Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-18

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 illustrates the proportion of visitors of different kinds in a college library, while the table gives information about how satisfied visitors are with different services.

Overall, most of the visitors of the library are full-time undergraduate students and postgraduates(full-time and part-time). Then academic staff and distance learners (of all courses) account for the remaining proportion. The table on the other hand, shows that most users are highly satisfied with the cooperation of library staff. Some visitors seem to be dissatisfied by the wi-fi and availability of journals.

Firstly, full-time undergraduates make up 44% of total users of the library. On second place stand post-graduate students, accounting for total of 41%. Out of these 41%, 25% are full-time, and 16% are part-time. Distance learners and academic staff are 7% and 8% of total users respectively.

The table shows, a huge proportion (95%) is satisfied with the cooperation of library staff and no percentage is dissatisfied. Its same in terms of opening hours, but the proportion of satisfied users drops from 95 to 65%. A significant percentage of visitors, 19% and 20%, do not seem to be satisfied by the wi-fi and the availability of journals respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main user group accurately: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, and you correctly combine the two postgraduate groups as 41%. The overview also captures the strong satisfaction with staff and the comparatively greater dissatisfaction with journals and Wi-Fi. However, there is a factual reversal in the final paragraph: dissatisfaction is 19% for Wi-Fi and 20% for journals, but you assign these figures in the opposite order. You also state that academic staff are 7% and distance learners 8%, whereas the chart shows the reverse. The table’s book and journal satisfaction patterns are only partly reported, so some relevant features are less fully covered. More precise reporting of all categories and a brief comparison of books with journals would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories, and one on satisfaction. This makes the information easy to follow, and transitions such as “Overall” and “Firstly” help signal the stages of the summary. Some linking is less natural or precise, however. “The table on the other hand” is awkwardly placed, while “Its same in terms of opening hours” does not clearly explain the comparison between staff helpfulness and opening hours. The final paragraph also moves quickly between figures without covering the satisfaction categories consistently. To make progression more controlled, group the table data by strongest satisfaction and areas of greater dissatisfaction, and use explicit comparisons to connect the figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “account for,” “make up,” and “dissatisfied,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “a significant percentage.” Some word choices and collocations are imprecise or repetitive: “visitors of different kinds” and “total users of the library” could be expressed more naturally as “categories of library users” and “all library users.” “Cooperation of library staff” does not accurately describe the table’s measure, which is staff helpfulness, and “on second place stand” is an awkward construction. Aim for precise labels from the chart and table, and choose natural collocations rather than translating ideas literally.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “while the table gives information…” and the relative clause “postgraduates (full-time and part-time).” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems are present. For example, “postgraduates(full-time and part-time)” needs a space before the bracket, and “The table shows, a huge proportion…” has an unnecessary comma separating the reporting clause from its complement. “On second place stand post-graduate students” has an awkward inversion, while “Its same in terms of opening hours” lacks the correct grammatical form (“It is the same…”). Review sentence boundaries, apostrophes, and article use, and favour straightforward structures when they help you express comparisons accurately.

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