Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart differentiates students normal weekdays across three countires that are United kingdom, Japan and Germany.

Overall, Japanies students were shown most productive throughout the day, while UK and Germany students balanced routine amoung three activities like sleeping, studying and relaxing.

In UK, students utilizes eight hours in studying and spent rest of their day sleeping and relaxing. Whereas, Janapies students are the most productive students in the comparison of other two countries where they spent 13 hours in studying, while taking 7 hours of sleep and only four hours of relaxation throughout the day. At the end, German students maintained balance between three major activities during the day where they take 8 hours of sleep and spent 9 hours studying and after that they spent 7 hours in relaxation.

Japanies students have highest productive hours in a day while German students maintained balance between all three activities in a day while beign productive.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0

The response covers all parts of the task by reporting the main features of the chart and making appropriate comparisons across the three countries. The student correctly identifies the data for sleeping, studying, and relaxing, noting that Japanese students spend the most time studying (13 hours), while UK and German students show a more balanced routine. An overview is provided, satisfying the requirement to summarize the main trends. However, there are minor typos in country names and a slight overgeneralization in phrasing, but overall the information is accurately extracted and clearly reported, aligning well with Band 6.5 to 7.0 requirements.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement with an introduction, a body paragraph detailing the data, and a concluding summary sentence. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'In UK', 'Whereas', and 'At the end' are used to structure the information, though some transitions feel slightly mechanical or awkward (e.g., 'At the end'). Paragraphing is somewhat basic, as the entire body of data is lumped into one large paragraph rather than broken down logically. Nevertheless, the progression of ideas is fairly easy to follow, supporting a solid Band 6 score.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.5

The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, incorporating terms such as 'differentiates', 'productive', 'balanced routine', and 'relaxation'. However, there are notable spelling errors throughout the text, including 'countires' for countries, 'Japanies' for Japanese, 'amoung' among, 'utilizes' utilized, and 'beign' being. These spelling mistakes and occasional awkward word choices prevent the score from reaching a higher band, placing it firmly at Band 5.5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'Overall, Japanies students were shown most productive throughout the day, while UK and Germany students balanced routine amoung three activities...' However, grammatical errors are frequent, particularly with prepositions and tense consistency (e.g., 'spent rest of their day', 'where they take 8 hours of sleep and spent 9 hours studying'). While these errors rarely impede overall communication, their frequency prevents the writing from achieving a Band 6.

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