Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Given the bar chart illustrated the typical weekday students in three different countries named as UK, Japan and Germany.

Overall, there are three parts sleeping, relaxing and studying .As we can see most studying country is Japan as well as less is UK.Comparision of japan uk and germany studied less and Uk's popolation slept most.

In Uk, individuals slept more than studied and relaxing time is average. If we should see in point the number of person slept 8.5, studied 8 and relaxing 7. Likewise, in Japan the percentage of sleeping is 7, studying is highest 13 and relaxing is more less only 4.IN germany, the percentage are allover average like sleeping is8, relaxing is 7 and studying is second highest after the japan 9.

Afterall, In comparision of three countries Japan is highest in study and Germany is second highest . In sleeping Uk 's population is highest and Germany is second highest . In the case of relaxing the highest country is both Germany and uk because they are average in relaxing .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three countries and activities, and report several key figures accurately: for example, Japan has the most study time at 13, while the UK records 8.5 hours of sleep and 7 hours of relaxation. You also make relevant comparisons, including Germany’s second-highest study figure. However, the overview is unclear and partly inaccurate: “less is UK” does not specify what is lowest, and the UK does not have the highest sleep figure—its 8.5 is slightly above Germany’s 8, but the chart gives no population data. The response also calls figures “percentages” and refers to “persons” rather than clearly describing hours. State the main contrasts precisely and consistently report the chart’s measure.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure, moving from an introduction and overview to country-by-country details and a final comparison. This gives the reader some organisation, and transitions such as “Likewise” and “In Germany” help signal shifts. However, progression is weakened by repetition: the final paragraph repeats comparisons already made, while the overview combines several unclear claims in one sequence. Some links are inaccurate or awkward, such as “As we can see most studying country is Japan as well as less is UK,” and punctuation around “Afterall” and “IN germany” interrupts the flow. Group the overview’s main features together, then present the country details in a consistent order, avoiding repeated conclusions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small set of relevant terms, including “sleeping,” “studying,” “relaxing,” “highest,” and “second highest,” so the chart’s categories are generally recognisable. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices are imprecise or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. “Percentage” is not appropriate for the chart’s figures, and “population slept most” suggests a different measure from time spent sleeping. Phrases such as “more less,” “allover average,” and “average in relaxing” do not express comparisons clearly. Spelling and word-form errors, including “Comparision,” “popolation,” and “studied,” also reduce accuracy. Use precise terms such as “hours,” “spent,” and “recorded,” and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, but the range is limited and errors occur frequently. The opening, “Given the bar chart illustrated the typical weekday,” is not a complete, well-formed sentence; a direct construction such as “The bar chart illustrates…” would be clearer. Agreement and sentence structure are also unreliable in “the percentage are allover average,” while missing or misplaced articles and punctuation appear in phrases such as “in point the number of person slept 8.5.” Several sentences join ideas without clear grammatical links, making the comparisons harder to understand. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then add controlled clauses using “while” or “whereas”; check subject–verb agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries.

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