Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-12

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 illustrates the typical weekday for students in United kingdom, Japan and Germany.

Overall, the amount of students who devote a conventional weekday spent on studying is the highest, whereas relaxing is the lowest in three different countries.

The number of learners who like to spend their typical weekday on sleeping is 8.5 in UK, then it slowly drop 7 in Japan and In Germany, the data of peers reach on the top 8. In contrast, the figure of students who spend majority of time on studying is the higher than 8 in UK, 13 in Japan and 9 in Germany.

However, learners invest same time on relaxing 7 in both UK and Germany as well as in Japan , it is only 4.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three countries and report figures for sleeping, studying and relaxing, so the response is relevant to the chart. However, the overview is not fully accurate: studying is not the highest activity in all three countries, since UK students sleep longer than they study (8.5 versus 8 hours). The claim that relaxing is the lowest in all countries is also incorrect for Japan, where relaxing is 4 hours but sleeping is 7; it is the lowest there, while in the UK and Germany it is also the lowest. Some comparisons are unclear, and the response is 23 words below the required minimum. Include a precise overview and develop the key contrasts with accurate figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure: an introduction, an overview and details about the three activities. This gives the reader a general route through the information. However, progression is limited because the details are presented in a somewhat confusing sequence, and the final sentence combines the UK, Germany and Japan comparison without clearly separating the figures. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In contrast” and “However” are attempted, but “However” does not establish a clear contrast in the final paragraph. Organise the body by activity or by country, and use comparisons that explicitly connect each figure to its country. This would make the relationships between the data easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “devote,” “learners” and “invest,” and the reader can generally understand the intended topic. However, the range is limited by repeated references to “students” and “spend,” while several word choices or combinations are unnatural for describing chart data. For example, “the data of peers reach on the top” and “students who like to spend their typical weekday on sleeping” are difficult to interpret precisely. Prefer direct, conventional reporting language such as “the figure for sleeping,” “spent eight hours studying” and “the highest value.” Use a smaller set of accurate terms consistently rather than reaching for less suitable synonyms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “whereas” and a comparison beginning “In contrast.” However, errors are frequent and sometimes make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. For example, “the amount of students who devote a conventional weekday spent on studying” has an unclear grammatical structure, and “it slowly drop 7 in Japan” has an incorrect verb form and an incomplete comparison. There are also problems with articles, agreement and sentence boundaries, as in “in United kingdom” and the run-on construction before “In Germany.” Build clearer sentences with a subject and verb for each comparison, and check agreement, articles and punctuation.

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