Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-10

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 5.5)

The given bar chart compares the weekday schedule of the students belong from three different countries.

Overall it is obvious that, students of Japan spend most of the proportion of their time in studying contrast to relaxing which is only 4% of the total.By comparing with Germany and the UK, where students maintain the three tasks ( reading, sleeping,relaxing) in the proportion from 7% to 9%.

It is apparently seen that, Japan's students sleep only 7% and perform regular working of 13% and relaxing of 4%

In germany students 8% students fullfil their sleep and 9% of studying compares to relaxing which is only 7%.

By further exploring the data, Uk students constantly maintain the proportion between 7% and 8.5% in which sleeping is 8.5% , studying is 8% and they fell relaxation of only 7%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main contrast: Japanese students spend the most time studying and the least relaxing, while the UK and Germany show more balanced figures. Most reported values are accurate, including Japan’s 13 hours of study and 4 hours of relaxation, and the UK’s 8.5, 8 and 7 hours. However, the response is short of the required 150 words, and the overview is limited: it does not clearly compare the highest and lowest figures across all three countries. Also, the chart reports hours, not percentages, so describing values as “% of the total” is inaccurate. Develop the overview and make the unit explicit to cover the task more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, an overview and country-by-country details. This helps the reader follow the comparisons, and phrases such as “By comparing with Germany and the UK” and “By further exploring the data” signal movement between points. However, the progression is somewhat repetitive, with each country described in a similar sequence and little synthesis across the data. Some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “contrast to relaxing” and “In germany students 8% students…”. Use clearer paragraphing and connect comparisons directly—for example, contrast Japan’s study figure with the lower figures in the other two countries—rather than relying on formulaic transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing a chart, including “compares,” “proportion,” “maintain” and “data,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this task. “Regular working” does not describe studying, “fell relaxation” is unclear, and “proportion” is unsuitable when the chart gives hours. There are also spelling and word-form problems, such as “fulfil” used as “fullfil” and inconsistent capitalisation of “Germany” and “UK.” Choose precise chart language and use it consistently: “spend,” “hours,” “study” and “relax” are more natural here.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentence forms, including “Overall it is obvious that…” and “By comparing with Germany and the UK, where…”, but control is uneven. Errors in sentence construction and agreement occur in examples such as “the students belong from three different countries” and “In germany students 8% students fullfil their sleep.” Commas are also placed awkwardly after introductory phrases, and the final sentence has an unclear structure: “they fell relaxation of only 7%.” These problems sometimes make the reader pause to interpret the meaning. Practise building accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add subordinate clauses; check articles, verb forms, punctuation and sentence boundaries during revision.

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