Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-22
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 5.5)
The provided bar graph illustrates different activities of students on typicak weekend from three different countries (United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany). Overall, Japanese and German students shows similar pattren in different activities on weekday, while British students shows quiet different. In Japan and Germany the highest activity of students on weekend are studying academic materials, and in UK sleeping contribute the largest proportion. However relaxation account the lowest persentage.
To commence, the weekday activities in Japan and Germany shows quite similar pattern in both nations studying represent highest rate of a 13 and 9 respectively, while sleeping make the second range at rate of 8 for Germany and 7 for Japan. however, relaxation activities such as excercise, runing, and go to gym, shows the lowest activity done by German and Japanese students on normal weekend.
Going into the depth, British students shows quite different pattern from others two countries. In UK most of the students spend their weekday on sleeping of a rate of 8.5, followed by studying rate of 8. while the lowest rate account by relaxing activities.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The student addresses the main features of the chart well, providing an overview and comparing the time spent on sleeping, studying, and relaxing across the UK, Japan, and Germany. However, there are some noticeable misinterpretations of the prompt and data. Crucially, the student repeatedly refers to the data as representing 'weekends' rather than 'weekdays' as stated in the prompt. Additionally, some specific data points are misread or misreported; for instance, the student states that for Germany and Japan, relaxation accounts for the lowest percentage, but for Germany, relaxation sits at 7 hours, equal to sleeping, while studying is 9 hours. Furthermore, the student claims that in the UK, relaxing is the lowest rate, whereas relaxation is actually 7 hours compared to sleeping at 8.5 and studying at 8. Despite these inaccuracies, an overall trend is attempted, earning a solid Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The response is organized into four paragraphs, including a clear introduction and a concluding body structure. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'To commence', and 'Going into the depth' are used to guide the reader through the information. However, referencing is occasionally imprecise, and paragraph transitions feel somewhat mechanical. Paragraphing is used sufficiently to structure the comparisons between countries, maintaining an overall coherent arrangement throughout the text.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The student attempts a range of vocabulary suitable for an academic task, using terms like 'illustrates', 'proportion', 'represent', and 'activities'. However, there are numerous lexical and spelling errors that detract from the precision, such as 'typicak', 'weekend' instead of 'weekday', 'pattren', 'quiet' instead of 'quite', 'persentage', 'excercise', and 'runing'. While the range is adequate for the task, these frequent errors in spelling and word choice keep the score at Band 5.5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The response demonstrates a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, with attempts at subordinate clauses and comparative structures (e.g., 'while British students shows quiet different'). However, there are frequent grammatical errors, particularly subject-verb agreement issues ('Japanese and German students shows', 'British students shows', 'relaxation account') and preposition misuse ('at rate of'). Punctuation is generally acceptable, but the grammatical inaccuracies occasionally impede smooth reading.
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