Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The pie chat displays the proportion of four categories of survey of library users at universites.

And table shows the library opening hours, details about staff, availability of books or journals and reliability of wifi.

According to the chart the full time undergraduate is brilliant and stands at 44%. the second highest 25% is the full time postgraduate which is also pretty good. After that part time postgradute drops to 16%. Other rest of pending two parts are bit less like the distance learning of all courses is at 8%. And at the last the academic staff is at 7% the lowest.

The library users satwisfaction percentages are at three levels. the level one of very satisfied then second one is fairly satisfied and st thired it is not satisfied. The library opening hours at 65 and satisfied and 0 at not satisified. the helpfulness of staff is 95 and very satifiend thats also good and again 0 at satisfied same goes with availability of books 50 andsatisfied but not satisfied at 10. at second last availability of journals at 455 and low at 20 at last reliability is very good at 48 and poor at 19.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify both visuals and report several key figures accurately, including the largest user group (full-time undergraduates, 44%), the smallest (academic staff, 7%), and high satisfaction with staff helpfulness (95% very satisfied). However, the task is only partly addressed because there is no clear overview drawing together the main patterns. The satisfaction table is also reported incompletely and sometimes inaccurately: for example, opening hours had 65% very satisfied and 35% fairly satisfied, while you describe the latter unclearly; for journals, 45% is given as “455,” and the 35% fairly satisfied figure is omitted. Add a concise overview and compare the strongest and weakest satisfaction results, using the table’s categories precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic, useful structure: it introduces the chart and table, discusses user categories, and then turns to satisfaction. Sequencing within the chart paragraph is also understandable, moving from the largest group to the smallest. However, progression becomes difficult to follow in the table paragraph, where several results are joined in a long run-on sequence, such as “the helpfulness of staff is 95 … and again 0 … same goes with availability of books.” Some linking phrases, including “After that” and “at second last,” help signal order but do not clarify comparisons consistently. Separate each satisfaction category into clear sentences and use a brief overview paragraph to guide the reader through the main patterns.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “availability,” “reliability,” and “very satisfied,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several choices are informal or imprecise for an academic summary: “brilliant,” “pretty good,” “bit less,” and “poor” express opinions rather than neutrally describing survey results. There are also noticeable spelling and word-form errors, such as “universites,” “postgradute,” “satwisfaction,” and “satisified,” which can distract the reader. Aim for neutral reporting language and accurate collocations, such as “accounted for,” “the proportion fell to,” and “respondents were dissatisfied.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can usually identify the figures being discussed. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, with frequent errors in sentence boundaries, articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “The pie chat displays the proportion of four categories of survey of library users at universites” has an unclear noun structure, while “the library opening hours at 65 and satisfied and 0 at not satisified” is not a complete, well-formed sentence. Capitalisation after full stops is also inconsistent, and several clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation. Practise writing one complete sentence per comparison, with a clear subject and verb, before attempting longer linked structures.

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