Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-19

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)

In the given diagram the bar graph, gives us the information of students in three different countries on an average weekday.

So as we see from the perspective of the students from the United kingdom, they have a really balanced weekday they sleep at a good time, study and relax as well.This kind of a weekday is very good for the student as it helps him/her to balance their tasks and focus on their work. This also helps the student to concentrate in their high school.

In the second graph the data mentioned is about the students who live in Japan. Here as we see the students sleep comparitively less than the students living in the United kingdom. They spend most of their time while studying and its comparatively very high than the other two country students. They relax less and are more productive. But a student should'nt have a weekday like this as they will not be able to sleep properly and , they not bey as joyfull as the other two contry's students.

As we see here in the third bar graph from the students of Germany, this may be an ideal cycle of a student as it balances everything. The student would study peacefully ,sleep and relax in the meantime.

Atlast, I conclude by giving the summary on how the weekdays are spent by the students of different countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to summarize the chart comparing the typical weekday for students in three countries, noting data points such as the UK student having 8.5 hours of sleeping, 8 hours of studying, and 7 hours of relaxing. However, the candidate fails to maintain the appropriate formal tone required for an Academic Task 1 response. Instead of objective reporting, the student includes a significant amount of subjective commentary, moralizing opinion, and personal advice (e.g., 'this may be an ideal cycle of a student', 'a student should'nt have a weekday like this'). Furthermore, there is no proper overview provided, which is a key requirement for achieving a higher band score in Task Achievement.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is organized into paragraphs, but the logical progression is hindered by the lack of an overview and the conversational, unstructured flow of ideas. Paragraphing is attempted, with separate sections for the UK, Japan, and Germany, but transitions are abrupt and sometimes conversational (e.g., 'So as we see', 'Atlast, I conclude'). Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes repetitive. The overall arrangement is somewhat coherent in terms of discussing each country in turn, but referencing and logical links between sentences often feel mechanical or faulty.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is largely basic and repetitive, frequently reusing terms like 'student', 'weekday', and 'relax'. There are some attempts at less common vocabulary (e.g., 'comparatively', 'productive', 'joyfull'), but these are accompanied by lexical errors such as misspellings ('Atlast', 'contry's', 'bey') and awkward word choices or collocations. The range is adequate for communicating simple ideas, but it falls short of the flexibility and precision expected at Band 6.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The response displays a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, though complex structures are often prone to errors. There are frequent punctuation and capitalization issues, such as missing spaces after commas, run-on sentences (e.g., 'sleep properly and , they not bey'), and incorrect apostrophe usage ('contry's'). While the meaning is generally communicated despite these errors, the high frequency of grammatical slips prevents the response from reaching a higher band score.

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