Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The given image illustrate the proportion of library users and the satisfaction level of users,

Overall, the full-time undergraduate uses most of the library among all sectors.while the academic staff palys a minor role in library users. users are most satisfied with staff behaviour,users are most unsatisfied with the avaliblility of journals.

To begin with full-time undergraduate is the most dominant sector that uses library contributing 44% of the total, alongside with full-time postgraduate that contributing 25% of total

Furthermore, part-time postgraduate uses 16% of library and the minor sector among all categories are acadenic staff and distance learning they are contrubuting 15% together.

Moeover, the satisfaction levelof libary users are showing that users are most satisfied with helpfulness of staff 95% very satisfied and 5% fairly satisfies and 0% not satisfied, students are least satisfied with the aviliblity of journals only 45% very satisfied and 35% fairly satisfied and 20% are not satisfied, students are not fully satisfied with reliability of wifi 48% very satuisfied and fairly satisfied are 33% and 19% are not satisfied.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main user group correctly: full-time undergraduates account for 44%, followed by full-time postgraduates at 25%. You also select useful satisfaction findings, especially the 95% very satisfied with staff helpfulness and the comparatively high dissatisfaction with journals. The overview gives a clear sense of the largest and smallest user groups and the strongest and weakest satisfaction results. However, the category figures are not fully accurate: academic staff and distance learners together make up 15%, but you call them the “minor sector” without distinguishing that academic staff alone are 7% and distance learners 8%. The account also omits opening hours and books, so the satisfaction data are covered less fully than the user categories. Include these results and compare them briefly to make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, a paragraph on user categories and a final paragraph on satisfaction. This gives the reader a generally coherent route through the two visuals, and linking phrases such as “To begin with” and “Furthermore” help signal progression. The overview also usefully previews the main contrasts. However, some transitions are mechanical or incorrectly formed, such as “alongside with,” and the final paragraph combines several satisfaction results in a long sequence, making comparisons harder to follow. Punctuation and spacing also weaken the flow, for example “sectors.while” and “behaviour,users.” Use separate sentences and organise the satisfaction findings into clearer comparisons, while keeping the overview distinct from supporting details.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing charts, including “proportion,” “dominant sector,” “contributing,” and “satisfaction level,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. There is some attempt to vary wording rather than repeat “users” throughout. However, inaccurate spelling and word choice are noticeable, including “palys,” “avaliblility,” “acadenic,” and “satuisfied.” Some expressions are also unnatural or imprecise: “uses most of the library” suggests frequency or quantity of use rather than the share of users, while “staff behaviour” does not precisely match the table’s “helpfulness of staff.” Aim for accurate chart language and collocations, such as “accounted for,” “share of users,” and “satisfaction with staff helpfulness,” and proofread spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, including clauses linked with “while” and “that,” and the main figures are usually understandable. However, control is inconsistent, particularly in sentence boundaries, agreement and verb forms. For example, “The given image illustrate” needs subject–verb agreement, and “full-time postgraduate that contributing 25%” has an incomplete relative clause and faulty verb form. The opening overview also runs two clauses together after “sectors.while,” while the final paragraph contains a long sentence joined mainly by commas. These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas less clear. Practise accurate sentence patterns such as “Full-time postgraduates accounted for 25%” and use full stops to separate comparisons; check articles and plural forms as well.

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