Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-08

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 6.0)

The chart illustrates the regular weekday for students in UK, Germany, Japan.

Overall, the bar graph depicts the typical activities in a weekday such as sleeping, studying and relaxing. Uk shows the largest proportion of studying among students while, studying is recoreded the highest in both Japan and germany as well, and relaxing stood at lowest in all three countries.

Initially, the ratio of studying in Japan stood at the highest compared to other countries with 13 hours. It decrease in Germany and shows 9 hours. It is also recorded for the lowest hours in UK, 8 hours per week.

Furthermore, the ratio of relaxing remained the same in UK and Germany at 7 hours and declined in Japan at 4 hours. Sleeping shows 8.5 hours in UK and shows the largest proportion. In Germany sleeping was accounted for 8 hours and it decreased in japan and shows 7 hours per week.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover the three activities and all three countries, and you identify useful comparisons, including Japan’s high study figure (13 hours) and the shared relaxation figure for the UK and Germany (7 hours). However, the overview contains a key contradiction: it says the UK has the largest proportion of studying, then says studying is highest in Japan and Germany. The chart shows Japan highest, followed by Germany and the UK. The claim that relaxing is lowest in all countries is also unclear, since it is the lowest activity in Japan but ties sleeping in the UK and Germany. A clearer, accurate overview of the main contrasts, including the sleeping figures, would make the response more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs reporting details. The information is generally grouped by activity, and signposts such as “Overall,” “Initially,” and “Furthermore” help readers follow the account. However, progression is sometimes mechanical, and the overview’s contradictory statements make the comparison difficult to follow. Repeated patterns such as “shows” and “stood at” also make the reporting feel list-like. The final paragraph moves from relaxation to sleeping without a clear transition, while “It decrease” has an unclear reference. Organising the details into clearer comparisons—for example, study figures together and the other activities together—and using more precise referencing would strengthen cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “declined,” “remained the same,” and “largest proportion,” so the main information is usually understandable. There are also attempts to vary how figures are described. Some choices, however, are imprecise or unnatural for a chart: “ratio” is not suitable for hours, and “recorded for the lowest hours” is awkward. “Proportion” also suggests a share rather than a number of hours. Spelling and capitalisation slips, including “recoreded,” “Uk,” and “germany,” reduce accuracy. Prefer direct terms such as “number of hours” or “spent,” and check country names and common chart vocabulary carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple sentences and some longer structures, including the overview sentence beginning “Overall” and the comparison “In Germany sleeping was accounted for 8 hours.” The main figures remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “It decrease in Germany” needs past-tense agreement (“decreased”), and “while, studying is recoreded” has faulty punctuation and sentence construction. The phrase “in UK” needs an article (“in the UK”), while “sleeping was accounted for 8 hours” uses an incorrect grammatical pattern. Several sentences also repeat “shows” without a clear subject or reference. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build comparisons with clear subjects and complete clauses.

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