Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-18

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 distanguish the information of typical weekdays of UK ,Japan and Germany .The bar chart compare their sleeping ,studing moreover relaxing time .

In Uk the sleeping time is higher than other counteries the sleeping percentage of UK is 8.5 while Japans percentage is 7 which is less than UK furthermore the sleeping percentage of germany is 8.

The country which has largest percentage in study is Japan its percentage is 13 ,Germany has less than Japans percentage. I

ts percentage is 9 while UK have only 8 percent the realxing percentage of Japan is very low it has only 4 percent in addtion Germany ,Uk have common relaxing percentage. They have 7 percentage of relaxing .

Overall Japan is moving very fastly due to their study .Uk ,Germany also moving toward but they can not beat the Japans study percentage UK,Germany is better in sleeping as well as in relaxing they have fantastic percentage but Japan does not has good percentage in sleepin or in relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.5

The response successfully covers all main features of the chart, providing data for sleeping, studying, and relaxing across the UK, Japan, and Germany. The figures reported are generally accurate according to the visual data, noting key comparisons such as Japan's high studying hours (13 hours) and lower sleeping/relaxing hours compared to the UK and Germany. An overview is attempted in the final paragraph, although it contains speculative commentary rather than purely statistical summarization. Nevertheless, the main trends are adequately identified, satisfying the core requirements of Task Achievement at this level.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is organized into distinct paragraphs, though paragraphing and overall structure are somewhat rudimentary. Cohesive devices are used, but they are often basic, repetitive, or mechanically applied, such as 'furthermore', 'in addtion', and 'overall'. Logical progression is evident in places, but transitions between sentences can be abrupt and awkward. Referencing is sometimes unclear, particularly with pronoun use and punctuation. Overall arrangement provides a basic framework, but cohesive control remains limited.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, touching on relevant subject-specific terms like 'sleeping time', 'studying', and 'relaxing percentage'. However, there are numerous spelling and word-choice errors throughout the text, including 'distanguish', 'studing', 'counteries', 'realxing', and 'sleepin'. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary and comparative structures, but frequent lexical inaccuracies and typos restrict the range and occasionally draw attention, placing the response firmly in the lower-middle bands.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but control over basic grammar, punctuation, and sentence boundaries is weak. There are several run-on sentences and punctuation errors, such as missing capital letters after full stops and erratic spacing around commas. Grammatical errors are frequent, including subject-verb agreement issues like 'UK have' and 'Germany ,Uk have', as well as missing auxiliary verbs such as 'does not has'. These errors cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect limited structural accuracy.

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