Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-23
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 given pie chart and tabular chart illustrates the information about percentage of people who used university library for reading books and their satisfaction of related to books.
Overall, it is clear that the maximum percentile of masses give prefrence to full time undergradute whereas, the minimum percentum od Academic staff.
To begin with, 44% of undergraduate student who were using library for full-time while, the minimum users were academic staff which was 7%. Moreover, full time postgraduate use library for a quater. Part-time postgraduate student visited library 16%.
Moving Further, the larger amount of learners were satisfied with helpfulness of staff which was 95% while, less were satisfied with reliability of wi-fi.Furthermore, 0% library users were not satisfied library opening hours. Apartfrom this, almost similar percentile of people fairly satisfied with availabilty of journals as well as reliability of wi-fi. A manority of individuals were not satisfied with availability of books.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response covers the main features of both the pie chart and the table, successfully reporting key data points such as the highest percentage of library users being full-time undergraduates at 44%, and the lowest being academic staff at 7%. It also makes relevant comparisons to satisfaction levels, noting that helpfulness of staff received the highest satisfaction at 95% while other areas like wi-fi reliability and book availability had lower ratings. However, the overview is somewhat weak and lacks depth, and there are minor descriptive inaccuracies in phrasing, such as claiming that '0% library users were not satisfied library opening hours' (omitting 'with'). Overall, the task is addressed adequately, satisfying the requirements for a Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response has a coherent overall arrangement and follows a logical progression from describing the categories of library users to outlining the satisfaction levels from the table. The student uses standard transitional markers to structure the text, such as 'To begin with', 'Moving Further', and 'Apartfrom this'. However, paragraphing is somewhat basic, and cohesion feels slightly mechanical due to repetitive sentence structures and occasional awkward transitions. Referencing is generally clear, but mechanical cohesive devices prevent the response from reaching a higher band. This performance aligns well with the Band 6 descriptors for Coherence and Cohesion.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student attempts a range of vocabulary appropriate for task 1, including terms like 'percentage', 'minimum', 'maximum', and 'satisfaction'. However, there are notable spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, such as 'percentile' instead of 'percentage', 'prefrence' instead of 'preference', 'percentum od' instead of 'percentage of', 'quater' instead of 'quarter', 'availabilty' instead of 'availability', and 'manority' instead of 'minority'. These errors indicate a limited control over less common lexical items and affect precision, placing the vocabulary use firmly at the Band 5.0 level.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The text demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting relative clauses and participial phrases (e.g., '44% of undergraduate student who were using library for full-time'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, missing prepositions, and article omissions, such as 'satisfaction of related to books', 'undergraduate student', 'use library for a quater', and 'satisfied library opening hours'. While these errors rarely completely impede communication, they occur with high frequency and demonstrate inconsistent control over basic and complex structures alike, fitting the Band 5.0 criteria.
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