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)

This report tells us about the age, loans catrgoeies and total number of loans availed from the library.

Overall, majority of the members in library are adult. the highest amount of loan is taken for the children's fiction book and adult fiction, the total number ot loans remain highest in 1026.

Firstly, four age groups can be seen in the library. Adults mark 51 percent of the members childerns 22, young adults ages aroung 13 to 17 are 15 percent and adults over 65 are the lowest aroung 12 percent.

Moreover, children's fiction book are the most loaned items about 38 percent with childern non-fiction and DVDs 6 and 2 percent respectively. Books for young adults remains at 2 percent, adult fiction stays the same as childern's fiction while adult non-fictiona and audio books have been loaned arounf 13 and 2 percent.

Last chart shows total number of loans in 9 years. In 2007 the lone was aproxmately 15,000 which kept growing till 2011 and marked 21,000 where it droped slightly to 19,000 in 2013 and started growing again marking 22,000 in 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all three visuals and provide a relevant overview: adults form the largest membership group, fiction leads the loan categories, and loans rise overall across the period. Most figures are reported accurately, including the 51% adult membership and the 38% shares for both fiction categories. However, the overview says loans were highest in “1026,” which is unclear, and the trend description misstates the 2013 figure as 19,000 rather than about 19,600. The category figures also confuse children’s DVDs (1%) with non-fiction (6%). The chart’s fluctuations are identified, but the overview and some details need more precise reporting to address the information consistently and fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by separate discussion of membership, loan categories, and the time series. This makes the three visuals easy to locate, and transitions such as “Firstly,” “Moreover,” and “Last chart” help signal the sequence. Some cohesion is mechanical, however, and the overview’s “the highest amount of loan” is not clearly linked to the later trend description. Within the category paragraph, several figures are packed into one sentence, making comparisons harder to follow. Use more precise linking and reference, and group related figures into shorter comparisons—for example, contrast the two 38% fiction categories before describing the smaller shares.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “age groups,” “total number of loans,” “fiction,” and “non-fiction,” so the main subject is generally clear. However, the range and control are limited by awkward or inaccurate expressions such as “loans availed,” “highest amount of loan,” and “the lone was.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “catrgoeies,” “aproxmately,” and “droped,” which reduce the polish of the report. Choose standard chart-reporting collocations and check spelling carefully. For example, describe loans as “the number of loans” and say that a category “accounted for” a share, rather than using less natural phrasing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more developed sentence forms, and the sequence of events in the final paragraph is mostly understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement, and sentence boundaries. For example, “the highest amount of loan is taken” has an awkward article and passive construction, while “children’s fiction book are” does not agree in number. The overview also begins “the highest…” after a full stop without a capital letter. Several long sentences join multiple comparisons without clear punctuation, as in the category paragraph. Aim for accurate, complete sentences and check subject–verb agreement, articles, and capitalisation while retaining a mix of sentence structures.

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