Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-27

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 6.5)

The pie chart compares the different categories of consumers who utilise library while the table demonstrates the satisfaction of library users in percentages with regard to different aspects and the figures came from suvery conducted at a university.

Overall, full time undergraduate pupils dominantly consumed the library facility while it was the least utilised by the academic staff. Consumers are substantially satisfied with helpful behaviour of the staff whereas they are least amused with the reliability of wifi. The users are mostly satisfied from the facilities provided by the library.

In terms of library consumers, The library was mostly occupied by full time undergraduate students, at 44%, dwarfing all other categories of library users. The second highest proportion was of full-time postgraduate pupils about 25% followed by other categories which utilised library from 7 to 16%.

Looking at user satisfaction, consumers were fully satisfied with the library opening hours and helpful attitude of staff accounting for 65%were very satisfied and 35% were fairly satisfied while 95% of fellows are very satisfied and 5% are fairly satisfied respectively and no one has any issue with these aspects. Users were slighlty dissatisfied with availability of books, availability of journals and reliability of wifi which was about 10%, 20% and 19% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main features accurately: full-time undergraduates are the largest user group at 44%, academic staff are the smallest at 7%, and satisfaction is strongest with staff helpfulness and weakest for journals. The overview also captures the generally positive response, and you report several relevant figures from both visuals. This gives the reader a clear summary rather than a list of every value. However, some comparisons are generalised: “other categories” covers a wide range, and the satisfaction discussion gives dissatisfaction figures for three services without comparing their very-satisfied results. Also, “fully satisfied” is too strong for opening hours, where 35% were fairly satisfied. More precise comparisons across the satisfaction categories would make the key features more fully supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised in a clear sequence: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories and a final paragraph on satisfaction. This progression makes the two visuals easy to follow, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “In terms of” and “Looking at” help signal each stage. The main weakness is that the final sentence becomes crowded, combining figures for two separate aspects and several clauses; the reader has to work to connect each percentage to the correct category. Some references, such as “these aspects,” are also less precise after the long sentence. Separate the opening-hours and staff results into distinct sentences, then group the remaining services for comparison. This would preserve the logical structure while making cohesion less dependent on repeated transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary to describe the visuals, including “proportion,” “dwarfing,” “accounting for” and “dissatisfied.” These choices show an attempt to vary language beyond basic terms, and the meaning is generally clear. However, several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural for a formal data summary: “consumers” and “pupils” are not the best labels for university library users, “fully satisfied” overstates the opening-hours result, and “least amused” is inappropriate for reporting dissatisfaction. There are also spelling errors in “suvery” and “slighlty,” and “wifi” would be better presented consistently as “Wi-Fi.” Prefer precise, neutral terms such as “users,” “students,” “very satisfied” and “least satisfied,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt both simple and complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “categories … who utilise library” and a contrast introduced by “while.” The overall meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems are evident. For example, “utilise library” needs an article, and “The second highest proportion was of … about 25%” is an awkwardly formed comparison. The final sentence has a run-on structure: “65%were very satisfied” lacks a space and the clauses are joined without clear punctuation, making the figures harder to track. There are also inconsistent capitalisation choices, such as “The” after a sentence break within the paragraph. Use shorter sentences for the satisfaction data and check articles, sentence boundaries and punctuation.

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