Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-26

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 illustrates the university's library attendents and an experiment on them for their satisfaction from the service of the library.

Overall, the full time undergraduate have taken the large margin of the chart. In comparison, the academic staff have the lowest percent of users. In addition, from helpfulness of staff a large number of users are satisfied. In contrast, while the availability service has bad experience for users.

The full time undergraduate have 41% of attendents while in contrast, academic staff have 7%. In addition, the full time postgraduate taken a quater area of the chart around 25%. The distance learning have 8 percent of students but the part time postgraduate have the double of distance learning around 16%.

The satisfaction level of the users varies. For instance, from helpfulness staff service 95% people are satisfied while 5% are fairly satisfied. In comparison, availability of the staff is not a good service because 45% are satisfied and 35% are fairly satisfied while 20% is not satisfied. In addition, availability of the books and reliability of the wifi have almost have statisfaction level but not satisfied user are not same at all. The library opening hours service service is more than a half very satisfied users about 65% but fairly satisfied user are 35%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both parts of the visual and identify important features: full-time undergraduates are the largest user group, academic staff the smallest, and staff helpfulness receives the strongest satisfaction ratings. You also report several relevant percentages. However, some figures or descriptions are inaccurate: undergraduates account for 44%, not 41%, and the 45% very satisfied figure belongs to journal availability, not “availability of the staff.” The overview’s claim that availability has a “bad experience” is also too broad, since book and journal ratings differ and books receive 50% very satisfied. To strengthen the response, check each figure against its category and summarise the main contrasts across all satisfaction rows more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories and a paragraph on satisfaction. This makes the two visuals easy to distinguish, and linking expressions such as “In comparison” and “For instance” help signal relationships. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “In contrast, while the availability service has bad experience for users” is incomplete in meaning, and the final paragraph moves between books, wi-fi and opening hours without a clear comparison structure. Use topic sentences and group the satisfaction results by strongest and weakest ratings, then compare the remaining categories. Clearer referencing would also help readers identify which service each percentage describes.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “full-time undergraduate,” “satisfaction level,” “fairly satisfied” and “reliability of the wifi,” so the topic is generally clear. There are also attempts to vary expression with phrases such as “In comparison” and “large margin.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing charts: “attendents,” “an experiment on them,” “taken the large margin,” and “bad experience” do not express the intended data clearly. Spelling errors such as “quater” and “statisfaction” also reduce precision. Aim for standard reporting language such as “accounted for,” “proportion,” “rating” and “users were dissatisfied,” and use the exact service labels from the table.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons and clauses beginning with “while,” and the main message is usually understandable. However, errors in agreement and sentence construction occur across the response. For example, “The pie chart and table illustrates” needs a plural verb, while “the full time undergraduate have” has a singular subject with a plural verb. The sentence beginning “In contrast, while…” is not a complete, well-formed clause, and “availability of the books and reliability of the wifi have almost have” contains a faulty verb sequence. Work on subject–verb agreement, complete sentence patterns and accurate verb forms. More controlled sentence structures would make your comparisons easier to follow.

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