Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-16
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 chart and table data represents the survery of categoires of library users and their how statified they are with facilities at a university. Overall, full-time undergradute studnts are access the library more offent and majorties of users find staff helpfull.
Firstly, full-time becholr students are 44% of the total users of library, followed by the full-time masters students access the library have 25%. part time postgraduate students are contrubuting 16% as user, whereas online students from all faclities are only 8% amoung the all, but scholors are only 7% which make them lowest among all.
with the opeing hours 65% users are very satisfied and 35% are fairly statisfied, so no one is unsatisfed about the opeing times. Helpfulness of staff is where 95% users are very stafied and only 5% failry staisted. Book avavilibity where 50% users are very satisfied and 40% fairly satisfed and only 10% not satified. Availability of journals where 20% users are not statifed highest among all, 35% are failry staisfed and 45% very stafied. Reliabilty of wifi where 48% users are staifed and 33% are farilya nd 19% not satisfied.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The student attempts to address all parts of the prompt by summarizing both the pie chart categories and the table of satisfaction ratings. However, there are significant inaccuracies in reporting the data. For instance, the student states that 'academic staff' is 7% and 'lowest among all', which is correct, but refers to them as 'scholors'. Furthermore, the reporting of the table is somewhat mechanical and lists every percentage in order rather than selectively highlighting main trends and making insightful comparisons. The overview sentence contains minor grammatical flaws but captures the primary features successfully. Overall, the task is addressed, but data precision and comparison depth place this response in Band 5.5 to 6.0. Band 6.0 is awarded as the key information is presented.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response has a discernible overall structure, moving from an introduction to the user categories in paragraph two, and finishing with the satisfaction table in paragraph three. However, paragraphing is poorly handled, with the entire body of data crammed into a single long, block-like paragraph for the survey results. Cohesive devices are weak and mechanical (e.g., 'Firstly', 'with the opeing hours', 'Book avavilibity where'), resulting in awkward transitions between ideas. Referencing and progression within sentences are occasionally faulty, making the text harder to follow smoothly. This aligns with Band 5.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for communicating the basic features of the charts, but it is heavily restricted and marred by frequent spelling errors (e.g., 'survery', 'categoires', 'statified', 'undergradute', 'offent', 'majorties', 'helpfull', 'becholr', 'contrubuting', 'faclities', 'amoung', 'scholors', 'opeing', 'unsatisfed', 'avavilibity', 'satified', 'Reliabilty', 'wifi'). While the student attempts less common items like 'contributing', the high density of misspellings and imprecise word choices ('access the library have 25%') restricts the lexical score to a Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is weak. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement, prepositions, and clause structure (e.g., 'The pie chart and table data represents', 'full-time undergradute studnts are access', 'where 50% users are very satisfied', 'Reliabilty of wifi where 48% users are staifed and 33% are farilya nd 19% not satisfied'). Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also problematic, with run-on sentences in the final paragraph. These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect Band 5.0 characteristics.
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