Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-30

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 illustrates the five categories of library users at a university and the table displays the percentage of library user satisfaction.

Overall, Full-time undergraduates dominated the chart, followed by the Full-time postgraduates. The table indicates that library users were the most satisfied with Helpfulness of staff. While the Availabilty of journals faced the highest percentage of dissatisfaction by users.

The pie chart indicates the Full-time undergraduate contributed the most as library users, accounting for 44%, followed by Full-time postgraduate and Part-time postgraduate users, accounting for 25% and 16% respectively. While Academic staff accounted for the least, at 7%.

The table suggests, 95% of the users rated Helpfulness of staff (Very satisfied) and 5% (Fairly satisfied) with 0 dissatisfaction, Followed by Library opening hours with 65% (Very satisfied) and 35%(Fairly satisfied). Despite this success, Availability of journals were rated 20% (Not satisfied) and the least amount of (Very satisfied) at 45%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main user group accurately (full-time undergraduates, 44%) and give the next two largest groups, while your overview also highlights the strongest satisfaction result: staff helpfulness. These are relevant main features and the figures reported are accurate. However, the account of the user categories omits distance learners, and the satisfaction discussion covers only three of the five aspects. In particular, the high satisfaction for opening hours and the comparatively mixed results for books and wi-fi could be summarised to give a fuller picture. Your point that journals had the highest dissatisfaction is correct, but the overview would be clearer if it compared this with the other aspects. The task is addressed, though some features are developed more fully than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the chart and table. This makes the two visual elements easy to distinguish, and sequencing the user groups by size helps the reader follow the data. The overview also gives the reader a useful guide to the main findings. Some linking is less controlled, however. The sentence beginning “While the Availability of journals…” is a fragment, and “Despite this success” does not clearly signal the contrast between staff helpfulness and journal satisfaction. The table paragraph also moves quickly from staff to opening hours and journals without covering the remaining results. More precise transitions and a more systematic comparison of satisfaction categories would make progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a suitable range of task vocabulary, including “accounting for,” “dominated,” “dissatisfaction,” and “rated,” and the key categories are generally named clearly. This is adequate for describing the visuals, but some choices are imprecise or repetitive: “contributed the most as library users” is less natural than saying undergraduates “made up the largest group,” and “the least amount of (Very satisfied)” is awkward. “Success” is also an evaluative choice that is not especially precise for reporting survey results. There is a spelling error in “Availabilty,” and capitalising category names inconsistently interrupts the otherwise appropriate register. Aim for accurate collocations and concise, neutral wording when comparing percentages.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the overview contrast with “While” and the comparison introduced by “followed by.” Most of the information remains understandable, but some grammatical errors are noticeable. “While the Availability of journals faced…” is an incomplete subordinate clause, and “Availability of journals were rated” has a subject–verb agreement error. In “The table suggests, 95%…,” the comma is incorrectly placed and the sentence structure becomes difficult to follow; the final sequence also needs clearer sentence boundaries. The phrase “Full-time undergraduate contributed” would require a plural subject or a different construction. Check clause completeness, agreement, and punctuation, especially when combining several figures in one sentence.

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