Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-06

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar chart shows the typical weekday for students in three different countries.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The bar chart compare the typical weekday for students in three different countries.

Overall, the bar chart compare the three typical weekday such as sleeping, studying and relaxing. in three different countries like UK, japan, and Germany for students.The highest number of weekday for the students is 13 on studing, and lowest is relaxing weekdays in japan.

Let begin with Uk weekdays for students, first is sleeping, the weekdays are 8.5 and 8 weekdays for studing and 7 weekdays for sleeping. Now, i talk about the weekdays for the students in japan, seven weekdays for sleeping and 13 weekdays for studing 4 weekdays for relaxing. Now, the last country is Germany, the 8 weekdays for sleeping and 9 weekdays for studing and 7 weekdays for relaxing to the students.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three countries and activities, and most figures are reported accurately: for example, Japan’s study figure of 13 and Germany’s figures of 8, 9 and 7 are correct. You also note the main extremes, with studying in Japan highest and relaxing there lowest. However, the overview is unclear and repeats the task rather than summarising the key comparisons. There is also a factual error in the UK description: 7 hours is for relaxing, not sleeping. The response contains 120 words, below the required 150, so the report is underdeveloped and does not fully cover the task. Add a clear overview and compare the countries’ patterns more explicitly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence: it introduces the chart, gives an overview, and then describes the UK, Japan and Germany in turn. This country-by-country order makes the figures reasonably easy to locate. However, progression is limited, and the repeated transitions “Let begin,” “Now,” and “Now, the last country” make the report sound like a list rather than a connected comparison. The overview also repeats information from the introduction instead of guiding the reader through the main patterns. Use separate, purposeful paragraphs and link related comparisons—for instance, compare study time across all three countries before contrasting relaxation time. Clearer referencing and fewer repetitive transitions would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

Your vocabulary is sufficient to name the chart’s main categories and countries, using terms such as “sleeping,” “studying” and “relaxing.” However, the range is narrow and several phrases are repeated, especially “weekdays for students,” which is not a natural way to describe the hours shown. Expressions such as “the highest number of weekday” and “13 weekdays on studying” are imprecise and may confuse the reader about what the figures represent. There are also spelling and capitalisation problems, including “studing,” “japan” and “Uk.” Use accurate chart language such as “hours spent studying” and “the figure for relaxation,” and check spelling and country names carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences use simple structures, and the reader can generally understand the intended country-by-country information. However, errors are frequent, and the range of sentence forms is limited. The opening has subject–verb disagreement in “The bar chart compare,” while the overview contains a sentence fragment after “Overall” and inconsistent sentence boundaries. In the UK section, “first is sleeping” is followed by a confusing sequence that does not clearly connect the figures to the activities. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, as in “in three different countries like UK, japan, and Germany for students.The highest.” Practise complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use parallel structures to report each country’s figures.

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