Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-20

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 and table illustrates the results of a library users categorically and satisfaction wise at a tertiery level institute.

Overall, full-time undergratuate has the highest proportion while academic staff has the lowest categorically, whereas satisfaction wise helpfulness of staff are very satisfied while availability of journals has the highest not satisfaction among all.

Categorically, those users who are fully undergraduate has the highest percentage of library use with 44%, following by full-time postgraduate with 25%, and then part-time, online learning, and academic staff with 16%, 8%, and 7% respectively.

Satisfaction wise, the helpfulness of staff has the highest satisfaction rate among library users with 95%, whereas 5% are fairly satisfied and nobody has dissatisfied. Secondly, library opening hours users were most satisfied with 65% very satisfied, 35% fairly satisfied, and 0% not satisfied. Books Availability, availability of journals and wi-fi reliability users were satisfied too with their satisfaction rate 50%, 45% and 48% respectively and they all have fairly satisfaction users not satisfaction users as well.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both the user categories and satisfaction table, and your overview identifies two important contrasts: full-time undergraduates are the largest group, while academic staff are the smallest; staff helpfulness receives the strongest satisfaction, while journals attract the most dissatisfaction. The category figures are accurately reported. You also give useful detail for staff helpfulness and opening hours. However, the final comparison is less complete: books, journals and Wi-Fi are grouped together without reporting their fairly or dissatisfied figures, so the differences between these areas are not clearly shown. For example, journals have 20% not satisfied, compared with 10% for books and 19% for Wi-Fi. More precise comparisons across these lower-rated services would make the account more fully supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the two visuals. The progression from the largest and smallest user groups to satisfaction results is easy to follow, and sequencing phrases such as “Overall” and “Secondly” help guide the reader. This is a coherent arrangement, with some effective linking. However, “Categorically” and “Satisfaction wise” are repeated and make the transitions sound mechanical, while the final sentence combines three service categories and several satisfaction levels in a way that is difficult to track. Give each comparison a clearer structure, and use reference words such as “these services” only when their meaning is unmistakable. This would make cohesion more flexible and precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing proportions and survey results, including “highest proportion,” “percentage,” “very satisfied,” and “not satisfied.” This gives the reader enough language to understand the main comparisons. However, several noticeable word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “categorically” and “satisfaction wise” are awkward, “tertiery” and “undergratuate” are misspelled, and “nobody has dissatisfied” is not a natural expression. “Online learning” also does not accurately name the chart category “distance learning.” Aim for standard chart language and accurate category labels, and check spelling and word forms. More precise phrasing would help you describe the data without relying on repeated or unnatural expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of sentence forms, including a contrast in the overview (“whereas…”) and a longer sentence listing several percentages. The main information is generally understandable, but errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction are frequent enough to affect fluency. For example, “The pie chart and table illustrates” has a plural subject with a singular verb, and “full-time undergraduate has the highest proportion” needs a plural or group-based subject. In “nobody has dissatisfied,” the verb pattern is incomplete; “nobody was dissatisfied” would be grammatical. The final sentence also lacks a clear grammatical structure around “they all have fairly satisfaction users.” Practise building accurate comparison sentences before adding multiple figures.

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