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 pie chart,table and bar graph illustrates, which age people were the member of library in 2016 and total loans by category in the same year also total loans taken from 2007 to 2016.

Overall, adults aged from 18-64 were the member of the little chalfont library which higher from other three ages of groups. Meanwhile, which categories are borrowed more and which less in 2016 also different amount of items loaned throughout the period.

Regarding to age, 51% adults were the member of the library in 2016 while second group of users was children at 22% and young adults and adults over 65 also participate respectively at 15% and 12%.

On the other hand, children's fiction and adult fiction borrowed equally at 38%, and adult non-fiction with 13% on the second place whereas, children's dvds loaned least at 1%. The borrowing trend commenced in 2007 with around 15,500 and fluctuat throughout the period and engs with.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main age-group pattern accurately: adults aged 18–64 make up the largest share at 51%, while the over-65 group is smallest at 12%. You also report the equal 38% shares for children’s and adult fiction and correctly identify children’s DVDs as the smallest category. However, the overview is vague, and the loans trend is not meaningfully summarised: the response says it “fluctuat[ed]” and ends with an unfinished phrase, rather than noting that loans generally rose from about 15,700 in 2007 to 21,700 in 2016, with some fluctuations. Several category figures are omitted, and the description of the chart set is not followed by a complete account of each. More precise coverage of the trend and key comparisons would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for membership and borrowing information. This gives the reader a basic route through the charts. However, progression is weakened by unclear or incomplete links between ideas. For example, the overview’s phrase “Meanwhile, which categories are borrowed more…” does not form a clear comparison, and “On the other hand” does not establish a meaningful contrast between the membership data and loan categories. The final sentence stops after “engs with,” leaving the time-series account unfinished. Use clearer topic sentences and connect each paragraph to a specific chart; then complete the trend description so the response has a coherent ending.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “members,” “categories,” “borrowed,” “fiction,” and “non-fiction,” and terms such as “respectively” help report figures efficiently. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, which makes parts of the report difficult to interpret. For instance, “which age people were the member” and “borrowed more and which less” are not natural ways to describe the data, while “participate” is unsuitable for library membership. There are also spelling errors, including “fluctuat” and “engs.” Aim for precise reporting verbs and standard collocations, such as “accounted for,” “represented,” and “the number of loans,” and proofread spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “which age people were the member” and a comparison using “while.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and some errors make the meaning unclear. The opening sentence has faulty clause structure and subject–verb agreement (“The pie chart, table and bar graph illustrates”), while “51% adults were the member” is missing an article and has incorrect number agreement. The overview also contains an incomplete construction, and the final sentence is unfinished. Work on articles, plural forms, agreement, and complete sentence boundaries. Building accurate short sentences first, then combining them with controlled clauses, will improve clarity.

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