Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-25
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 6.0)
The pie chart shows the proportion of five different categories of student who use the library while the table demonstrates the various satisfactory percentage amongst five services available at the same university.
Overall, the highest proportion of students visit the library are full-time graduates while academic staff use the library the least. Most library users are very satisfied with majority of the services provided. Moreover, helpfulness of the staff is rated the highest while availability of journals is least satisfactory.
The most popular category of library users, full-time undergraduate, makes up 44% of visitors while academic staff only contribute to 7% of visitors. Following this, full-time postgraduates frequent the library at 25%. Both part-time postgraduate and distance learners utilise the library less than 20%, at 16% and 8% respectively.
The highest satisfactory percentage observed for students is for helpfulness of staff, at 95% meanwhile only 45% of user are very satisfied with availability of journals. Less than 70 % of the students are very satisfied with other services. No unsatisfied users for library open hours and helpfulness of staff. Additionally, less than 25% of people are not satisfoed with services including avialability of books, journals and reliability of wifi.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 6.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 6.0 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The student covers all parts of the task well by providing an overview and detailing key features from both the pie chart and the table. However, there is a notable data inaccuracy in the overview: the student states that 'full-time graduates' make up the highest proportion, whereas the chart clearly shows that full-time undergraduates are the largest group at 44%, followed by full-time postgraduates at 25%. This misinterpretation prevents the response from achieving a higher band. Nevertheless, the main features are successfully reported, such as the 95% satisfaction rate for staff helpfulness and the comparative figures for other services.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response is logically organised into four paragraphs: an introduction, an overview, and two body paragraphs dedicated to the chart and the table respectively. Cohesive devices are used reasonably well, such as 'Overall', 'Following this', and 'Additionally'. However, referencing and cohesion are occasionally clumsy, for instance in the phrase 'the highest proportion of students visit the library are full-time graduates', which lacks smooth integration. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different visual elements, contributing to a coherent overall arrangement.
Lexical Resource: Band 6.0
The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating terms like 'proportion', 'demonstrates', 'category', and 'satisfactory percentage'. There are, however, some lexical and spelling errors that affect precision, such as 'satisfactory' instead of 'satisfaction', 'open hours' instead of 'opening hours', 'unsatisfied' instead of 'not satisfied', and typos like 'satisfoed' and 'avialability'. These errors do not impede communication but prevent the lexical score from reaching the next band.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0
The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as using subordinate clauses ('while the table demonstrates...'). There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings throughout, including 'satisfactory percentage amongst five services' (preposition/word choice), 'visit the library are full-time graduates' (tense/structure agreement), and 'No unsatisfied users for library open hours' (fragmented sentence). Despite these recurring errors, they rarely impede overall communication, supporting a solid Band 6.0 performance.
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