Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-10

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 6.0)

The pie chart indicates the categories of library users.The library is mostly used by full time undergraduates and post graduates and they account for almost 70%. The rest of the library is used by part-time postgraduates, distance learning and academic staff. All of this indicates that that library is mostly used by students who are fully enrolled in the university.The table below the pie chart indicates the library user satisfaction of different aspects of a library.Users are mostly satisfied with the opening hours of the library and the kindness of the staff.However some users are worried due to some factors like sometimes there are not some books or journals available.The wifi of the library is also not that dependable.The library users who are most likely not satisfied with availibility of books and journal are post graduate students as they require alot of different types of books for their courses.While undergraduate students are probably not satisfied with the wifi as they are probably young and want to use the social media.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main user group accurately: full-time undergraduates (44%) and full-time postgraduates (25%) together make up 69%, which supports your point that the library is used mainly by fully enrolled students. You also select relevant satisfaction features, noting positive views of opening hours and staff and weaker views of books, journals and Wi-Fi. However, the overview is not sufficiently precise: the table shows staff helpfulness is especially high (95% very satisfied), while opening hours have 65% very satisfied; dissatisfaction is highest for journals (20%), not books (10%). The final claims about which student groups are dissatisfied and why are not supported by the data. Focus on reporting the figures and comparisons rather than speculating about users’ motives.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a generally understandable order, moving from the user categories to satisfaction, and it uses basic links such as “However” and “While” to signal contrast. This gives the reader an overall progression. However, the information is presented as one continuous block, so the two chart components are not clearly separated into paragraphs. Some links also connect ideas that the data cannot establish: the shift from satisfaction results to claims about postgraduate students’ needs and undergraduates’ social-media use weakens the logical progression. Improve cohesion by grouping the user profile and satisfaction findings separately, then use clear comparisons such as “By contrast” to relate the table’s figures. Check referencing and avoid repeating “the library” where a more precise subject is available.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough task-related vocabulary to communicate the main points, including “categories,” “satisfaction,” “opening hours,” “availability” and “dependable.” There are also attempts at more specific wording, such as “fully enrolled” and “account for.” However, several choices are informal or imprecise for an academic summary: “kindness of the staff” does not match the table’s measure of helpfulness, and “not that dependable” is conversational. “Worried” also describes an emotion rather than the reported satisfaction category. Spelling errors such as “availibility” and “alot” reduce accuracy. Use the chart’s terminology where possible, and choose neutral reporting language such as “dissatisfied” or “rated as reliable.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mixture of simple statements and more complex structures, including “While undergraduate students are probably not satisfied with the wifi…” and the clause beginning “as they require…”. Most of the meaning remains clear, which is a strength. Some errors in sentence boundaries and punctuation are noticeable: there is no space after full stops in “users.The” and “library.Users,” and the response runs several ideas together without clear paragraph breaks. There is also an unnecessary repetition in “that that library,” and the sentence beginning “The library users who are most likely not satisfied…” is awkwardly constructed. Aim for cleaner sentence boundaries and more direct grammatical patterns, for example, “Dissatisfaction was highest for journals.”

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