Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-14

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 demonstrate the perfomance of a study center at a university.

Overall, the portion of full time ungraduated is highest. On the other hand the lowest is academic staff.

Firstly, the satisfaction of libaray opening hours is 65%, while fairly satisfied are 35% and not satisfied are non. The helpfulness of staff is top of satisfaction then others, is 95% and fairly are only 5%, then not satisfied are 0%. Moreover the availability of books satisfaction is 50% and fairly satisfied are 40%, however not satisfied are 10%. Furthermore, availability of journals satisfaction is 45%, while the farily satisfied are 35% and not are 20%. Although the reliabilty of wifi satifaction is 48% then farily are 33% and not are 19%.

Secondly, the categaroies of library users which are ungraduated is 44%, while full time postgraduate are 25% and part time are 16%.Furthermore, the distance learning is 8%. Lastly the lowest percentage is of acadmic staff which is 7%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report the main figures from both parts of the visual, including the largest user group (full-time undergraduates, 44%), the smallest (academic staff, 7%), and satisfaction results such as staff helpfulness (95% very satisfied) and opening hours (65%). This gives the reader relevant coverage. However, the overview is limited to user categories and does not summarise the main satisfaction pattern. A clearer overview could note that helpfulness of staff received the strongest approval, while journals had the highest dissatisfaction. The opening description also calls the visual a chart of a study centre’s “performance,” which misrepresents its subject: it shows library-user categories and satisfaction. Some comparisons are listed rather than interpreted, so the key features are only partly developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure, moving from an overview to satisfaction figures and then user categories. Sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Moreover,” and “Secondly” help signal this order. However, the progression is not fully logical: the overview mentions user categories, but the response then discusses satisfaction before returning to categories. The repeated “then,” “while,” and “Furthermore” often connect figures mechanically rather than showing meaningful relationships, and the satisfaction results form a long sequence in one paragraph. Grouping the satisfaction data together and the user categories separately, with a concise overview first, would make the organisation clearer. Some links are also awkward, as in “then others,” which makes the intended comparison difficult to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “satisfaction,” “availability,” “reliability,” and “percentage,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being described. However, the range is limited and several word-choice or spelling problems reduce precision: “performance” does not describe what the visual measures, “ungraduated” is not the correct term for undergraduate students, and “not satisfied are non” is an unclear way to report zero dissatisfaction. There are also repeated misspellings, including “libaray,” “farily,” “reliabilty,” and “acadmic.” Use accurate labels from the chart and vary reporting language—for example, “accounted for,” “recorded,” or “the proportion of users”—while checking spelling and standard collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with linking clauses, for example, “The helpfulness of staff is top of satisfaction then others, is 95%...” and “Although the reliabilty of wifi satifaction is 48% then farily are 33%...” These attempts show some range, but sentence construction is often faulty, and several clauses lack a clear grammatical relationship. Subject–verb agreement is incorrect in “The pie chart demonstrate,” while phrases such as “fairly satisfied are 35%” omit a clear subject or noun. The opening overview also uses incomplete comparative structures (“the lowest is academic staff”). Build sentences around clear subjects and verbs, such as “The proportion of users who were very satisfied with staff helpfulness was 95%,” and use punctuation to separate comparisons.

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