Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-15
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 chart depicts the way in which students of UK, Japan and Germany spends their weekday.
Overall, the chart illutrates that how many students out of 14 sleep, relax or study in these countries. The trend is almost similar in UK and Germany particulary for sleeping. The students of Japan show a visible diiference in study in comparison to the rest of the two counntries.
In detail, it can be seen from the graph that majority of the students spend their weekend in sleeping. The number fro sleeping only varies by half for Germany and by one for Japan. As for as study is concerned so Japan is the country that leads here. 13 students out of 14 study on weekday which is a very drastic difference from the rest of the countries.
Apart from these two activities same number of students relax thdemselves on weekday. The number is very low in case of Japan where only four students relx themselves.
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 address the prompt by summarising the bar chart, but there are significant misinterpretations of the data. For instance, the text claims that 'majority of the students spend their weekend in sleeping' and refers to the vertical axis as 'out of 14' students rather than hours per day. Furthermore, there are typos and confusion regarding the categories, such as mentioning 'weekend' instead of 'weekday'. While some main features are captured—such as Japanese students studying significantly more than their counterparts—the inaccurate reading of the data and miscomprehension of the chart's axes restrict the quality of the response. Therefore, it falls under the Band 5 descriptor for partially addressing the task with under-developed and inaccurate ideas.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response shows a basic structural attempt with an introduction, a body section, and a conclusion-like final sentence, but the overall progression is disjointed. Paragraphing is attempted, with the second body paragraph beginning 'In detail, it can be seen...', but the grouping of information is weak. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes awkward, as seen in phrases like 'As for as study is concerned so Japan is the country that leads here'. Referencing is also occasionally unclear. This level of organisation aligns best with Band 5, where some overall organisation is present, but progression lacks clarity and cohesive devices are inadequate or inaccurate.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
Vocabulary usage is limited and basic, with frequent spelling mistakes throughout the text, such as 'illutrates', 'particulary', 'diiference', 'counntries', 'fro', and 'thdemselves'. The student relies heavily on simple words and repeats terms like 'students', 'sleep', 'study', and 'relax'. There is an inappropriate lexical choice when referring to the vertical axis values as 'out of 14' and mixing up 'weekday' with 'weekend'. Because these noticeable errors cause some difficulty for the reader and the range of vocabulary is restricted, the performance fits the Band 5 descriptor.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response contains a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with occasional attempts at complex forms that are often faulty (e.g., 'The chart illutrates that how many students out of 14 sleep...'). There are subject-verb agreement errors, such as 'students of UK... spends their weekday', and persistent punctuation or structural awkwardness. Frequent errors occur, causing occasional difficulty for the reader. This performance aligns with Band 5, demonstrating a limited range of structures and frequent grammatical errors.
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