Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · 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 4.0)

THE pie chart and table provide information about library users and thier satisfaction with library .

Overall, the full time unde ergradate student are the dominant users. Meanwhile, the mostly people satisfied with is staff

Acording , to pie chart the full time graduate are the largest users campared to full time postgraduate accounted to 25 % .Meanwhile part time post graduate are 16% wheares academic staff is 7 % on the other hand distance learning recorded 8 %

Turning to the table , the people are satisfied with the staff recorded 95 % satisfaction . THe figure for availability of journals recorded less satisfaction . while , the books recived fairly satisfaction of 40% . overall, the wifi recorded 48 % satisfaction compared with jourrnals which accounted 45 % . Furthermore , the journals recive less satification . While the staff recive the high satisfaction than other

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.5

The response attempts to cover both the pie chart and the table by mentioning the dominant user group (full-time undergraduates at 44%) and touching upon satisfaction rates such as staff helpfulness at 95%. However, the text suffers from a range of severe issues: the word count is 148 words, falling just short of the 150-word minimum, which incurs a penalty. Furthermore, there are significant factual misstatements and confusions; for instance, the writer states that full-time graduates are the largest users compared to full-time postgraduates, and later provides confused comparisons regarding wi-fi and journals. Key trends are missed, and the data is often muddled, leading to an under-developed and inaccurate summary.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The organisation of the text is severely hindered by poor paragraphing, broken sentences, and erratic punctuation (such as spaces before commas and periods). While the writer attempts to use transitional phrases like 'Overall', 'Meanwhile', and 'Turning to the table', their mechanical and inaccurate application fails to establish clear progression or logical sequencing. Referencing is frequently unclear (e.g., 'the mostly people satisfied with is staff'), and the lack of a cohesive structure makes the response difficult to follow, pulling the coherence score down into the lower bands.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and heavily flawed. There are numerous spelling errors throughout the text, including 'thier', 'unde ergradate', 'Acording', 'campared', 'wheares', 'recived', 'satification', and 'jourrnals'. While the writer attempts some topic-specific terms like 'satisfaction', 'academic staff', and 'postgraduate', the frequent lexical inaccuracies and poor word choices (e.g., 'mostly people satisfied with is staff', 'receive less satisfaction') significantly impede communication and reflect a very limited resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is weak throughout the response. The text contains persistent errors in basic sentence structure, subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'full time unde ergradate student are', 'the staff recive the high satisfaction'), and article usage. Complex sentence forms are rarely attempted successfully, and punctuation is erratic and non-standard. The high frequency of grammatical errors causes constant strain for the reader, though isolated basic structures are occasionally intelligible.

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