Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 20 · 2026-11-03

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 4.0)

The charts provide a comparison of total numbers of loans over the period 2007 to 2016. Alonside, age of Little Chafont Library individuals and the number of loans taken by category.

Overall, it is clear that half the library members are adults and about 18 to 64 years old, adults more than 65 years old contributes the lowest.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies one relevant feature: adults aged 18–64 make up about half of the membership, which matches the chart. However, it gives only a very limited overview and does not report the other charts’ main information. In particular, it omits the loan-category shares and the trend in total loans, which rose overall from about 15,700 in 2007 to 21,700 in 2016 despite fluctuations. The statement that members over 65 contribute the lowest is broadly accurate, but the response does not give their share or compare the other age groups. The required minimum of 150 words is not met, leaving the task substantially incomplete. To improve, summarise all three visuals and support the overview with key figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence introduces the charts, followed by an overview beginning with “Overall”. This gives the reader a simple starting structure. However, the opening is fragmented, and “Alonside” introduces an incomplete sentence rather than connecting the chart descriptions clearly. The response also stops after the overview, so there is no progression into details or comparisons. Use a clear introduction, a concise overview, and separate detail paragraphs—for example, one for membership and loan categories and another for the decade-long trend. Linking expressions such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile” can help show relationships between the figures without leaving ideas unfinished.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant task vocabulary, including “total numbers of loans”, “period”, “library members”, and “category”, so its general subject is understandable. However, the range is narrow and several choices or spellings reduce precision. “Alonside” is misspelled, and “Little Chafont Library individuals” is an awkward way to refer to the membership figures; “Little Chalfont Library members” would be clearer. “Adults more than 65 years old” is understandable but less natural than “members aged 65 and over”. Aim for accurate chart language such as “accounted for”, “share”, and “fluctuated”, and use the exact labels from the visuals. More precise vocabulary would also make comparisons between categories easier to express.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both a longer introductory sentence and an overview sentence, and the main point about adults aged 18–64 can be understood. However, the first sentence is followed by “Alonside…” as a fragment, so the chart information is not expressed in a complete grammatical structure. In “adults more than 65 years old contributes the lowest”, the subject and verb do not agree, and the sentence lacks a clear noun after “the lowest”. The phrase “half the library members are adults and about 18 to 64 years old” also has an unclear grammatical relationship between “adults” and the age range. Practise complete sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check agreement and sentence boundaries. A wider range of accurate structures would help communicate comparisons.

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