Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-14

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 depicts the results of a survey of library users at a university and table demonstrate the satisfaction level of a library user.

Overall, categorious of library user; academic staff, full-time undergraduate, full-time postgraduate, part-time postgraduate, and distance learning. from all of these categories the highest amount of labrary users are from full-time undergraduates and the lowest amount of users are the academic staff. moreover, lot of people are satisfied with the helplessness of staff in the library.

In term of large amount of library users, full-time undergarduate at 44%, full- time postgraduate makes up 25% to almost half of the full-time undergraduate, and part-time postgarduates has a 16% of contribution to te users of library. The least amount of people who use the library are the academic staff at7% and distance learning students at 8%.

Meanwhile, the table illusrate the satisfaction level of library users. most of the people are very satisfied helpfulness of staff which is 95% and 5% are fairly satisfied not a single person who is not satisfied which 0%, library opening hours 65% of people are satisfies and 0% not satisfied and 35% fairly satisfied, availibility of journals and reliabilty of wi-fi almost the same amount of people satisfied; 45% and 48%, but here 20% of people are not satisfied with the availabile journals, and 19% are not satisfied with wi-fi service.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response successfully covers all parts of the prompt by summarising both the pie chart and the table. The student identifies the main features, such as the highest and lowest categories of library users (full-time undergraduates at 44% and academic staff at 7%) and reports satisfaction levels from the table, noting that 95% of users are very satisfied with the helpfulness of staff. Data is cited accurately to make relevant comparisons, such as noting that full-time postgraduates make up 25%, which is almost half of the undergraduate figure. However, the development of some data points is slightly brief, and some numbers could be integrated more smoothly. Overall, the requirements of the task are addressed adequately, placing this performance solidly within the band 6 descriptor range.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is arranged into four paragraphs, providing a coherent overall structure that moves from an introduction to body paragraphs detailing the categories and satisfaction levels. However, coherence is hindered by mechanical referencing and punctuation issues, such as missing capitalisation at the beginnings of sentences and names (e.g., 'table demonstrate', 'in term of', 'undergarduate'). Transitional phrases like 'In term of' and 'Meanwhile' are used, but logical progression between sentences occasionally breaks down due to run-on phrasing and missing conjunctions. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion is sometimes faulty. These limitations align closely with the band 5 descriptor.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, allowing the student to report percentages and basic categories ('academic staff', 'full-time undergraduate', 'satisfaction level'). There are several attempts to use less common vocabulary or paraphrasing, but these are often marred by spelling and word choice errors, such as 'categorious', 'labrary', 'undergarduate', 'postgarduates', and 'availibility'. Some phrases are awkward or unnatural, such as 'helplessness of staff' instead of 'helpfulness'. While meaning is generally conveyed, the frequent lexical inaccuracies and spelling mistakes prevent the response from reaching a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and comparative structures. However, grammatical accuracy is weak throughout the text. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement and tense consistency, such as 'table demonstrate' and 'part-time postgarduates has a 16% of contribution'. Punctuation is largely neglected, with missing periods and commas leading to run-on sentences, such as the sentence starting with 'In term of large amount...'. Furthermore, articles and prepositions are frequently misused or omitted. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader, fitting the band 5 criteria.

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