Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-13

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 6.5)

The pie chart below shows the distribution of library users, while the table below illustrates the percentage of user satisfaction across 5 different aspects.

Overall, full-time undergraduates use the library the most, followed by full-time postgraduates, while the percentage of academic staff accessing the library is the least. Most of the users seem very satisfied with the staff, but the people were significantly less happy about the reliability of the wi-fi and the availability of the journals.

Full-time undergraduates account for 44% of the people visiting the library, followed by full-time postgraduates at 25%. Part-time postgraduates make up a further 16%, while distance learning and academic staff combined had 15% share of users.

Students and faculty were the most satisfied with the caring staff at 95% rating it as very satisfied and the other 5% declares it fairly satisfied. Likewise, 65% of the people were highly pleased with the opening hours of the library with 35% fairly satisfied. On the other hand, availability of books and journals were a bit concerning with 10% and 20% rate of unsatisfied people, respectively. Additionally, about 81% people were completely or partially satisfied with the wi-fi, while about 19% rated negatively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response covers both visuals and gives a clear overview: undergraduates form the largest user group, academic staff the smallest, and staff helpfulness receives the strongest satisfaction ratings. The figures reported for the user categories and most satisfaction rows are accurate, and the comparison between books and journals is relevant. However, the overview says users were less happy about wi-fi and journals without identifying that journals had the highest dissatisfaction (20%), while wi-fi dissatisfaction was 19%; this comparison could be more precise. The wi-fi summary also combines the satisfied categories as “about 81%,” although the table totals 81% (48% very and 33% fairly), so the arithmetic is sound but “completely or partially satisfied” is less exact than naming the categories. More selective, precise comparisons would strengthen coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The information is arranged in a sensible sequence: an introduction, an overview, the user-category figures, and then satisfaction results. Paragraphing helps distinguish the two visuals, and transitions such as “Likewise,” “On the other hand,” and “Additionally” make the comparisons easy to follow. The progression is generally clear, though the final paragraph groups several satisfaction rows together and moves quickly from staff and opening hours to books, journals, and wi-fi. This makes the less-satisfied features feel more like a list than a developed comparison. The phrase “Students and faculty” also introduces a grouping that is not established in the chart. Organising the satisfaction details into clearer high- and lower-rating comparisons, with more precise references, would make cohesion less dependent on linking words.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

There is an adequate range for describing the visuals, including “distribution,” “account for,” “make up,” “reliability,” and “availability.” These choices communicate the main information, and the response varies its wording rather than repeating “percentage” throughout. Some expressions are imprecise or unnatural for a formal data summary: “people visiting the library” suggests visits rather than user categories, “caring staff” changes the meaning of helpfulness, and “rated negatively” is vague. “Highly pleased” and “a bit concerning” are also less suitable for neutral reporting. More exact collocations and a consistently objective register would improve precision, while retaining the useful range already shown.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

The response uses a mix of simple and complex forms, including the contrast clause “while the percentage of academic staff…is the least” and the participial phrase “with 10% and 20% rate of unsatisfied people.” Most sentences are understandable, and errors do not obstruct the message. Some agreement and sentence-pattern problems remain: “availability of books and journals were” should take a singular verb when the subject is treated as one combined topic, and “the other 5% declares” has an unsuitable verb form and agreement. The construction “with 10% and 20% rate” is also grammatically incomplete; use “with 10% and 20% of users dissatisfied,” for example. More consistent control of agreement and percentage constructions would strengthen accuracy.

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