Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-10

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 data in chart and table form illustrates the catagories of people visiting the library. The table shows percentage of satusfied and non-satisfied people visiting the library.

Overall, the chart shows the percentages of different people visiting the library. Undergrate students are of highest percentage and acdemic staff of lowest percebtage. Whereas, the table is catogrised in satisfied, unsatisfied and fairly satisfied visitors. Visitors being highly satisfied by helping staff and not satisfied by avalibility of journals.

Firstly, full time undergratuate and post graduate students visiting the library the most ( 44% and 25% respectively). Other courses students visit less that are part time post graduate and distant learner (16% and 8%). The least visitors are the acdemic staff with 7 percentage recorded.

On the other hand, library users satisfaction percentage table demonstrates. Users are mostly satisfied by the helping nature of the staff 95% and some are fairly satisfied 5%. Library opening hours had 65% satisfiction and 35% fairly satisfiction. Some people were the 50% very satisfied and 40% fairly satisfied, some were 10% unsatisfied. Moverover, some were 48 %satisfied by the relibility of wifi, 33% fairky satisfied and 19% unsatisfied.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both visuals and identify the main user group accurately: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, while academic staff make up only 7%. You also report several satisfaction figures correctly, including the 95% very satisfied with staff helpfulness and the 65% satisfied with opening hours. However, the overview is not fully precise: the table shows satisfaction levels for five service areas, rather than categories of visitors, and the claim that users were least satisfied with journals is not clearly supported when wi-fi has a similar level of dissatisfaction. Most importantly, the figures for books and journals are not clearly reported as such, and the journal results are omitted. A clearer overview and more complete, accurately labelled comparisons would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories and a paragraph on satisfaction. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the two visuals. Sequencing within the categories paragraph is especially clear, moving from the largest groups to the smallest. Cohesion is less successful in places, however. The transition “On the other hand” suggests a contrast that is not really being made, and “some people” or “some were” does not make clear which service each figure refers to. The satisfaction paragraph also moves between services without consistently naming them. Use explicit topic sentences and repeat the relevant service labels to make comparisons easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentage,” “visitors,” “satisfied,” and “fairly satisfied,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate or misspelled forms reduce precision, such as “catagories,” “satisfiction,” “avalibility,” and “relibility.” Some expressions are also unnatural for describing survey data: “helping nature of the staff” is less precise than “helpfulness of staff,” while “people visiting the library” can be replaced with “library users.” Repeated use of “some” makes the account vague. Aim to use the chart’s labels accurately and vary reporting language with terms such as “accounted for,” “reported,” and “rated.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and most of the intended meaning remains understandable. There are some recurring grammatical problems, though. The opening needs an article in “The data in the chart and table,” and “The table shows percentage” requires “the percentage” or “percentages.” The sentence “full time undergratuate and post graduate students visiting the library the most” is a fragment because it lacks a finite verb; write, for example, “Full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students visited the library most.” In “Other courses students visit less that are…,” the clause structure is faulty. There are also inconsistent tense choices between “shows,” “visiting,” and “recorded.” Use complete sentences and maintain a consistent present tense when describing the visuals.

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