Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-28

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 6.0)

This pie chart outlines the different type of people who use the the library in a College.

Overall the leading percentage of library visiters are the Full-time undergraduates who make up 44% of the daily visitors.Following them are the Full-time postgraduates and the Part-time postgraduate.They account to about 25% and 16% of the daily vistors in sequence.But the lowest percentage of the visitors who use the library are the distance learning students who make up 8% and the academic staff including teachers,peons and others who are about 7% the lowest of them all.

Furthermore,the satisfaction of the vistors is also very important. Majority of the people are extremely satisfied with the library opening hours and the helpfulness of the library staff.Moreover the reviews about the availability of books,journals and the reliability of the internet are quite mixed.There are almost 30 people who are not very pleased with option of books and journals which are available.While there are almost 19 complaints about the quality of the internet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover both parts of the visual and identify the main user group accurately: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, while academic staff are the smallest group at 7%. You also note the strong satisfaction with opening hours and staff helpfulness, and the more mixed views of books, journals and Wi-Fi. However, some details are unclear or inaccurate: the chart gives proportions of library users, not “daily visitors,” and “about 30 people” and “19 complaints” misrepresent percentages as counts. The overview would be stronger if it directly compared the satisfaction results—for example, staff helpfulness has the highest very-satisfied figure (95%), while journals have the highest dissatisfaction (20%). Some relevant features are therefore reported less fully than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a generally clear sequence: it first describes the user categories, then moves to satisfaction, with “Overall” and “Furthermore” signalling the shift. This gives the reader a coherent overall arrangement. The progression within the satisfaction section is less precise, however: “Moreover” introduces several mixed results, but the final sentences move from books and journals to Wi-Fi without clearly distinguishing their figures or linking the comparisons. Some linking is also mechanical, and the long opening overview sentence contains several comparisons that would be easier to follow if divided. To strengthen cohesion, group the satisfaction results by pattern—high satisfaction for staff and hours, then more varied ratings for resources and Wi-Fi—and use clear references to the relevant categories.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “satisfied,” “availability” and “reliability,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, several choices are imprecise or informal for describing survey data. “Visitors” and “daily visitors” suggest a count of visits rather than the proportions of user categories, while “reviews” and “complaints” do not accurately describe satisfaction percentages. There are also spelling and word-form errors, such as “vistiters,” “vistors” and “satisfaction” misspelled in context, which reduce accuracy. Aim for consistent terms such as “respondents,” “users” and “not satisfied,” and use precise reporting language when describing percentages rather than people or complaints.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including the relative clause in “students who make up 8%” and the contrast introduced by “While.” The main comparisons are usually understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “the different type of people” needs plural agreement, and “the the library” contains a repeated article. In “They account to about 25%,” the preposition pattern is incorrect; the sentence also needs clearer punctuation around the figures. Several sentences run together, particularly the long overview, and “While there are almost 19 complaints…” is an incomplete dependent clause when used as a separate sentence. Check articles, agreement, sentence boundaries and punctuation while retaining your attempts at complex structures.

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