Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-06
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The chart and table below show the results of a survey of library users at a university.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Categories of library users
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The chart and table show the results of a survey of library users at university.
Overall, full time undergraduate students visited the highest followed by full time postgraduate students, while users who did less survey under academic staff section and distance learning of varieties of courses. In addition, library users very satisfied from helpfulness of staff and some users fairly satisfied of availability of less books in library followed by journals and reliability of wi-fi.
The users who did highest survey of library is full time undergraduate students and its 44% and second highest is full time postgraduate students is 25%, while partime users recorded less survey of library and its 16% which is third highest. In addition, the students who showed less interest under distance learning which provide you a variety of courses is 8% followed by academic staff users and its 7%.
Moreover, library users get satisfaction from librabry opening hours and its 65% and users who dont get satisfied from realiability of wifi connection and fairly satisfied of books.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the largest user group correctly (full-time undergraduates, 44%) and report the other category figures accurately, including full-time postgraduates at 25%, part-time postgraduates at 16%, distance learners at 8%, and academic staff at 7%. You also note that staff helpfulness and opening hours receive high satisfaction. However, the overview is unclear and some claims are unsupported or inaccurate: the chart shows proportions of user categories, not which users “did highest survey” or visited most. The satisfaction table is only partly covered; for example, helpfulness has 95% very satisfied, while books, journals and Wi-Fi have mixed ratings that are not clearly compared. A more complete summary of the table’s main contrasts would make the response address the task more fully.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic structure, with an opening, an overview and separate paragraphs for user categories and satisfaction. This gives the reader some sense of organisation, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “In addition” and “Moreover” show an attempt to connect ideas. However, progression is not consistently clear: the overview combines several points in a confusing sentence, and the final paragraph introduces satisfaction figures without explaining how they relate to one another. Repeated use of “In addition” and “while” does not always express a clear comparison. Group the category figures together, then compare the strongest and weakest satisfaction results, using references such as “this figure” only when their meaning is clear.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some task-related vocabulary, including “full-time undergraduate,” “satisfaction,” “availability” and “reliability,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several repeated or imprecise phrases make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “did highest survey of library” does not naturally describe a category’s share of users, and “less survey” is not an appropriate comparison. There are also spelling errors such as “partime,” “librabry” and “realiability.” Choose precise terms for proportions and ratings, and check spelling carefully. More accurate collocations would help you report the data clearly without relying on repeated wording such as “users” and “satisfied.”
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple and longer sentences, including comparisons with “while” and additions with “followed by.” However, complex sentences are often faulty, and errors in basic sentence structure frequently make relationships between ideas unclear. For example, “full time undergraduate students visited the highest followed by…” lacks a clear grammatical comparison, while “library users very satisfied from helpfulness” is missing a suitable verb and uses an incomplete construction. Articles, agreement and sentence boundaries also need attention. Practise forming complete clauses with a subject and verb, such as “Users were most satisfied with staff helpfulness,” and use consistent punctuation to separate distinct points. Greater control of these patterns would make your comparisons easier to understand.
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