Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-19

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 shares the proportion of library users at a university from a survey result. The table provides data on percentage of satisfaction of library visitors.

Overall, Full time graduates are the most frequent visitor with highest percentage share. Most of the library users are satisfied with the staff behaviour and help.

Among the categories of library users, full-time graduates form the highest share of library users with 44%. Full time postgraduates are the second majority contributing a quarter to the total share of library users. Part-time postgraduate students are the third largest group of library users at 16%. students learning via distance and academic staff are a small minority of library users at 8% and 7% respectively.

Data of user satisfaction presents that 65% of users are very satisfied with library operating hours with only 35% who are fairly satisfied. Amost all the users are either very satisfied or fairly satisfied with the staff,recieving maximum percentage of 95% being very satisfied. 50% of user are quite satisfied with availability of book, only 10 percent are unsatisfied. 20% of users are not satisfied with the availability of journals, this is the maxmum percentage of not satisfied users in all the categories. users satisfied with reliability of wi-fi is just under 50%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both visuals and give a clear overview: undergraduate users are the largest group, and satisfaction with staff is especially high. Most figures are reported accurately, including the 44% undergraduate share, the 25% full-time postgraduate share, and the 20% dissatisfaction with journals. However, the overview says “Full time graduates” are the most frequent users, which is imprecise: the largest category is full-time undergraduates. Some details are also unclear or incomplete. For example, “50% ... quite satisfied” does not match the table’s specific “very satisfied” category, and the wi-fi sentence mentions only the very-satisfied share, omitting the fairly and not-satisfied proportions. More precise descriptions of the satisfaction categories and a fuller comparison of the table’s results would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it introduces the two visuals, gives an overview, then describes user categories before moving to satisfaction. This makes the main progression easy to follow, and phrases such as “Among the categories” and “Data of user satisfaction” help signal the shift. The overview also gives the reader a useful starting point. To make the organisation more polished, group the satisfaction results by pattern—for example, high satisfaction with staff and opening hours, followed by more mixed views on resources and wi-fi. Some links are mechanical or unclear, and the final wi-fi point feels abrupt. Consistent paragraphing and clearer references to the table’s categories would help the cohesion feel more controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “minority,” “availability,” and “unsatisfied,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more formal reporting language, such as “contributing a quarter” and “the third largest group.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “The pie chart shares” should describe what the chart shows, “Full time graduates” mislabels the largest group, and “staff behaviour and help” is less precise than the table’s measure of helpfulness. Spelling slips such as “Amost” and “maxmum” also reduce accuracy. Aim for consistent, exact labels from the visual and use natural collocations when describing percentages and satisfaction.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the comparison that identifies the journal dissatisfaction figure as the highest. Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “Full time graduates are the most frequent visitor” has a number-agreement problem, while “50% of user are” also needs plural agreement. The sentence beginning “Amost all the users” is awkwardly constructed, and punctuation is inconsistent, particularly in “staff,recieving” and at the start of sentences such as “users satisfied with reliability.” Check subject–verb agreement, singular and plural forms, and sentence boundaries during editing. More consistently accurate complex sentences would improve control.

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