Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)
The pie chart shows the categories of library users. There are multiple categories of users having different percentages.
Overall, Full-time undergraduate shows the highest percentage of 44. The other areas of uners are slightly decrease and the lowest is 7 which indicates the academic staff.
Looking at the details, After the highest 44%, full-time postgraduate is the next higest category having 25%. The next categories are part-time postgraduate and distance learning having 16 and 8 percent respectively. The most lowest area is academic staff with a 7%.
By contrast, the under neat table shows the user satisfaction. 65% is very satisfied while 35% is fairly satisfied at library opening hours. Moreover, 95% is satisfied and 5% if fairly satisfied at helpfulness of staff. Accordingly 50% is satisfied and fairly is 40%, 45% is satisfied while 35% is fairly satisfied and lastly 48% is satisfied and 33% if fairly satisfied representing the availability of books, availability of journals and reliability of wi-fi respectively. The uncover percentages are not satisfied.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
You cover both the user categories and satisfaction table, and your overview correctly identifies full-time undergraduates as the largest group and academic staff as the smallest. The category figures are also reported accurately. However, the satisfaction section is less complete: you give the very/fairly satisfied figures for each area, but leave the not-satisfied results vague with “The uncover percentages,” rather than reporting the meaningful differences, such as 20% for journals and 19% for wi-fi. The table also shows staff helpfulness as 95% very satisfied, not simply “satisfied.” To strengthen the response, summarise the main satisfaction pattern explicitly—for example, staff helpfulness receives the strongest approval, while journals attract the most dissatisfaction—and report the key contrasts clearly.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it introduces the charts, gives an overview, describes the user categories, and then turns to satisfaction. This makes the two sources of information easy to distinguish. Some linking is mechanical or unclear, however. “By contrast” does not express a clear contrast between the pie chart and table, and “Accordingly” does not show the relationship between the satisfaction figures that follow. The final sentence, “The uncover percentages are not satisfied,” is also difficult to connect to the preceding data. Use clearer transitions such as “Turning to satisfaction” and group the table results by their main pattern, rather than listing several figures in one long sentence.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use relevant task vocabulary, including “categories,” “percentage,” “satisfaction,” and “availability,” so the topic is generally clear. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate or repetitive expressions weaken precision. “The other areas of users are slightly decrease” is not a natural way to describe the category shares, while “the most lowest area” repeats the same meaning. There are also spelling errors such as “uners” and “higest,” and “uncover percentages” does not communicate the intended idea. Aim for precise chart language and check spelling; terms such as “accounted for,” “share,” and “dissatisfied” would help you describe the data more naturally.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the main category figures can usually be understood. However, grammatical control is uneven, particularly in the longer table sentence. For example, “The other areas of users are slightly decrease” has an incorrect verb construction, and “95% is satisfied and 5% if fairly satisfied” contains an incorrect verb form and an unclear structure. The sentence beginning “Accordingly 50% is satisfied…” also combines several comparisons without clear grammatical links. Use complete, parallel clauses—for example, “For opening hours, 65% were very satisfied, while 35% were fairly satisfied”—and check agreement, verb forms, and punctuation when joining comparisons.
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