Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The chart shows the typical weekdays for students in three different countries Uk,Japan and Germany.

First of all,we discuss about Uk.In Uk the time for students is manageable.Students have to study about 8 hours.While thier sleeping time is 8.5 hours and thier relaxing time is 7 hours.

Now if we discuss about Japan,most of the time of students is consumed in studying which is 13 hours.While thier sleeping amd relaxing time is 7 and 4 hours respectively which shows that thier studying is more than usual and relaxing time is less.

At last,we disuss about the Germany.In Germany, students have to study for 9 hours. Their sleeping time is 8 hours and their relaxing time is 7 hours.In Germany the time management is good for student.

The country in which student spend most of thier time in studying is Japan.While the most sleeping time for students is in the China.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the data for the UK, Japan, and Germany. However, the response falls short of a fully developed overview and contains a significant factual error in the concluding sentence, where it claims that China is on the chart. Furthermore, the analysis is superficial, heavily reliant on a rigid, country-by-country breakdown ('First of all, we discuss about Uk', 'Now if we discuss about Japan') without providing a comprehensive overview of the main trends or making cohesive cross-country comparisons as required by Academic Task 1. Data points like Japan studying for 13 hours and sleeping for 7 hours are reported correctly, but the overall lack of a synthesizing introduction and the hallucination of 'China' prevent it from reaching higher bands. This performance best aligns with band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is structured into rudimentary paragraphs, but the overall organization lacks a cohesive progression. The student uses conversational, meta-language transitions to guide the reader ('First of all, we discuss about Uk', 'Now if we discuss about Japan', 'At last, we disuss about the Germany'), which are inappropriate for an academic report. Paragraphing is disjointed, featuring very short sentences and repetitive structures. Cohesive devices are minimal and mechanical, and referencing breaks down at the end when 'China' is introduced without any prior mention or basis in the visual data. Overall arrangement shows some basic organization, but the mechanical linking and inappropriate register pull the score down to 5.0.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The lexical range is limited and repetitive. The student continuously relies on basic vocabulary such as 'time', 'students', 'study', 'sleeping', and 'relaxing' without attempting a wider range of synonyms (e.g., academic, rest, leisure, hours spent). There are noticeable word choice and spelling errors throughout the text, such as 'thier' (spelled incorrectly multiple times), 'amd', and 'disuss'. Collocations are also weak, such as 'the time for students is manageable'. While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey the basic numbers, the frequent spelling errors and lack of flexibility restrict this to a band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student uses a very limited range of sentence structures, mostly relying on simple sentences and basic subject-verb-object patterns (e.g., 'Students have to study about 8 hours', 'Their sleeping time is 8 hours'). Attempts at complex structures are rare and often clumsy or non-standard, such as 'The country in which student spend most of thier time in studying is Japan.' There are several grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement issues ('student spend'), missing articles ('in Uk', 'in Germany'), and awkward prepositional usage. Punctuation errors are also present, such as missing spaces after commas ('First of all,we discuss'). This performance reflects a band 5.0.

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