Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-01

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 categories of library users and the table demonstrate the library user satisfaction at a university.

Overall, full-time undergraduate recorded the largest proportion, while academic staff had the lowest percentage. Helpfulness of staff had the largest percentage in very satisfied, whereas availability of journals were the least satisfaction users.

Looking at the pie char in more detail, full-time undergraduate cover the largest proportion at 44% as compare to academic staff was the least popular at 7%. Full-time postgraduate had the second-highest at 25%. Part-time postgraduate stood at 16% and distance learning accounted for 8% users.

Regarding the table of library user satisfaction, helpfulness of staff had the maximum numbers of satisfaction at 95% and 5% users were from fairly satisfied. In contrast, availability of journals were the lowest percentage in very satisfied at 45%, and 35% in fairly satisfied and 20% users were not satisfied. Library opening hours, satisfied users stood at 65% and fairly satisfied at 35%. In addition, reliability of wifi satisfied users accounted for 48% and fairly satisfied at 33%, Not satisfied users made up 20%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover both visuals and give a clear overview of the main contrasts: undergraduates form the largest user group, academic staff the smallest, and staff helpfulness receives the strongest satisfaction ratings. Most figures are reported accurately, including the user-group shares and the opening-hours results. This meets the task well, with some features more fully covered than others. However, the overview’s claim that journals were the least satisfactory is not fully precise: journals have the lowest very-satisfied figure (45%), but wi-fi has a slightly higher not-satisfied share (19% versus 20% for journals, so journals are indeed marginally highest there). More importantly, the response omits the book-satisfaction figures, and it does not compare the satisfaction patterns across all categories. Include these details and make the overview’s comparisons more exact to strengthen coverage.

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 paragraph on satisfaction. This gives the reader a logical route through the two visuals, and signposts such as “Overall,” “Looking at,” and “Regarding” make the shifts easy to follow. The information within each paragraph is also generally grouped appropriately. To make the progression more flexible and cohesive, avoid relying so heavily on formulaic paragraph openings and connect related comparisons more directly. For example, the satisfaction paragraph lists several rows in turn but does not link the results for books, journals, and wi-fi; grouping these three less-positive areas would create a clearer comparison. A few references, such as “satisfied users,” could also be made more explicit about which rating category is meant.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted for,” “second-highest,” and “in contrast,” which helps describe the data. Some attempts at more formal reporting language are effective, but word choice and collocation are not consistently accurate. For instance, “maximum numbers of satisfaction” is unnatural, and “availability of journals were the lowest percentage in very satisfied” does not express the comparison idiomatically. “Pie char” is also a spelling error, while “wifi” would be better written as “wi-fi” or “Wi-Fi.” Aim for precise chart language such as “the highest proportion of respondents were very satisfied” and use “share,” “figure,” or “rating” consistently. These improvements would make the vocabulary more natural without requiring a much wider range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more developed sentence forms, and the overall meaning is usually clear. However, some errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction remain. For example, “the table demonstrate” should be “the table demonstrates,” and “full-time undergraduate cover” should be “full-time undergraduates accounted for.” In “availability of journals were,” the singular subject requires “was”; the phrase “as compare to academic staff was” also needs restructuring, for example, “compared with academic staff, at 7%.” Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent in “Not satisfied users” after a comma. Practise checking subject–verb agreement and building comparisons with parallel grammatical forms. More consistently accurate sentences, alongside your attempts at complex structures, would improve control.

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