Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-09-29
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 and the table illustrate data and inforamtions that was collected from a survey of library visitors at a single univerity.
Overall, the library represnts a suitable place for several categories espacialy for the full-time undergraduate.The library offers a good service for thier visitors that make the major of them satisfied.
Many different categories visit the library for several prespect,but the major propotion of users are a full-time indergraduated in fact this propotion dominates with 44%.In different way the academic staff represents the less propotion users with only 7% .The rest of users divised into 3 categories which are distance learnig with 8%,part-time postgraduate with 16% and finally the full-time postgraduate with 25%.
The library offers a suitable and good service ,and that's reflects in the resultat of users satisfaction.In fact, the study show thatthe major of users are very satisfied with the several service of library.For exmple,95% of visitors are very satisfied with helpfulness of staff.While there are a few propotion represented in 20% think that the availability of journals not satisfied them.
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 response covers the main features of both the pie chart and the table. You successfully identify the highest category of library users as full-time undergraduates at 44% and note the academic staff as the lowest at 7%. You also mention satisfaction data, highlighting the helpfulness of staff at 95% and touch upon the availability of journals. However, there are some minor inaccuracies and omissions in data reporting; for instance, you state that 20% think the availability of journals 'not satisfied them', whereas the chart indicates 20% were not satisfied, 35% fairly satisfied, and 45% very satisfied. An overview is attempted in the second paragraph, though it is quite brief. Overall, the task is addressed adequately, placing it at band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The essay is divided into logical paragraphs, beginning with an introduction, followed by an overview, body paragraph one detailing user categories, and body paragraph two discussing satisfaction levels. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Overall', 'In fact', and 'For example'. However, referencing and transitions are sometimes clumsy or mechanical, such as 'In different way' and 'that's reflects in the resultat'. Paragraphing is present and helps structure the response, but the overall progression could be smoother. These minor cohesion and referencing faults place the response solidly at a band 6.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, attempting some less common items such as 'proportion', 'dominates', and 'satisfaction'. However, there are numerous spelling errors throughout the text, including 'inforamtions', 'univerity', 'espacialy', 'thier', 'prespect', 'indergraduated', 'divised', 'learnig', 'resultat', and 'Exmple'. Word choice and form errors are also noticeable, such as 'a full-time indergraduated' (instead of full-time undergraduates) and 'the major of users' (instead of the majority). Due to the frequency of spelling and word-form errors that occasionally strain the reader, a band score of 5.0 is appropriate.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as relative clauses and subordinate clauses (e.g., 'data and inforamtions that was collected', 'While there are a few propotion represented in 20% think that...'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with subject-verb agreement ('data and inforamtions that was collected', 'the major propotion of users are a full-time indergraduated'), article usage ('the library represnts a suitable place', 'the academic staff represents the less propotion'), and awkward phrasing ('there are a few propotion represented in 20% think that the availability of journals not satisfied them'). These errors cause some difficulty, though communication is generally maintained, resulting in a band 5.0.
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