Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-13
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 bar chart illustrates how students spend their weekends in three different countries.
Overall, Japan has the highest percentage of studying, while sleeping is most popular activity in the UK on the weekends. Relaxing has the lowest percentage in all three countries. Relaxing has equal favourite in both UK and Germany.
Although, Sleeping is most favourite activity in the UK at weekends with 8.5% students, 8% of students are interseted in studying. Relaxing is doing by almost 7% students in the UK. Studying is the favourite hobby in the Japan where 13% students doing this, while Relaxing has done by only 4% students at the weekends. 7% students are interseted in sleeping in Japan.
Germany students are spending their average weekends in studying with 9% of that total, while sleeping has done by 8% studednts in the Germany. Only 7% students are interested in relaxing on the weekends in the Germany.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to summarise the main features of the chart, noting the highest percentages for studying in Japan and sleeping in the UK. However, there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the prompt: the student consistently refers to the chart as showing 'weekends' rather than a 'typical weekday', which significantly impacts task interpretation. Furthermore, the selection of data contains numerous inaccuracies. For instance, the text claims 'Relaxing has the lowest percentage in all three countries', whereas the chart shows other activities with lower values in specific categories. Data points are sometimes misstated, such as stating '8.5% students' for UK sleeping when the chart indicates a different figure format (hours). While an overview is attempted, the overall response lacks precise data selection and accurate reporting, aligning with a Band 5 performance.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is structured into an introduction, an overview, and subsequent body paragraphs detailing individual country data. However, the progression of ideas is hindered by repetitive phrasing and awkward transitions. Cohesive devices are basic and sometimes mechanically applied, such as the repeated use of 'while' and 'at the weekends'. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of information is disjointed, jumping between countries without a clear, logical overarching structure. Referencing is occasionally unclear, and the mechanical listing of percentages creates a disjointed reading experience. This level of organisation and cohesion reflects Band 5 descriptors.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, heavily relying on words directly taken from the prompt and simple terms like 'percentage', 'students', 'studying', 'sleeping', and 'relaxing'. There are noticeable spelling errors, such as 'interseted' instead of 'interested' and 'Japan' used incorrectly without an article in 'the Japan'. Word choice is frequently unnatural or inaccurate, such as 'Relaxing is doing by almost 7% students' and 'sleeping has done by 8% studednts'. The range of vocabulary is limited and minimally adequate for the task, causing some difficulty for the reader due to awkward collocations and lexical inaccuracies, placing it firmly at Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but many of the complex forms are grammatically faulty. Examples include passive voice errors such as 'Relaxing is doing by' and 'sleeping has done by', as well as prepositional errors like 'in the Japan' and 'in the Germany'. Subject-verb agreement and article usage are inconsistent throughout the text. While the basic meaning can generally be extracted, frequent grammatical errors cause distraction and difficulty for the reader. The control of grammar is limited, making Band 5 the most appropriate descriptor for this performance.
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