Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The pie chart and table compares the results of survey of library users at a university. According to there, categories and satisfaction of library users.

Overall, the full-time undergraduate and postgraduate library users are higher while other three categories are lower. The percentage library user satisfaction is higher in helpfulness of staff with the lower fairly satisfied in them and having 0 not satisfied.

The categories of library users are higher in full-time undergraduate, and full-time postgraduate with 44% and 25% respectively. While the percentage of part-time postgraduate is 16% which is the half of Distance learning with having percentage of 8%. However, Academic staff is the 7% which is lower in all of the trends.

The percentage of library user satisfaction are divided in three level. The number of very satisfied are higher in helpfulness of staff and library opening hours with 95% and 65% and the fairly satisfied is 35% and 5% with the 0% not satisfied in both. Furthermore, the user who are very, fairly and not satisfied in availabilty of books are 50%, 40% and 10%. While the percenatge of availability of journals and reliability of wifi in all there level are almost near to 45%, 35% and 20%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main user groups and report the key figures accurately: full-time undergraduates are the largest group at 44%, while academic staff are the smallest at 7%. You also cover all five satisfaction categories and highlight the strong result for staff helpfulness and the absence of dissatisfaction with opening hours and staff. This gives the response a relevant overview and addresses both visuals. However, some comparisons are unclear or incomplete. For example, saying part-time postgraduate users are “the half” of distance learners reverses the relationship: 16% is twice 8%. The final comparison also treats journals and Wi-Fi as almost identical, although their satisfaction figures differ, particularly for dissatisfaction (20% versus 19%). Make the overview more precise and select comparisons that clearly reflect the data.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories, and one on satisfaction. This helps the reader follow the two visuals, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “However” show an attempt to connect ideas. Some cohesion is nevertheless mechanical or unclear. The opening ends with the fragment “According to there, categories and satisfaction of library users,” which does not establish a complete relationship between the visuals. In the category paragraph, “While” begins a sentence that is not fully connected to the preceding point, and “in all there level” makes the final comparison difficult to follow. Use complete sentences and clearer references, and group the satisfaction comparisons so the progression between items is easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “categories,” “percentage,” “very satisfied,” and “not satisfied,” so the reader can generally understand the subject and reported figures. There is also some effort to vary wording with phrases such as “divided in three level.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, which limits precision: “higher” is used where “largest share” or “highest proportion” would be more natural, and “the half of Distance learning” does not express the intended comparison. “According to there” is also an unsuitable phrase, while “availabilty” and “percenatge” contain spelling errors. Aim for accurate chart-reporting expressions and check spelling; for example, distinguish “twice as high as” from “half of.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main figures are usually understandable despite some grammatical errors. However, errors occur in basic sentence construction and agreement. The opening, “The pie chart and table compares,” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and “results of survey” is missing an article. “According to there, categories and satisfaction of library users” is a sentence fragment. There are also problems with plural forms and agreement in “The number of very satisfied are higher” and “the user who are.” Some clauses beginning with “While” are left as fragments, and punctuation does not always make the relationships between ideas clear. Practise complete comparative sentences and check articles, subject–verb agreement, and singular/plural forms when editing.

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