Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · 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 7.0)

The pie chart shows the different types and frequency of users who utilize the university library, while the table shows the level of satisfaction these users experience.

Over two thirds of library users are full-time students, with the majority of them being undergraduates. Most people are generally very satisfied, as helpfulness of staff being the most popular source of satisfaction, making 95% of users "Very satisfied".

69% of library users are full-time students. Undergraduates make up the most of them with 44% whereas postgraduates constitue a quarter of all users. Part-time postgraduates make about 9% less than full-time postgraduate students, accounting for 16% of all users. The lowest types of users who may benefit from the library's services are distance learners and academic staff, with them making up 8% and 7% of the whole pie respectively.

On average, most of the users are very satisfied with staff being the main driver. Secondly is the opening hours with 65% of users very satisfied while the other 35% are fairly satisfied. However, strictly two services bring more dissatisfaction than others, both availability of journals and reliability of wi-fi dissatisfy about a fifth of all users equally.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You cover both visuals and identify the main pattern: full-time students form the largest user group, and staff helpfulness receives the strongest satisfaction rating. The key figures for user categories are mostly accurate, including 44% undergraduates, 25% full-time postgraduates, and 16% part-time postgraduates. You also make a useful comparison between journals and Wi-Fi, each with around one fifth dissatisfied. However, the overview is somewhat general: “most of the users are very satisfied” is not true across every service, since satisfaction varies from 45% to 95%. The table’s other notable contrasts—such as 50% very satisfied with books and 48% with Wi-Fi—are not developed. More precise coverage of the range of satisfaction results would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories, and a paragraph on satisfaction. This gives the reader a logical route through both visuals, and comparisons such as the 16% versus 25% postgraduate figures help connect related information. Some linking and reference choices are less controlled, however. “Most people are generally very satisfied” is broad, and “Secondly is the opening hours” creates an awkward transition rather than a clear comparison. The final paragraph also moves quickly from staff to opening hours and then to dissatisfaction without covering the middle satisfaction results. Grouping the table’s strongest ratings together, then comparing the lower ratings, would make progression more consistent and cohesive.

Lexical Resource: Band 7.0

You use a suitable range of task-related vocabulary, including “accounting for,” “making up,” “dissatisfaction,” and “driver,” and the meaning is generally clear. There is some flexibility in how you describe proportions, rather than relying only on “is.” A few choices are imprecise or unnatural for a formal data report: “frequency of users” suggests how often people visit, although the chart shows user categories; “source of satisfaction” is not quite the same as a satisfaction rating; and “dissatisfy about a fifth” is an awkward collocation. “Constitute” is appropriate in principle, but it is misspelled as “constitue.” Prefer precise terms such as “proportion,” “rating,” and “were dissatisfied,” and check spelling and collocations during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast introduced by “while” and the clause beginning “with the majority of them being undergraduates.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, and punctuation is generally manageable. Some grammatical constructions are awkward or incomplete, though. “Most people are generally very satisfied, as helpfulness of staff being the most popular source of satisfaction” lacks a properly formed clause after “as”; “Secondly is the opening hours” has an inverted structure that does not work here; and “with them making up 8% and 7%” is an awkward participial construction. Recast these as complete clauses—for example, “Staff helpfulness received the highest rating, with 95% very satisfied”—and check article use in phrases such as “the helpfulness of staff.”

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