Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-17

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 7.0)

The pie chart depicts the results of a survey of five categories of library individuals at a university, whereas the table illustrates the proportion of people satisfaction towards different facilities of the library. Overall, full-time undergraduates has the highest proportion of usage, while the academic staff has the lowest percentage. In addition, helpfulness of staff accounted for the highest satisfaction, whereas availability of journals accounted for the lowest one.

To begin, Full-time undergraduates accounted for 44% of library usage. This percentage is far higher than academic staff and distance learning people which has 7% and 8% of total usage respectively. The second highest category is full-time postgraduate with 25% of total consumption of library followed by part-time postgraduates with 16% of usage.

However, helpfulness of staff got 95% of satisfaction. This figure is far higher than availaility of journals which is accounted for only 45% of the total satisfaction. Library opening hours got 65% of satisfaction. Availability of books and reliability of wi-fi have similar proportions which are 50% and 48% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main patterns accurately: full-time undergraduates are the largest user group at 44%, academic staff the smallest at 7%, and staff helpfulness receives the highest very-satisfied rating at 95%. The overview also notes that journals have the lowest very-satisfied figure, which is supported by the table. You report the user categories and compare several satisfaction results, so the key information is covered. To make the account more fully developed, include the other satisfaction levels as well—for example, opening hours had no dissatisfied respondents, while journals had 20% not satisfied. Also describe the figures specifically as satisfaction ratings, rather than saying facilities “got” satisfaction, to avoid over-generalising what the percentages represent.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response has a clear overall progression: an introduction and overview are followed by one paragraph on user categories and another on satisfaction. This makes the two visual elements easy to distinguish, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “To begin,” and “In addition” help signal the structure. Comparisons are also grouped sensibly, such as the similar figures for books and wi-fi. To strengthen cohesion further, use transitions that express the precise relationship between points; “However” does not clearly contrast the satisfaction paragraph with the preceding user-category information. Some repeated phrasing, including “accounted for” and “of satisfaction,” makes the flow slightly mechanical. More varied referencing and concise links between related figures would make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “similar proportions,” and the meaning remains clear. There is also some attempt to vary expression with “depicts” and “illustrates.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural for describing survey data: “library individuals,” “total consumption of library,” and “got 95% of satisfaction” do not sound idiomatic. “People satisfaction” is also an awkward phrase, and “availaility” is misspelled. These issues do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and naturalness. Aim for standard collocations such as “library users,” “share of users,” and “were very satisfied with,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrastive opening with “whereas” and a relative clause in “which is accounted for only 45%.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, and the paragraphing supports readability. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly subject–verb agreement: “Full-time undergraduates has” should be “have,” and “which has 7% and 8%” should be “which have” or be recast. The phrase “the academic staff has the lowest percentage” also has an agreement problem. There are occasional awkward article and sentence-pattern choices, as in “the second highest category is full-time postgraduate.” Greater consistency in agreement and more controlled comparative sentence structures would improve accuracy.

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