Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-16
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 4.0)
This bar chart illustrate the typical weekday for students in United Kingdom, Japan and Germany.This chart show the three different countries students spend their weekday in the above mentioned countries.
According to this bar chart Countries are symbolies by three different colores like Blue represent UK, Red represent Japan and the last one light Green represents Germany. Moreover it shows the routine of the students on weekend.The largest amount of students do in UK on their weekend is sleeping ratio 8.5, after that students from Japan have a sleep cycle around 8 and in the last students form Germany sleep like ratio 7.
In addition to it students from japan studing on their weekend as according to chart 13 percent, and students form Uk study 7 percent on weekend and at last students form Germany study 4 percent on their weekend.
Moving on towards student form Janpan relaxing 9 percent as shown in the chart and student those who belongs to UK relaxing ratio is 8 and in the end students form Germany relaxing ratio is 7 as given in the bar chart.
To conclude this report the bar chart shows different colore for different countries as well as use colore to show students routine percentage as in row and coloumn of the chart.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The response attempts to summarise the bar chart, but it suffers from severe misinterpretations of the data and prompt instructions. The student confuses weekdays with weekends repeatedly ('routine of the students on weekend'). Furthermore, the data values reported are largely inaccurate when compared to the visual reference (e.g., reporting Japanese studying as 13 percent rather than hours, and mixing up the categories and countries entirely). While all three categories (sleeping, studying, relaxing) and countries are mentioned, the lack of accurate data reporting and the confusion regarding the chart's actual subject matter prevent the task from being adequately fulfilled. This corresponds to Band 4.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0
The essay is divided into paragraphs, but the overall organisation lacks a clear logical progression. Cohesive devices are used awkwardly or repetitively, such as 'In addition to it', 'Moving on towards', and 'To conclude this report'. Referencing is frequently unclear, with pronouns and descriptions failing to accurately link the data to the correct countries or categories. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of ideas is disjointed and confusing for the reader. These issues place the response firmly at Band 4.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying heavily on words directly copied from the prompt or overly simple terms. There are notable lexical errors and inappropriate word choices throughout, such as 'symbolies' for symbolised, 'colores' for colours, and 'ratio' used incorrectly to describe numerical values. Spelling errors ('coloumn', 'Janpan', 'studing') also occur frequently. The range of vocabulary is inadequate for academic reporting, meeting the descriptors for Band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and attempted complex sentences that are heavily flawed. There are frequent basic errors in subject-verb agreement and sentence structure, such as 'This bar chart illustrate', 'This chart show', and 'student those who belongs to UK relaxing ratio is 8'. Punctuation errors are also present, including missing spaces after periods. These frequent errors cause significant strain for the reader and align with a Band 4.0 performance.
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