Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-15

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 table depicts results of a survery conducted among library users at a university. The information is in percentage.

Overall, full-time undergraduates users are more in comparision to all other categories and academic staff being the least. Along side, the majority users are satisfied with the helpfulness of staff. However, a few are not satisfied with the availabilty of the journals in library.

Categorically noticing the users, 44% of the full-time undergraduates use the library, whereas there are one fourth users from full-time postraguates. Looking forward, the part-time postgraduate users are just 16%. By combining the distance learners and academic staff in total makes similar as the part-time postgraduate students.

The statistics of library user satisfaction clearly shows that peple are more satisfies with the library's helpful staff. Availability of the books, journal and reliability of wi-fi was having the majority of not satisfied users however they had few similar percentage of very satisfied as well as fairly satisfied users ranging near.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main user group correctly: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, while academic staff are the smallest group at 7%. You also note that staff helpfulness receives the strongest satisfaction result. However, some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear: full-time postgraduates are 25%, not simply “one fourth users” without a clear comparison, and combining distance learners (8%) with academic staff (7%) gives 15%, which is close to but not the same as the 16% part-time postgraduate figure. The claim that books, journals and Wi-Fi had a majority of dissatisfied users is incorrect; dissatisfaction is only 10%, 20% and 19%, respectively. The overview also misses the strong positive results for opening hours and staff helpfulness.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to user categories and satisfaction results. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression becomes unclear in places, particularly in “By combining the distance learners and academic staff in total makes similar as the part-time postgraduate students,” where the comparison is difficult to follow. The final paragraph groups books, journals and Wi-Fi together without clearly distinguishing their figures, and “they had few similar percentage” has an unclear reference. Linking phrases such as “Looking forward” and “Categorically noticing” do not accurately signal the relationships between ideas. Use simpler transitions and organise the satisfaction data around clear comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “categories,” “availability,” and “reliability of wi-fi,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to interpret. For example, “users are more in comparison” is not a natural way to describe the largest group, and “one fourth users” needs a more precise expression. “Categorically noticing” and “Looking forward” are also unsuitable in this context. Spelling errors such as “survery,” “postraguates,” “peple,” and “availabilty” further reduce accuracy. Aim for precise reporting language such as “accounted for,” “represented,” and “the proportion of users who were dissatisfied.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, and the overall meaning can usually be followed. However, errors occur frequently in sentence construction and agreement. For example, “The pie chart and table depicts” has a subject–verb agreement error, while “By combining … in total makes similar as” is not a complete, well-formed comparison. In “the majority users are satisfied,” an article is missing, and “books, journal and reliability … was having” has problems with number and verb form. Some sentences also lack clear grammatical relationships between clauses, as in the final paragraph. Practise building accurate comparison sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check agreement, articles, and singular/plural forms.

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