Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-13

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 bar chart information compares the three different countries UK, Japan and germany in terms of how many hours students in these countries spend on sleeping, studing and relaxing on daily basis.

Overall,Japanese and German students spend the nost of their time on studying, Whereas students in th UK spend the most time on sleeping. Additionally, Japan students spend the least time relaxing.

Time spending on studying, Japan is the highest with around 13 hours a day, followed by Germany and UK at 9 and 8 hours respectively.

However sleeping, students in the UK spend most of their time at 8.5 hours a dayGermany is not far behind at around 8 hours, but students in Japan average at least one hour less sleep at 7 hours.While the Uk and Germany both spend 7 hours a day on relaxing, Japanese children have only 4 hours.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main comparisons accurately: Japan has the highest study figure (13 hours), the UK leads in sleep (8.5), and Japan has the least relaxation (4). The overview also captures the broad pattern, including the UK and Germany’s equal relaxation time. This covers the key features, although the overview could be more precise: German students study the most of their three activities, but studying is not their largest category compared with sleeping. The response reports the relevant figures, but some comparisons are brief rather than fully developed. It is also six words below the required minimum of 150, so add a little more detail, such as comparing each country’s activity pattern. These strengths and omissions fit the current level; fuller, more precise coverage would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and then comparisons of studying, sleeping and relaxing. This makes the information easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Additionally,” and “However” help signal relationships. The progression is generally logical, but cohesion is sometimes weakened by punctuation and sentence boundaries: “8.5 hours a dayGermany is not far behind” runs two ideas together, while “7 hours.While” lacks a space after the full stop. The phrase “Time spending on studying” also makes the transition into the detail paragraph less smooth. To move further, separate each comparison cleanly and use linking language that clarifies whether figures are being contrasted or ranked, rather than relying mainly on basic connectors.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the chart’s main information, including “spend,” “hours a day,” “highest,” “followed by,” and “not far behind.” However, the range and control are limited by repeated wording and several noticeable spelling or word-choice errors: “studing,” “nost,” “th,” and “germany.” Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “on daily basis,” “Time spending on studying,” and “Japanese children,” when the chart refers to students. These choices do not prevent the reader from understanding the comparisons, but they reduce precision and fluency. Aim for accurate, natural collocations and vary the language used to describe amounts and rankings. Proofreading country names and key task vocabulary would also improve clarity.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview contrast “Whereas students in the UK…” and the comparison beginning “While the UK and Germany…”. Most relationships between the figures remain understandable. However, some grammatical and punctuation errors are evident. For example, “The bar chart information compares” is an awkward sentence construction, and “students spend on … on daily basis” is missing an article before “daily basis.” The final comparison runs together at “8.5 hours a dayGermany,” and the next sentence begins “7 hours.While” without appropriate spacing. There is also inconsistent capitalisation of country names. Work on sentence boundaries, articles and punctuation while retaining varied sentence structures; more consistently accurate control is needed for a stronger performance.

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