Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-27

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 illustrate the typical weekday for students in three different countries japan UK and Germany . The chart also shows their activities which they complete during their weekday we also supposed this days as sunday but it also maybe saturday .

Look up to the UK imformation , students expend their most of time sleeping and secondly on studying then lessly on relaxing . it shown that students in united Kingdom spent more time on their studies and least on relaxing theirself.

However, Japanies students pay more attention to studying and least to relaxation . they also give less attention to sleeping almost arount 7 hours.

if we took an eye to the germany report , we see that students in Germany spent their time more on studies and less on relaxing .

All three nation's students distribute thier time on weekend to thier studies and less to relaxation.

As comparison to each other Japanies spend more thier time to studies and United Kingdom students less as comparison to the other two nations . Japanies also spend less time on relaxation as comparison to others . united Kingdom students spend more time on sleeping in front of other two nations and that's make them different from the others.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the task by describing the data shown in the bar chart regarding student activities in the UK, Japan, and Germany. However, there are notable inaccuracies in reporting the data. For instance, the student states that UK students spend most of their time sleeping and secondly on studying, whereas the chart shows studying (8 hours) is close to sleeping (8.5 hours) and relaxing is 7 hours. Additionally, the student misinterprets the chart's title and context by calling it a 'weekend' instead of a 'weekday'. While main features like Japanese students studying the most are mentioned, the overview lacks clarity and accuracy. The response meets the minimum word count requirement of 150 words, but the data is not fully or accurately reported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response is organized into multiple paragraphs, but the logical progression is weak and disjointed. The introduction is poorly structured with strange commentary about weekends. Cohesive devices are repetitive and sometimes awkward, such as 'Look up to the UK imformation' and 'if we took an eye to the germany report'. Paragraphing is attempted, but ideas within paragraphs lack smooth transitions and clear referencing. Overall arrangement shows some organizational attempt, but mechanical and inaccurate cohesion limits the score.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is quite basic and limited, with frequent errors in word choice, collocation, and spelling. Examples include 'imformation' (information), 'expend' (spend), 'lessly' (less), 'Japanies' (Japanese), 'arount' (around), and 'thier' (their). The student attempts some topic-related vocabulary like 'relaxation' and 'distribute', but inaccuracy in forms and spelling affects clarity. The range is minimally adequate for the task, but frequent lexical errors restrict the band score.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures. Simple sentences dominate, and attempts at more complex or comparative structures are frequently flawed, such as 'that's make them different' and 'As comparison to each other Japanies spend more thier time to studies'. Punctuation and capitalization are weak throughout the text. Grammatical errors are frequent, including subject-verb agreement issues and incorrect prepositions, which cause some difficulty for the reader.

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