Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-11

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 6.5)

The bar chart illustrates the typical weekday for students in the UK, Japan and Germany.

Overall, it is clear that the students in Japan and Germany spent the most of time studying, whereas students of the UK preferred sleeping more. Students in all the three countries spent the least amount of time relaxing.

To begin with, in the UK students accounted for 8.5 hours sleeping making it the most time consumed activity in the country, followed by studying at 8 hours making it the second highest activity. Relaxing consumed just 7 hours from their daily activity.

Turning to the remaining data, studying accounted for the highest proportion in Japan at 13 hours, followed by 7 hours of sleeping and just 4 hours of relaxing making it the least favourite activity in the country. A similar pattern is seen by the students of Germany, they spent 9 hours studying, 8 hours and sleeping and finally 7 hours of relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response identifies the chart’s subject and gives a clear overview: Japan and Germany record the most study time, while relaxing is the lowest figure in all three countries. The reported values are accurate, including the UK’s 8.5 hours of sleep and Japan’s 13 hours of study, and the country-by-country details support the main comparisons. This is a well-focused summary with relevant selection of data. However, the overview slightly overgeneralises by saying UK students “preferred sleeping more”; sleep is only marginally higher than study in the UK, and the chart reports time rather than preference. The comparison between countries could also be developed more explicitly, especially the contrast between Japan’s unusually high study time and its lower relaxation figure.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information is organised clearly into an introduction, an overview and two detail paragraphs. The progression from the UK to Japan and Germany is easy to follow, and signposts such as “Overall,” “To begin with” and “Turning to the remaining data” help guide the reader. The response also groups the figures sensibly by country. To make the organisation more effective, use comparisons across countries as well as listing each country in turn; for example, directly contrast Japan’s 13 study hours with the UK’s 8 and Germany’s 9. Some linking is slightly formulaic, and the final sentence joins two ideas awkwardly, so clearer sentence boundaries and more varied transitions would strengthen the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for describing the chart, with useful terms such as “illustrates,” “accounted for,” “followed by” and “highest proportion.” The reader can understand the comparisons and activity figures throughout. However, some choices are imprecise or unnatural: “spent the most of time” and “preferred sleeping more” do not express the data as accurately as “spent the most time” and “recorded the most time sleeping.” “Consumed” is also an awkward collocation for hours, while “least favourite activity” implies preference rather than measured time. Aim for precise chart language and natural collocations, and avoid repeating “accounted for” when alternatives such as “stood at” or “amounted to” would fit.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response uses a mix of simple statements and more complex structures, including participle clauses such as “sleeping making it the most time consumed activity” and comparison clauses introduced by “whereas.” Most meanings remain clear, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions persist. For example, “spent the most of time” has an incorrect article pattern, and “A similar pattern is seen by the students of Germany” uses an unsuitable passive construction. In “they spent 9 hours studying, 8 hours and sleeping,” the structure is incomplete and the relationship between the figures is unclear. Practise parallel phrasing for lists and use direct constructions such as “German students spent…” to improve accuracy while retaining sentence variety.

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