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 pie chart and the table explains the percentage of survey of library users at the university campus.

Overall the Full-time undergraduate students spent most of the time in the library followed by full-time postgraduate students. The academic staff spent less time in library. Most of the students were not satisfied from availability of the journals while fully satisfied from helpfulness of the staff.

More than 70 percent students in the library are full time bachelor and master students followed by part time post graduates which is 16 percent while distance learning and academic staff accounts for eight percent and seven percent respectively.

Ninety five percent library user fully satisfied from helpfulness of staff followed by library opening hours which accounts for 65 percent. 50 percent of the the library user were not satisfied from availability of book journals and Reliability of Wi-Fi. Fairly satisfaction was 40 percent from the availability of books.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main user group correctly: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, followed by full-time postgraduates at 25%, and you note the smaller shares for part-time postgraduates, distance learners and academic staff. You also select useful satisfaction results, especially the 95% very satisfied with staff helpfulness and 65% with opening hours. However, the overview misreads the chart by saying users “spent most of the time” in the library; it shows user categories, not time spent. The claim that most students were not satisfied with journals is also inaccurate: 20% were dissatisfied, while 45% were very satisfied. The statement about 50% not satisfied with books and Wi-Fi confuses satisfaction categories with the figures for very satisfied. Report the table’s comparisons more precisely and avoid unsupported conclusions.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs reporting the user categories and satisfaction figures. This gives the reader a basic route through the information, and comparisons such as staff helpfulness versus opening hours are relevant. However, the progression is weakened by mixing chart categories with time spent and by grouping books and Wi-Fi in a way that obscures which figures belong to which measure. The final paragraph also moves between very satisfied, not satisfied and fairly satisfied without a consistent comparison pattern. Use one paragraph for the user profile and another for satisfaction, and organise the latter by the strongest and weakest results. Clearer links between each figure and its category would make the cohesion less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “accounts for,” “availability,” and “reliability,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, which limits precision. For example, “spent most of the time in the library” does not describe the user-category chart, and “fully satisfied from” is not a natural way to express satisfaction. “Fairly satisfaction” also uses the wrong form, while “full time bachelor and master students” is imprecise for the categories shown. Aim for accurate terms such as “share,” “very satisfied with,” and “full-time undergraduate students.” More consistent use of the table’s exact labels would improve clarity and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more developed sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and comparisons using “followed by.” The main information is usually understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. In the opening, “The pie chart and the table explains” has a subject–verb agreement error; the plural subject requires “explain.” Articles and plural forms are also inconsistent, as in “in library” and “50 percent of the the library user.” The phrase “students … are full time bachelor and master students” needs a clearer grammatical construction, and “while fully satisfied” lacks a complete parallel clause. Check agreement, articles, and sentence completeness, and use a wider range of accurately controlled comparisons to strengthen the response.

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