Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-13

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 given pie chart and table chat illustrate information about university's library users in different categories and their satisfaction in percentages.

Overall, according to pie chart five categories of students are using library. The academic staff are the least users of library. However, full-time undergraduates are the highest users. According to table chart, users are mostly satisfied with the library's staff and the least satisfied in wifi service.

The pie chart shows the categories of library users, full-time undergraduate, full-time postgraduate, part-time postgraduate. distance learning of all courses and academic staff. Whereas, full-time undergraduate students are the highest as library users, accounted 44%. However, academic staff students are the least users of library,only 7%. Remain three categories of user are accounted 8% distance learning, 16%part-time postgraduate, 25% full-time postgraduate.

the table chart depicts user's satisfaction in percentage. Regarding helpfulness of staff, with 95% users are very satisfied, where only 5 % are fairly satisfied. Similarly, library opening hours, with 65% users are satisfied, remaining 35% are fairly satisfied. Moreover, other services such as availability books, availability journals and wifi are very satisfied, and accounted 50%, 45%, 48% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main user groups and correctly report the largest share (full-time undergraduates, 44%) and smallest (academic staff, 7%), while also noting the strong satisfaction with staff helpfulness. This gives the response a relevant overview and covers both visuals. However, the satisfaction summary is incomplete and partly inaccurate: you say users are least satisfied with Wi-Fi, but journals have the highest dissatisfaction (20%, compared with 19% for Wi-Fi). The final sentence also groups books, journals and Wi-Fi as “very satisfied” without reporting their fairly satisfied or not satisfied proportions, so the comparisons are underdeveloped. Include the key contrast that staff helpfulness leads in very satisfied responses, while journals receive the most negative ratings.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories and one on satisfaction. This logical grouping makes the two visuals easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “However” and “Moreover” help signal relationships. The organisation is coherent, but progression within the satisfaction paragraph is less effective: it gives detailed figures for two services, then compresses the remaining three into one broad statement, omitting important comparisons. Some transitions are also mechanical or unclear, particularly “Whereas” at the start of a sentence and the repeated “According to” phrasing. To strengthen cohesion, group the satisfaction data by contrast—for example, staff and opening hours versus books, journals and Wi-Fi—and use references that clearly connect each comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “categories,” “satisfaction,” “helpfulness,” and “availability,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or repetitive: “table chart” is not a natural label, “highest users” should describe the largest user group or proportion, and “are very satisfied” is used where you mean that a percentage of respondents gave that rating. “Wifi service” is also less precise than “Wi-Fi reliability.” Repeated use of “users” and “satisfied” limits flexibility, while errors such as “accounted 44%” weaken naturalness. Aim for precise reporting phrases such as “accounted for,” “represented,” and “rated the service very satisfactory,” while keeping the wording concise and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the main information is usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, especially with articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “about university's library users” needs an article or possessive structure, and “The academic staff are the least users” is not a well-formed comparison. The fragment “Whereas, full-time undergraduate students…” does not connect grammatically to a main clause, while “with 95% users are very satisfied” combines incompatible structures. There are also punctuation and spacing problems, such as “library,only” and inconsistent spacing around percentages. Use complete clauses and check patterns such as “95% of users were very satisfied” and “the figure accounted for 44%.”

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