Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-22

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 5.5)

The pie chart and table chart shows the outcome of a survey of library users at a particular univeristy. There are five categories and survey are in percentage.

Overall, it can be seen that there are five categories academic staff, distance learning, part time postgraduate, full time postgraduate and full time undergraduate. While on the one hand full time postgraduate and full time undergraduate are more in number as a library user followed by others.

Looking at the pie chart 44% of full time undergraduate use library, meanwhile full time postgraduate are only 25 percent. Additionally part time postgraduate are 16%, followed by distance learning and academic staff they are 8 and 7% respectively.

On the other hand, user very satisfied with helpfulness of staff that is 95% and 5% is fairly satisfied. 65% of users are very satisfied with library opening hours and 35% are fairly satisfied.

availiability of books and journal user are 50% and 45% very satisfied and 40 and 35% are fairly satisfied with 10 and 20% are not satisfied. 48% are extremly happy with the wifi and 33% are fairly happy and 19% are disappointed with the wifi.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both visuals and report the main figures accurately: undergraduates are the largest group at 44%, while academic staff are the smallest at 7%; you also identify high satisfaction with staff helpfulness and opening hours. However, the overview mainly repeats the user categories rather than summarising the key satisfaction pattern. It would be more informative to note that staff helpfulness received the strongest rating, while journals had the highest dissatisfaction. The final paragraph includes useful comparisons for books, journals and Wi-Fi, but the satisfaction results are not consistently interpreted: for example, the 10% and 20% figures for books and journals are not explicitly labelled as dissatisfied. Some features are therefore reported more fully than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to the user categories and then satisfaction results. This makes the information generally easy to follow. You also use basic linking expressions such as “Additionally,” “On the other hand,” and “meanwhile.” However, the overview does not clearly connect the two visuals, and the final paragraph becomes a long sequence of figures without enough sentence breaks or clear grouping. The transition “On the other hand” does not express a strong contrast between the user categories and satisfaction data. Organise the satisfaction results into clearer comparisons—for example, strongest ratings, then areas with more dissatisfaction—and use references such as “these figures” only when their meaning is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “categories,” “very satisfied,” “fairly satisfied,” and “not satisfied,” and the reader can understand most comparisons. However, the range is somewhat repetitive, particularly in the repeated use of “satisfied” and “users,” and some choices are imprecise for describing survey data. “The outcome of a survey” is less natural here than “the results of a survey,” while “extremely happy” and “disappointed” shift from the chart’s formal satisfaction categories to informal emotional language. There are also spelling errors, including “univeristy,” “availiability,” and “extremly.” More precise reporting verbs and consistent use of the table’s rating labels would make the vocabulary more appropriate and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including the contrast structure “While on the one hand…” and clauses introduced by “that” and “with.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but some errors in sentence structure and agreement make parts less clear. For example, “The pie chart and table chart shows” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and “there are five categories … and survey are in percentage” is not a well-formed sentence. In “full time postgraduate are only 25 percent,” the plural subject does not agree with the singular category label. The final section also joins several separate comparisons with commas or no clear punctuation. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and build shorter, complete sentences before adding complex clauses.

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