 1%.

However in 2007 library took above 15000 loans and and next few years it went ups and down and exceeded above 20000 in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three visuals and identify several important features: adults aged 18–64 form the largest membership group (51%), fiction accounts for the largest loan shares (38% each for children’s and adult fiction), and children’s DVDs are the smallest category (1%). The figures for the age groups and loan categories are accurately reported. Your overview also recognises the leading and smallest groups. However, the loans trend is only described as going “ups and down”; it would be clearer to report that loans rose overall from about 15,700 in 2007 to 21,700 in 2016, despite fluctuations, and peaked at roughly 21,200 in 2015 before the final rise. This trend is less fully addressed than the other visuals, limiting the completeness of the summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable sequence: an introduction, an overview, details about membership and loan categories, and a final sentence on total loans. This gives the reader some overall organisation. However, the progression is weakened by placing the time-series information in a brief final sentence, with little connection to the preceding comparisons. Linking words such as “Overall,” “Meanwhile” and “However” are used, but some do not express a clear relationship between ideas, and the overview sentence is difficult to follow. Group the information into clearer paragraphs and use transitions to show how each chart relates to the summary. For example, introduce the loan trend as a separate detail paragraph and describe its overall rise before noting the fluctuations.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “proportions,” “categories,” “non-fiction” and “loans,” and the reader can generally identify the intended comparisons. However, a limited range of collocations and noticeable word-form and spelling errors reduce precision. Phrases such as “highest number of frequent user,” “largest shared of loans invested in” and “loans taken for” are not natural ways to describe the data. “Propotions,” “fictions” and “Dvd,s” also show inconsistent spelling or forms. Aim for accurate chart language such as “largest proportion of members,” “accounted for 38% of loans” and “the total number of loans.” More precise vocabulary would make the comparisons easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the main figures are usually understandable. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and errors in agreement, articles, tense and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “The chart and bar graph compares” has a plural subject with a singular verb, while “Age between 18-64 significantly higher users” lacks a complete grammatical structure. The overview beginning “Overall the highest number…” also combines ideas without a clear sentence pattern. There are some successful basic clauses, such as “young adults 13-17 were at 15%,” but greater control is needed when joining comparisons. Practise complete subject–verb clauses and use consistent past-tense reporting for the 2016 data.

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