Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

INTRODUCTION:

This bar chat gives the information of results of a survey of library users at a universty.

Overview:

Overall, full-time undergraduate students get highest ratio in categories of library users than other users and academic staff was stay on lowest percentage than other.

Paragraph 1

Firstly, full-time undergraduate students gained 44% and its a top percentage of categories of library users. After this, full-time postgraduate obtained second highest percentage and 25% students study in this. While, part-time postgraduate was recieve 16% by learners its have a third toper ratio.

Paragraph 2

Additionally, second last distance learning like all courses was learned by 8% student of the library its also recieved top 4th ratio in the categories of library users and at the last, academic staff gained declined percentage in this. Its recieved 7% of library users and stay on the 5th position that the last of this bar chat.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the largest and smallest user groups correctly: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, while academic staff make up 7%, and you report the other category figures accurately. However, the response covers only the pie-chart categories and omits the table entirely, so it does not summarise the survey’s satisfaction results or compare them. The overview is limited to the ranking of user groups rather than the main features of both visuals. The response is also 141 words, below the required 150-word minimum. To improve, include a concise overview of satisfaction—for example, staff helpfulness received the strongest ratings, while journals and Wi-Fi attracted more dissatisfaction—and support it with selected figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, an overview and two body paragraphs, and the user categories are presented in a broadly descending order. This gives the reader some sense of progression. However, the organisation is incomplete because both body paragraphs discuss the same chart and the satisfaction table is not included. Some linking expressions are also mechanical or unclear: “Firstly,” “After this,” and “Additionally” do little to show meaningful relationships, while “While” introduces an incomplete contrast. The repeated references to rankings make the paragraphs feel list-like. Grouping the user categories in one paragraph and the satisfaction findings in another, with a clear overview covering both, would create a more coherent report.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use basic vocabulary relevant to describing proportions, including “percentage,” “highest,” and “lowest,” and the main category figures remain understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “get highest ratio,” “gained 44%,” “third toper ratio,” and “recieved top 4th ratio”; these are not natural ways to describe survey shares. There are also spelling errors such as “chat” for “chart,” “universty,” and “recieved.” Use precise, repeated task vocabulary such as “accounted for,” “represented,” and “proportion,” and avoid inventing ranking phrases when a direct comparison is clearer.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt some longer sentence forms, including “Overall, full-time undergraduate students get highest ratio … than other users,” but control is weak and errors occur frequently. Problems include missing articles and comparison structures (“get highest ratio … than”), subject–verb agreement (“academic staff was stay”), and faulty verb forms (“was recieve,” “its recieved”). Several sentences join clauses awkwardly, as in “While, part-time postgraduate was recieve 16% by learners its have a third toper ratio,” making the relationships hard to interpret. Most sentences follow a similar simple pattern, and the attempts at complex structures are often inaccurate. Practise clear comparative sentences and consistent past-tense reporting, for example: “Full-time undergraduates accounted for 44%, compared with 25% for full-time postgraduates.”

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