Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-11

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 two diagrams present the information about the composition of library users and their satisfaction with various services.

Overall, the full-time undergraduate consist largest group with 44%, and significantly academic staff has the smallest group 7%. In terms of satisfcation, helpfulness of staff (95% very satisfied) and library satisfed has 65%. The availability of journals and reliabilty of wi-fi both has less rating.

Specifically, categoriess of library uesrs, full-time postgraduate 25%, post-time postgraduate has 16%, and distance learning 8%. the smallest portion has academic staff with 7%. The satisfaction of library users, helpfulness of staff highest with 95%, library opening hours 65% very satisfied, both has none expressing disatisfaction. The avaibility of books has half 50% and 10% not satisfied. The availability of journals has less rating with 45% satisfied and 20% negative feedback. similarly, reliability of wi-fi show the noteable disconent (19% not satisfied) and nearly to half 48% very satisfied, suggesting room for improvement but less urgency tha journals or wi-fi.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main user group accurately: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, while academic staff are the smallest group at 7%. You also select relevant satisfaction results, including staff helpfulness at 95% very satisfied and the absence of dissatisfaction with staff and opening hours. However, coverage is partial and some comparisons are unclear or inaccurate. For example, “library satisfed has 65%” does not clearly identify opening hours, and describing journals and Wi-Fi as having the “less rating” overlooks that books also receive only 50% very satisfied. The final comparison is confusing: Wi-Fi’s dissatisfaction is 19%, slightly below journals’ 20%, not more notable. A clearer overview and more precise reporting of the satisfaction categories would make the key features easier to understand.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about user categories and satisfaction. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is uneven: the overview repeats figures that are then repeated in the detail paragraph, while some points are difficult to connect, such as “library satisfed has 65%” and the final comparison of journals and Wi-Fi. Linking words such as “Specifically” and “similarly” are used, but the latter does not make the relationship between the two figures clear. Group the user proportions together, then compare satisfaction results in a logical order, and use explicit references to the service being discussed. This would reduce repetition and make the organisation more coherent.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “composition,” “satisfaction,” “availability,” and “negative feedback,” and you attempt to describe comparisons with phrases such as “largest group” and “smallest portion.” However, the range and control are limited, with several spelling errors and awkward or imprecise expressions that make parts of the report difficult to interpret. Examples include “satisfcation,” “categoriess,” “uesrs,” “disconent,” and “less rating.” “Library satisfed” is also not a clear way to name the opening-hours result. Use accurate terms such as “very satisfied,” “fairly satisfied,” and “not satisfied,” and check spelling carefully. More precise collocations would help you report the data without relying on vague phrases.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a sentence beginning “suggesting room for improvement,” but grammatical control is inconsistent. Errors in agreement and sentence construction occur in examples such as “the full-time undergraduate consist largest group” and “both has none expressing disatisfaction.” Articles and sentence boundaries are also problematic: “the smallest portion has academic staff” is an awkwardly formed clause, and “the smallest portion has academic staff with 7%. The satisfaction…” begins a new sentence without a clear grammatical link to the previous point. These errors sometimes make relationships between figures unclear. Practise forming complete comparison sentences with accurate subject–verb agreement, for example, “Full-time undergraduates constitute the largest group,” and check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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