Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-10-31

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 5.0)

The pie chart and table illustrates the proportion of how many students visited and there reviews about library.

Overall, undergrade students visited more rather than the other individuals. Academic staff contributes least in visiting book place.

Helping of students have large proportion while new books arrival have least favour of students.

Firstly, students frequently uses library instead of others staff. The full-time undergrade individuals makingup mostly which is 44% followed by graduates accounted for 25%. Part-time postgraduates contributes only 16% while distance learning involved only 8% and lastly, least contributed by academic staff which is 7%.

Furthermore, helping the students achieve great satisfication

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the largest user group, full-time undergraduates at 44%, and the smallest, academic staff at 7%, and you include the other user-category figures. However, the response addresses only the pie chart in any meaningful detail. The table is barely reported: “helping the students achieve great satisfaction” gives no figures or comparisons, and the claim that new-book arrival is least favoured is not supported by the table, which reports book availability and shows journals have the highest dissatisfaction. The overview is also incomplete and partly unclear. The response is substantially below the required 150 words, leaving the main satisfaction findings undeveloped. To improve, summarise both visuals, select key contrasts, and support the overview with accurate data.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening, an overview, and a paragraph describing user categories. “Firstly” and “Furthermore” signal a sequence, and the category figures are presented in a generally understandable order. However, progression stops abruptly in the final sentence, so the table receives no developed paragraph and the response does not form a complete summary. Some links are repetitive or imprecise, while the overview combines unrelated points without clearly connecting them. For example, “Helping of students have large proportion” is difficult to follow as a transition to satisfaction data. Use separate paragraphs for the user profile and satisfaction table, and connect comparisons explicitly so the reader can follow the main features from start to finish.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “full-time undergraduate,” “part-time postgraduates,” and “accounted for,” which helps identify the chart categories. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear. “Visited book place” is an unnatural substitute for library use, “new books arrival” does not accurately describe the table’s measure, and “helping of students” is not a clear way to refer to staff helpfulness. There are also word-form and spelling problems, such as “satisfication” and “undergrade.” Aim for precise chart language such as “share of users,” “availability of books,” and “respondents were very satisfied,” and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt several sentence forms, including a general overview and comparisons using “followed by,” but the range is limited and errors occur frequently. In the opening, the compound subject “pie chart and table” requires “illustrate,” not “illustrates.” The phrase “how many students visited and there reviews” has an unclear grammatical structure, and “students frequently uses” has a subject–verb agreement error. Other examples include “Academic staff contributes least” and the incomplete final sentence, “Furthermore, helping the students achieve great satisfication.” These problems sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to understand. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add controlled complex forms, checking agreement, articles, and sentence completeness.

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