Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-20

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 6.0)

The bar graph illustartes how students spend their entire week performing various activities in three different countries. The activities include sleeping, studying, and relaxing.

Overall, People in Japan spend their most time studying compared to any other country, also resulting in the lowest relaxation and sleeping time. UK and Germany's population spend the same amount of time relaxing. Additionally, Germany's population is placed second highest in studying and sleeping, while people in UK are last when it comes to education and first in sleeping.

To begin with UK's bar graph shows a linear decrease from Sleeping to relaxing. People spend 8.5 hours sleeping, 8 hours studying, and 7 hours relaxing in UK. Japan's population holds the highest proportion for studying(13 hours), lowest in relaxing time(4 hours), and accounted for 7 hours in sleeping.

Furthermore, Germans recorded second highest in studying with 9 hours, stood up at 8 hours in sleeping, and represented 7 hours in relaxing, tied with UK.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The student successfully addresses the main features of the chart, reporting the data for sleeping, studying, and relaxing across the UK, Japan, and Germany accurately. The overview captures the most salient trends, such as Japan's high studying hours and low relaxation time. However, there is a minor misinterpretation in the first sentence where the student states the chart illustrates how students spend their "entire week" rather than a "typical weekday", and another slip where they mention UK students are "first in sleeping" when Japan actually records lower sleeping hours than the UK, but the UK is highest. The figures quoted (e.g., 13 hours for studying in Japan, 8.5 for sleeping in the UK) match the visual data closely. Overall, the response covers all parts of the task well.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.5

The response is logically organized with a clear introduction, an overview paragraph, and body paragraphs dedicated to detailing specific country data. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate ideas. Cohesive devices such as "Overall", "To begin with", and "Furthermore" are employed to guide the reader through the information. However, referencing is occasionally imprecise, such as referring to "People in Japan spend their most time" rather than "the most time". Despite some minor mechanical use of transitions, the logical progression is clear throughout the essay.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating terms like "proportion", "linear decrease", and "recorded". There are some lexical inaccuracies and awkward phrasings, such as "spend their most time" instead of "spend the most time" and spelling errors like "illustartes". Less common vocabulary is attempted with mixed success, but meaning remains clear throughout the response. The range is sufficient to convey the main features and comparisons required by the prompt.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The writer uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including comparative structures and prepositional phrases (e.g., "Japan's population holds the highest proportion for studying"). There are several grammatical errors and awkward collocations, such as "UK and Germany's population spend" (plural verb agreement issue with coordinated subjects) and "stood up at 8 hours" instead of "stood at 8 hours". Punctuation is generally acceptable, and while errors persist, they rarely impede overall communication.

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