Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-01

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 charts illustrate the distribution of library users and their statisfaction with the five different services at a university.

Overall, full-time undergraduate accounted for the largest proportion, whereas academic staff represented the smallest segment. In contrast, Most of the members were satisfied with helpfulness of staff, while members were least satisfied with availibility of journals.

Regarding membership, full-time undergraduate stood at 44%, making it the dominent category. This is followed by full-time postgraduate, at 25%. While part-time postgraduate and distance learning accounted for 16% and 8%, respectively. By contrast, academic staff constituted 7% only.

Turning to user satisfaction, helpfulness of staff stood at 95%, making it the most satisfied service, followed by library opening hours, at 65%. Although availibility of books and reliability of wi-fi accounted for 50% and 48%, resfectively, availibility of journals comprised 45%. Likewise, 20% of users were not satisfied with the availibility of journals, whereas 40% of users were fairly satisfied with availibility of books.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response successfully addresses all parts of the task by presenting an overview of both the pie chart data regarding library users and the table data showing satisfaction levels. The main features are identified, such as the highest proportion being full-time undergraduates at 44% and the highest satisfaction rating being staff helpfulness at 95%. However, some parts of the data are treated more thoroughly than others, and certain details are slightly under-developed. For instance, the paragraph detailing user satisfaction touches upon several percentages but misses a more cohesive synthesis of the 'not satisfied' or 'fairly satisfied' columns across all categories. To reach a higher standard, the response would need to extend the comparisons further and provide a more fully developed overview of trends.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The text demonstrates a coherent overall arrangement with a logical progression from the pie chart data to the table data. Information is grouped into clear paragraphs, with an introductory sentence, an overall summary paragraph, a body paragraph on membership, and a final body paragraph on satisfaction. However, cohesion is occasionally mechanical or faulty. For example, the transitional phrase 'While part-time postgraduate and distance learning accounted for 16% and 8%, respectively' forms a sentence fragment rather than being connected to a main clause. Referencing and cohesive devices are generally adequate, but more varied and seamless linking words are needed to achieve a smoother flow throughout the response.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

An adequate range of vocabulary is used to accomplish the task, with attempts to incorporate less common items and precise reporting terms such as 'proportion', 'segment', 'constituted', and 'dominent'. However, there are noticeable spelling and word choice errors, such as 'statisfaction' instead of 'satisfaction', 'dominent' instead of 'dominant', 'availibility' instead of 'availability' (repeated multiple times), and 'resfectively' instead of 'respectively'. These lexical errors do not seriously impede communication, but they reflect a lack of precision and control that prevents the response from achieving a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating control over structures such as relative clauses and comparative constructions. There are some grammatical errors, such as capitalization issues ('Most of the members'), subject-verb agreement slips ('full-time undergraduate accounted', where the plural noun is missing), and minor punctuation errors. However, these errors are relatively infrequent and rarely impede communication, allowing the reader to follow the numerical data easily. To progress further, the writer needs to produce a greater proportion of error-free complex sentences and maintain tighter control over pluralisation and capitalization.

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