Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-07-31

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 6.5)

The bar chart compares the number of hours spent from a student in the UK, Germany and japan on three daily activites that are sleeping, studying and relaxing during a typical weekday

overall, studying is the most amount of hours spent by German and Japanese students where as the UK spend most hours of the day sleeping. Moreover Japanese students spend more time on studying thant relxing unlike german students.

By looking at the charts we can see that students in japan spend the most amount of time studying at around 13 hours a day this is more than tripe the amount of time thye spend relaxing and nearly double the amont of time they spend sleeping

we can also see in the chart that the UK and Germany have a more balanced system as we can see that german sutdents spend a 9 hours on studying and the recomened 8 hours of sleep smimlarly the UK students spend 8 hours on studying and 8,5 hours of sleeping. notably both UK students and German students spend the same 7 hours on relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 7.0

You have successfully identified the main features of the chart and provided relevant comparisons between the three countries. You covered all three categories (sleeping, studying, and relaxing) and highlighted the key differences, such as the high study hours in Japan compared to the more balanced approach in the UK and Germany. To reach a higher band, ensure you provide a more precise overview in the introduction and avoid minor inaccuracies in data reporting, such as the claim that Japanese students spend 13 hours studying, which should be checked against the specific visual data provided. Overall, the response is clear and addresses the prompt effectively.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The response is logically organized into paragraphs, with an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs detailing the data. You use some cohesive devices like 'Moreover' and 'notably' to link ideas. However, the flow is occasionally interrupted by mechanical phrasing, and the transition between sentences could be smoother. The use of paragraphing is appropriate, but the internal structure of the paragraphs could benefit from more varied linking words to improve the overall progression of information. Referencing is generally clear, though some sentences are slightly disjointed.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

You demonstrate an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms like 'balanced system' and 'tripe' (though this appears to be a typo for 'triple'). There are several spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'activites', 'thant', 'relxing', 'sutdents', 'recomened', and 'smimlarly'. These errors are frequent enough to be noticeable but do not impede the overall meaning of your report. To improve, focus on proofreading for common spelling mistakes and try to incorporate more precise academic vocabulary to describe trends and data points.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly with prepositions ('spent from a student') and subject-verb agreement. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with several run-on sentences and missing commas that make the text harder to read. While the meaning is generally clear, the frequency of these errors prevents the writing from reaching a higher band. Focusing on sentence boundaries and basic grammatical accuracy will significantly improve the quality of your writing.

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