Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The table illustrates sleeping, studying, and relaxing in three different countries, such as the UK, Japan, and Germany.

Overall, the table shows different activities, such as in the UK, which has the highest sleeping activity, and Japan and Germany, which both have the highest studying activity.

Firstly, 8.5% is highest percentage in UK sleeping activity, then 7% in Japan sleeping activity and 8% in Germany there are a UK is a highest in all table

However, 13% is highest percentage in Japan studying activity, then 7% in UK studying activity and 9% in Germany there are a Japan is a highest in all table

However, 4% is the lowest percentage in Japan relaxing activity, then 7% in UK and Germany both are same percentage.

Lastly, the table shows three activities in three countries

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the three countries and activities, and you report several figures that match the chart, including Japan’s 13 hours of studying and its 4 hours of relaxing. However, the overview is inaccurate: the UK has the most sleep, but Japan alone has the most study time; Germany does not share that distinction. The response also repeatedly calls the figures percentages, although the chart shows hours, and the claim that the UK is “highest in all table” is unclear and incorrect. The final sentence adds no meaningful summary. The response is 17 words below the required minimum, and the limited coverage leaves important comparisons underdeveloped. Give a clear overview of the main contrasts and describe the figures as hours.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for studying and relaxing. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised. However, progression is limited because the sleeping figures are placed in a paragraph that also contains an unclear claim, while the studying paragraph repeats the same pattern and wording. “However” does not show a clear contrast in either paragraph, and “Firstly” and “Lastly” do little to connect the comparisons. The final sentence repeats the introduction rather than concluding the report. Grouping the three activities more logically and using precise links such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile” would make the sequence easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a small set of relevant terms, including “sleeping,” “studying,” “relaxing,” “highest,” and “lowest,” so the reader can recognise the chart’s subject. However, the vocabulary is repetitive and some choices are inaccurate or unnatural. “Percentage” is not appropriate because the values represent hours, and phrases such as “highest sleeping activity” and “there are a UK is a highest in all table” do not express the comparisons clearly. Repeating “the table shows” also limits variety. Use chart-reporting language such as “spent,” “recorded,” “accounted for,” and “the figure for,” while keeping the units accurate. More precise comparison phrases would help communicate the data without relying on repeated “highest” and “then.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts basic sentence forms and uses some sequencing expressions, but grammatical control is inconsistent. Several sentences contain faulty structures, for example “8.5% is highest percentage in UK sleeping activity” lacks an article and a clear grammatical relationship between the figure and activity. The clause “there are a UK is a highest in all table” is not well formed, and “Japan and Germany, which both have the highest studying activity” has an unclear comparison. Articles, sentence boundaries, and clause construction need more reliable control. Most sentences follow a similar simple pattern, with little accurate variety. Practise writing complete comparisons such as “The UK figure was 8.5 hours, compared with 7 hours in Japan and 8 in Germany,” then check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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