Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)
The provided bar charts shows that the outcome of a survey of library users at a university. overall it can be noticed that full time undergraduate hold the majority percentage of library users in the pie chart. full time and part time postgraduate share some limited users.
if we focus on the pie-chart we can see that full time udegraguates uses library very often in the university which is 44% among other users.full time graduates hold the second highest amount of users which is 25%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response fails to meet the minimum length requirement of 150 words, coming in at only 85 words. Consequently, the coverage of the task is severely restricted. While the student correctly identifies the main feature of the pie chart (full-time undergraduates accounting for the majority at 44%), they completely ignore the second chart and the entire table regarding library user satisfaction across various criteria such as opening hours and staff helpfulness. This results in an incomplete overview and a failure to make relevant comparisons across all provided data. Due to the significant under-length and failure to report on the table data, the task achievement score is limited.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text is organized into a brief introduction and one body paragraph, but the overall progression is limited due to the extreme brevity of the essay. Basic cohesive devices are attempted, such as 'overall it can be noticed' and 'if we focus on the pie-chart', though capitalization and punctuation errors disrupt the flow. Paragraphing is weak, as the entire response is clumped together into two very short blocks, and there is no attempt to summarize the table data. While some logical sequencing is present within the limited sentences, the structural framework falls short of higher band criteria.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with terms like 'majority percentage', 'users', and 'chart'. There are noticeable lexical errors, such as 'full time undergraduate hold the majority' (should be plural 'undergraduates hold'), 'udegraguates' (spelling error for undergraduates), and 'uses library very often' (inappropriate phrasing for a percentage share). The range of vocabulary is restricted and barely adequate to convey simple statistical information, preventing the score from rising higher.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writing displays a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple or faulty complex sentences. There are frequent punctuation and capitalization errors throughout the text, such as starting sentences with lowercase letters ('overall it can be noticed', 'if we focus', 'full time graduates'). Grammatical errors include subject-verb agreement issues, such as 'The provided bar charts shows' (where 'charts' and 'shows' do not agree). Although the meaning of the limited content is generally understandable, the frequency of basic errors impacts the overall grammatical accuracy.
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