Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of activities on weekends for students in three country.

Overall,the highest amount of activites is sudying in japan,while the amount of activites for students in japan also is the lowest.

In terms of activitis,Japanese and germeny students more time spent on studying around 13%and 9% respectively.On the other hand,people in the UK,they most of the time spent on sleeping,around 8.5% people.However,UK and germeny both 7% of students favourite activites is sleeping.

Moreover,studnets in japan less time spent on relaxing, just 4%,whereas UK 7% of the UK students

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify studying in Japan as the highest figure and relaxing in Japan as the lowest, and you include several relevant comparisons. However, the response only partially reports the chart: it mislabels the figures as percentages and weekends, although the chart shows hours in a typical weekday. The claim that UK students spend most time sleeping is inaccurate; their studying figure is 8 hours, compared with 8.5 hours sleeping, while Germany’s highest figure is studying at 9 hours. The statement that UK and German students have 7% sleeping is also incorrect: 7 hours is their relaxing figure. The response is substantially below the required 150 words, leaving key comparisons and an accurate overview undeveloped.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response, beginning with an introduction and overview before moving to comparisons. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “On the other hand,” and “Moreover” help signal relationships between points. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the comparisons are not grouped consistently by country or activity, and some sentences combine unclear or contradictory information. For example, the sentence about UK and Germany having “7%” for sleeping conflicts with the earlier comparison. The final sentence is incomplete, so the response ends without a clear conclusion. Use separate, complete paragraphs and organise the details systematically, such as comparing each activity across all three countries.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses a small set of relevant terms, including “highest,” “lowest,” “studying,” “sleeping,” and “relaxing,” so the general subject is recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices are inaccurate or awkward for describing this chart. “Percentage” is unsuitable because the values represent hours, while “amount of activities” does not clearly describe time spent on activities. There are also frequent spelling errors, including “activites,” “sudying,” “germeny,” and “studnets,” which reduce clarity. Build a more precise range using expressions such as “hours spent studying” and “the figure for relaxing,” and check spelling carefully before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentence forms, including a contrast with “whereas” and a sentence beginning “On the other hand,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in sentence structure and verb forms appear in examples such as “Japanese and germeny students more time spent on studying” and “people in the UK, they most of the time spent on sleeping.” The opening also has agreement and number problems in “students in three country,” and punctuation is often missing after linking words. The final clause, “whereas UK 7% of the UK students,” is incomplete. Practise forming complete subject–verb sentences, for example, “Japanese students spent 13 hours studying,” and use consistent punctuation.

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