Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-22
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 illustrates the result of deffirent categories of library users and the table chart shows the percentage of library user satisfication in that university .
Overall, full-time undegraduate accounte for the largest proportion in total,while academic staff share was the lowest. In contrast, in the table the proportion of very satisfied is high and non satisfied was low.
Looking at the details,full-time undegraduate dominant at 44% in total.the second was full-time postgraduate was 25%. Followed by part-time postgraduate was 16%. Moreover the distance learning and academic staff was 8% and 7%.
Turning to the table chart, tne library opening hours proportion in very satisfied was 65% and fairly satisfied was 35% and non satisfied wa 0. The next number is helpfulness of staff was 95% very satisfied and fairly was 5%. Furthermore availibality of books, journals and reliability of wi-fi are very satified at 50%,45% and 48%. And farly satisfied was 40%,35% and 33% and not satisfied was 10%,20% and 19%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5
The student successfully identifies the main features and general trends from both the pie chart and the table. An overview is provided, noting that full-time undergraduates accounted for the largest proportion while academic staff represented the smallest, and summarising overall satisfaction trends. Key data points are reported accurately, such as full-time undergraduates at 44% and library opening hours having 65% very satisfied users. However, the response tends to list data mechanically rather than fully synthesising or comparing the categories, which keeps the task achievement at a Band 6.0 level.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.5
The response is organised into a clear four-paragraph structure comprising an introduction, an overview, body paragraph one covering the pie chart, and body paragraph two covering the table. Basic cohesive devices and transitional phrases are used, such as 'Overall', 'In contrast', 'Looking at the details', and 'Turning to the table chart'. However, referencing and cohesion are sometimes mechanical, and punctuation issues at sentence boundaries slightly disrupt the flow.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for the task, successfully using terms such as 'proportion', 'category', 'satisfaction', and various percentages. However, there are several spelling errors ('deffirent', 'undegraduate', 'accounte', 'satisfication', 'non satisfied', 'dominant', 'availibality', 'farly') and minor word choice issues. Less common lexical items are attempted but lack precision and accuracy.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
A mix of simple and complex sentence forms is attempted, but control is inconsistent. There are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with missing or incorrect auxiliary verbs and prepositions (e.g., 'full-time undegraduate dominant at 44%', 'the second was full-time postgraduate was 25%', 'distance learning and academic staff was'). Punctuation and capitalisation errors also occur throughout the text. While these errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to restrict the score to a Band 5.0.
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