Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-16

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 pie chart illustrates various proportion of activity performe in library at university, acoording to data from survey which are collected from six groups .Whereas the table provide the information on people satisfaction using liabrary in percentage.

Overview, Full-time undergraduate individual have a higher position in using library, followed second by Full-time postgraduate.This both studen group cover majority of useage. Tuning to table of satisfacion experenceses The helpfulness of staff and library opening hours consider to be mostly satisfed amoung people.

The 69% of operation and visting to library is recorded by Full-time undergraduate and Full-time postgradute groups. Moreover the Academic staff and Distance learning students are the least in volume, by 7% and 8% simutaniously.The Part-time postgrauate are an average user, by only 16%.

Turning to library,domenat numbers are showen in Helpfulness of staff, at 95% in very satisfied and 5% in faily satisfied. However, comparing the least satisfied one's , Availabilty of journals and Reliability of wifi is noticably more in numbers around 30 to 35% at Faily satisfied and 19 to 20% in not satisfied in both.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main user group accurately: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, and together with full-time postgraduates (25%) they make up 69%. You also note the smallest groups and highlight the strong satisfaction with staff and opening hours. These are relevant selections, and the overview gives the reader a clear sense of the main patterns. However, the chart shows categories of library users, not “activity performed” or library visits, so avoid interpreting the percentages as usage or operations. The table coverage is selective: books and opening hours are not compared in detail, and the overview could more clearly report that staff helpfulness leads satisfaction while journals receive the weakest ratings. Overall, the key features are addressed, though some comparisons are over-generalised or incomplete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the user categories and satisfaction results. This gives the information a generally logical order, and transitions such as “Moreover” and “Turning to” help signal movement between points. The overview also attempts to connect the two visuals. However, some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “This both student group” and “Turning to library, domenat numbers,” which make the progression harder to follow. The final paragraph combines several satisfaction figures without clearly distinguishing the very satisfied, fairly satisfied, and not satisfied columns. More precise referencing and a clearer sequence—first the strongest ratings, then the weaker areas—would make the cohesion more flexible and the comparisons easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt task-appropriate terms such as “proportion,” “majority,” “satisfaction,” and “least,” and you use some relevant comparison language. However, inaccurate word choice, collocation, and spelling are frequent enough to cause difficulty. For example, “activity performed in library” misrepresents the chart’s categories, while “higher position in using library” and “average user” are not natural ways to describe the percentages. Several forms are difficult to recognise, including “satisfacion experenceses,” “simutaniously,” and “Availabilty.” Aim for accurate, straightforward phrases such as “accounted for,” “the largest user group,” and “rated as very satisfied.” A more controlled set of common academic expressions would communicate the data more clearly than attempts at elaborate wording.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use more than simple sentences, including the contrast introduced by “Whereas” and the participial phrase “comparing the least satisfied ones.” However, complex structures are often faulty, and errors in agreement, articles, sentence boundaries, and punctuation recur. For example, “The pie chart illustrates various proportion” has a number-agreement error, while “Whereas the table provide” has incorrect subject–verb agreement and is not properly connected to the preceding sentence. “This both student group cover” also shows problems with demonstrative, number, and agreement. Missing spaces after full stops and inconsistent comma use further affect readability. Practise building accurate short sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses; check each sentence for a clear subject and correctly matched verb.

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