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 line graph compares the typical weekdays for students in these three distinctive countries. The chart provides idea on how the students are likely managing their study, sleep and relaxing time. It is noticeable that in Japan, students are more likely to be involved in studdies as compare to UK and Germany. And after Japan, it is clear in Germany, students are investing most of their time in studying than sleeping and relaxing. But the diagram outlines that in UK, students sleep more and than studying and resting.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the main broad pattern that Japanese students spend the most time studying, and you compare this with the UK and Germany. However, the response only minimally reports the chart: it gives no figures and omits the key contrast that Japan has the least relaxing time, while the UK and Germany both spend seven hours relaxing. The claim that UK students sleep more than they study is also inaccurate: the chart shows 8.5 hours sleeping and 8 hours studying, a small difference. The response is only 88 words, below the required 150, which leaves the summary substantially incomplete. To improve, include a clear overview and support comparisons with the chart’s figures across all three activities and countries.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The ideas follow a basic sequence: you introduce the chart, describe Japan, compare Germany, and finish with the UK. Linking expressions such as “after Japan” and “But” help signal movement between points. However, the response is a single paragraph and does not develop a clear overview followed by organised comparisons. The repeated pattern of naming one country at a time also makes the relationships among the figures difficult to follow, and “And after Japan” begins a sentence in a way that feels disconnected. Grouping the information into an overview and a comparison of the countries’ study and leisure patterns would create clearer progression. Use linking words to express precise contrasts rather than simply moving from one country to another.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary, including “typical weekdays,” “involved,” and “investing most of their time,” and the general topic remains understandable. However, the range is limited, and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing chart data. “Line graph” misidentifies the visual, “distinctive countries” is not an appropriate description here, and “provides idea” is an awkward collocation. There is also a spelling error in “studdies.” Aim for precise chart language such as “bar chart,” “hours spent studying,” and “the figure for relaxing.” A wider set of comparison terms—such as “whereas,” “respectively,” and “the highest/lowest”—would help you report the data more accurately and flexibly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of sentence forms, including a complex sentence beginning “It is noticeable that,” and most of your meaning can be understood. However, control is uneven, particularly in sentence boundaries and comparative structures. “And after Japan, it is clear in Germany, students…” has an awkward comma separating the introductory phrase from the clause, while “students sleep more and than studying” does not form a grammatically parallel comparison. “The chart provides idea” also lacks an article, and “as compare to” uses an incorrect grammatical form. Practise building comparisons with parallel structures, for example, “UK students spend slightly more time sleeping than studying.” Check articles and punctuation, and vary sentence patterns while keeping each sentence complete.

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