Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-12

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 and table illustrates the results of a study of different categories of library users and their average of satisfaction level at a university. Overall, full-time undergraduates are significantly higher in users category, whereas academic staff is least using library facility at a university.

In terms of users, full-time college going students are at the highest user in university at 44%. Full-time masters degree students are at second most user of library, about 25% users are postgraduate. Part-time postgraduate scholers are 16%, distance learning of all courses students around 8%, and the lowest user is academic staff at 7% using library facility at a university.

In library opening hours, 65% people is very satisfied and 35% people fairly satisfied. Library users are most satisfied with helpfulness of staff about 95% people marked very satisfied and only 5% people marked fairly happy. Availability of books, 50% people is very pleased 40% fairly happy and 10% users are not happy with this. Availability of journals is the lowest in list of very pleased by this facility at 45% marked it very satisfied, 35% fairly satisfied and 20% very unhappy with this. people with Wi-fi connection 48% very happy, 33% less happy, 19% very disappointed with this.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both the user categories and satisfaction results, and the main figures are generally accurate. The overview identifies full-time undergraduates as the largest group and academic staff as the smallest, while the details correctly report the 44%, 7%, and most satisfaction percentages. You also highlight the strong result for staff helpfulness and the comparatively lower ratings for journals. This gives the response a clear, relevant account of the data. However, the overview could summarise the satisfaction pattern more explicitly—for example, that helpfulness received the highest very-satisfied rating, while journals had the largest dissatisfied share. Some descriptions, such as calling journals the “lowest” without specifying the measure, are less precise. A sharper overview and more consistently exact comparisons would strengthen coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by a paragraph on user categories and one on satisfaction. This makes the two parts of the visual easy to locate, and phrases such as “In terms of users” and “In library opening hours” help signal shifts. The sequence of categories and satisfaction measures is also generally logical. However, the satisfaction paragraph reads partly as a list, with repeated sentence openings and limited comparison between items. Some links are abrupt, particularly the move from journals to wi-fi, and the final sentence begins with a lowercase “people.” To improve progression, group the satisfaction results by contrast—for instance, the strongest ratings versus the weaker ratings—and use concise linking phrases to show those relationships.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough task-related vocabulary to communicate the main information, including “full-time undergraduates,” “postgraduate,” “very satisfied,” and “availability of journals.” There is also some attempt to vary evaluative language, such as “very pleased” and “very disappointed.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural for describing survey data: “full-time college going students,” “second most user,” and “lowest in list of very pleased” do not express the comparisons idiomatically. “Scholers” is misspelled, and switching among “fairly happy,” “less happy,” and “fairly satisfied” makes the response less consistent. Prefer standard chart-reporting terms such as “accounted for,” “the second-largest group,” and “dissatisfied,” while keeping the satisfaction labels consistent with the table.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the reader can usually understand the intended comparisons. Nevertheless, errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction are frequent enough to make some sentences awkward. For example, “The pie chart and table illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “full-time undergraduates are significantly higher in users category” is not formed correctly. In “65% people is very satisfied,” the percentage phrase needs a suitable noun and plural agreement. Several entries are fragments, including “Availability of books, 50% people is very pleased,” and punctuation around these list-like statements is inconsistent. Practise complete sentences with clear subjects, such as “Sixty-five per cent of users were very satisfied with the opening hours,” and check agreement and articles in each clause.

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