Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-28

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 compaires how students spend their weekday in UK, Japan, and Germany.

Overall, the proportions of study and sleep experienced ageneral upwaed trend over given period, while relaxing has the lowest figure.

Sleeping has the largest proportions trhrough the period.

In terms of studying, students in japan utalize most of their time on it around 13 and in germany they spend only 9, while in UK they spend almost 8. Students spend time on sleeping is 8 and 7 in germany and japan respectively.In contrast, student use most of their time in sleeping approximately 8.5.

Regarding relaxing, UK and Germany follow a similar pattern of 7, however it is 4 in japan.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to summarise the main features of the bar chart comparing student activities in the UK, Japan, and Germany, covering categories like sleeping, studying, and relaxing. However, there are notable errors in data reporting and misinterpretations of the chart. For instance, the student states that 'Sleeping has the largest proportions trhrough the period' and contradicts this later by saying studying in Japan is around 13 while sleep is lower, and some comparisons are confused. Furthermore, the response suffers from a significant under-length penalty, containing only 114 words against the required 150-word minimum, which restricts the depth of task coverage and prevents higher score allocation. Because of the under-length and data inaccuracies, it meets the criteria for Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure with an introductory sentence and some grouped details, but overall progression is hindered by poor paragraphing and abrupt transitions. The student includes single-sentence paragraphs and repetitive sentence structures ('Students spend time on sleeping is...', 'In contrast, student use most of their time...'). Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes inaccurate ('In contrast' is misused when contrasting similar or previously stated points). Referencing is occasionally unclear, making the flow somewhat disjointed and mechanical. These features reflect the characteristics of a Band 5.0 performance.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is generally basic and repetitive ('spend', 'time', 'proportions', 'figure'). There are several spelling mistakes ('compaires', 'ageneral', 'upwaed', 'trhrough', 'utalize') and awkward word formations or collocations. The student attempts some less common terms like 'proportions' and 'utilize', but misuse and typographical errors limit the lexical range and precision. While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey the general topic, the frequency of spelling and word-choice errors places this firmly in the Band 5.0 range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The student uses a mix of simple and emerging complex sentence structures, but control over grammar is weak. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('the proportions of study and sleep experienced... while relaxing has', 'student use most of their time in sleeping') and prepositional errors ('spend their weekday in UK'). Punctuation and sentence boundary issues also appear. These frequent errors cause occasional difficulty for the reader, aligning with the Band 5.0 descriptors for grammatical range and accuracy.

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