Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-14

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 7.0)

The bar chart illustrates a usual weekday for students in the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany. Their days are divided by time sleeping, studying and relaxing.

Overall, Japan accounts for the most time spent studying ,by a big margin, recording also the lowest time for relaxing and sleeping. The United Kingdom students sleep the most, however relaxing as much as the germans.

In terms of studying, Japan records the highest figure, at 13 hours, followed by Germany at 9 hours. The United Kingdom students spend 8 hours studying.

By contrast, sleep is the most dominant in the Uk, at 8.5. Meanwhile Germany and Japan record 8 and 7 hours, respectively.

A similar pattern can be observed for relaxing, as the Uk and Germany equally spend 7 hours each, however Japan only uses 4 hours of its students day for such activity.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

You identify the chart’s three activities and give a clear overview of the main contrasts: Japan has the highest study figure and the lowest figures for sleep and relaxation, while UK students sleep the most. The reported values are accurate, and the body paragraphs compare the countries by activity. This meets the task well, although the overview could be more precise: “by a big margin” is not quite supported, since Japan’s study figure is four hours above the UK’s and the other comparisons are smaller. The response also contains 141 words, below the required 150. Add a little more relevant comparison or detail, rather than padding, to meet the minimum and develop the summary further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.5

The response is clearly organised, with an introduction, an overview and separate paragraphs comparing study, sleep and relaxation. This gives the reader a logical route through the information, and linking phrases such as “By contrast” and “Meanwhile” help signal comparisons. The progression is generally easy to follow. To make cohesion more flexible and polished, avoid relying on a repeated activity-by-activity pattern without adding further links between the figures. The sentence beginning “The United Kingdom students sleep the most” also joins two ideas with “however” in a way that needs clearer punctuation or a different connector. Overall, the organisation is strong, with a few local cohesion and punctuation issues.

Lexical Resource: Band 7.0

You use a sufficient range of chart-related vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “recording,” “followed by,” “respectively” and “a similar pattern.” These choices make the comparisons clear, and the wording is generally appropriate to an academic summary. Some expressions are less precise or informal, however: “by a big margin” is conversational, while “uses 4 hours of its students day” is an awkward way to describe time allocation. “Accounts for the most time” is also less direct than saying students spend the most time on an activity. Aim for concise, natural collocations and consistent formal wording. These occasional choices limit precision, although the meaning remains clear throughout.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the overview sentence with “while” and the comparison sentence using “followed by.” Most of the information is understandable, but some grammatical and punctuation errors remain. In “The United Kingdom students sleep the most, however relaxing as much as the germans,” the second clause is not formed as a complete, parallel clause; use a full clause and separate it appropriately. The comma before “by a big margin” is also misplaced, and “however” needs clearer punctuation in the final comparison sentence. There is some control of sentence variety, but more consistently complete clauses and accurate punctuation would improve accuracy.

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