Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-13
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 5.0)
The pie and table charts explain the outcome of the proportions of very satified, failly satisfied and not satisfied students in the university's library while showing us the type pf sutents we can find there.
Overall, ve can see majority of students who spent their time studying there who spent their time studying there are full time undergrade students with the percentage of 44%. After this about 25% of the individuals are full time post graduates working on their thesis and projects. We can see 16% of the people there are part time postgraduates while, only 7-8% of them are either academic staff or some people enrolled in distance learning courses.
However, we can see about 65% of the students are very satisfied with the opening timings of the library but 35% of people finds in inconvenient.
About 95% of the individuals finds the staff working there very helpfe whle only 5% of the people seems be partly satisfied with them. With the availability of the books for students there about 50% of them are very satisfied with the collection and 40% seems to be okay with it and 10% of these students don't like that at all. It also shows that about 45-48% of the students there are happy with the availability of the journals and wifi there therefore, 33-35% of them were fairly satisfied with it but 19-20% students were not satisfied at all
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response attempts to cover both the pie chart and the table by summarising the categories of library users and their satisfaction levels. However, the student struggles with accurate data reporting, especially regarding the percentage ranges and specific categories, often blurring the details (e.g., stating 'about 45-48%' and '33-35%'). While the main features are touched upon—such as full-time undergraduates forming the majority at 44%—some data interpretation is vague or incomplete, lacking a comprehensive comparison of all available figures. This places the response comfortably at Band 5.0 for Task Achievement, as it addresses the task partially and contains noticeable inaccuracies in data representation.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is organized into paragraphs, attempting an overall structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, and concluding thoughts. However, progression is somewhat disjointed. While cohesive devices like 'Overall' and 'However' are used, referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 've can see majority of students who spent their time studying there who spent their time studying there'). Paragraphing is initiated, but the body of the text feels clumped together without clear, logical separation of the different data sets from the chart and table. Cohesive devices are sometimes mechanical or repetitive, leading to an overall score of 5.0 for Coherence and Cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a limited but minimally adequate range of vocabulary for this task, using terms such as 'proportion', 'postgraduates', and 'availability'. However, there are frequent spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, such as 'satified' for satisfied, 'failly' for fairly, 'type pf sutents' for type of students, 'undergrade' for undergraduate, and 'helpfe' for helpful. These errors and typos are noticeable and occasionally cause slight difficulty for the reader. The lexical range lacks the flexibility and precision required for higher bands, justifying a band score of 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response shows a mix of simple and some attempted complex sentence forms, such as 'Overall, ve can see majority of students who spent their time studying there who spent their time studying there are full time undergrade students with the percentage of 44%.' However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring repetitive phrasing, missing articles, and subject-verb agreement errors (e.g., 'individuals finds', 'people finds in inconvenient', 'percent of the people seems be'). The frequent errors in grammar and punctuation can cause some difficulty for the reader, aligning with the Band 5.0 descriptors for Grammatical Range and Accuracy.
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