Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 21 · 2026-11-03
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 5.5)
The diagram below shows that the result of a survey of library users at a university.There are different categories of students in university.
Firstly,the high ratio is of full time undergraduate students is 44%.The ratio of full time postgraduate students is 25%.The ratio of part time graduate students is 16% that is average amoung of them.The lowest average is of academic staff and distance learning(all courses) 7% and 8% respectively.
The satisfaction of library users is also mentioned.The strength of 65 students in library opening hours are very satisfiied and 35 students are fairly satisfied.And the 95 students are very satisfied with helpfulness of staff,and the 5 students are fairly satisfied .In availability of books 50 students are very and 40 students are fairly satisfied and 10 students are not satisfied of availability of books in library.Moreover,45 students are very satisfied of availability of journals and 35 students are fairly satisfied and 20 students are not satisfied.In realiability of wifi 48 students are satisfied and 33 students are fairly satisfied and 19 students are not satisfied.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
You report the main user categories and include the figures for all five groups, correctly identifying full-time undergraduates as the largest group and academic staff as the smallest. You also cover each satisfaction category, so the response is relevant to both parts of the visual. However, the overview is limited: there is no clear summary comparing the strongest and weakest satisfaction results. Some figures are also described as numbers of “students” rather than percentages, and the wi-fi figure of 48% is called simply “satisfied,” although the table labels this group “very satisfied.” To strengthen the response, state the key overall contrasts and consistently identify the data as percentages and the satisfaction levels precisely.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response follows a generally understandable order: it first describes the user categories and then moves to satisfaction, using “Firstly” and “Moreover” to signal progression. This gives the reader a basic structure. However, the information is presented in two dense blocks, and the satisfaction results become a long sequence of similar statements, making comparisons difficult to see. Some linking is mechanical, while punctuation around sentence boundaries is inconsistent—for example, there is no space after the opening full stop. Use separate paragraphs for the two visuals, group related satisfaction results, and add clear comparisons such as identifying which service received the highest very-satisfied rating and which had the most dissatisfaction.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use relevant vocabulary for the topic, including “categories,” “satisfaction,” “availability,” and “helpfulness,” and the reader can generally understand the information. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural. “The high ratio is of” and “the strength of 65 students” do not express the chart data clearly; “ratio” is also less suitable than “proportion” or “share” here. There are noticeable spelling errors, including “satisfiied,” “amoung,” and “realiability,” and “wifi” would be better written as “Wi-Fi.” Aim for precise chart language and check spelling, especially in repeated key terms.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts to combine information using clauses and conjunctions, and most of the intended meaning can be followed. However, sentence structures are limited and errors occur frequently. For example, “The high ratio is of full time undergraduate students is 44%” contains an incomplete and duplicated structure, while “The ratio of part time graduate students is 16% that is average amoung of them” joins ideas without a clear grammatical link. Articles, agreement, and sentence boundaries also need attention; the opening runs “university.There” together, and several long sentences are joined mainly with “and.” Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add controlled complex forms, with careful punctuation.
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