Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-29

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 graph illustrates, the typical weekday of students in three different countries which includes sleeping, studying, and relaxing.

First in UK, we can see that 8.5% students prefer to sleep, whereas the second activity performed is studying 8%. And at last, 7% of pupils spend their time relaxing. Furthermore in Japan, 7% infant spend their time in sleeping. Whereas, 13% of scholars love to study in their week days. And it is the beloved activity among all the activity and countries. The least performed activity is relaxing 4%.

Moreover in Germnay, learner consume their time in sleeping 8%. Whereas, 9% of infants drains their time in studying. Likewise to UK, the students occupy their time in relaxing.

Overall, we can see that among all three country. The infants loves to spend time for studying rather then sleeping. Although pupils spend the least time in relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student covers the main features of the chart, mentioning sleep, study, and relaxation hours across the three countries. However, there are significant inaccuracies in data interpretation. The chart units represent hours per day, but the student misinterprets these values as percentages (e.g., "8.5% students prefer to sleep"). Furthermore, the length requirement is not met, as the response falls short of the 150-word minimum at 146 words. An overview is attempted at the end, but the data misrepresentation and under-length penalty restrict this criterion to a band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure with separate paragraphs for introduction, body details, and a brief conclusion. However, the progression is disjointed and awkward due to repetitive transition phrases like "Furthermore" and "Moreover". Paragraphing is also somewhat fragmented, with very short paragraphs that lack cohesive flow. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as shifting abruptly between countries and demographic terms. Cohesive devices are used mechanically rather than flexibly. This places the response firmly at a band 5.0 for coherence and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary is repetitive and heavily restricted to basic terms. The student repeatedly misuses words to describe students, calling university or school students "infants" and "scholars" inappropriately. Other awkward phrasing includes "drains their time" and "beloved activity". While some topic-specific words like "sleeping", "studying", and "relaxing" are used correctly, the lexical range is narrow and inappropriate word choices cause noticeable confusion or unnaturalness, corresponding to a band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response contains a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but attempts at complex structures frequently result in grammatical errors. Examples include missing articles and incorrect prepositions or phrasing, such as "First in UK" and "among all three country. The infants loves". Subject-verb agreement errors are present (e.g., "learner consume", "infants loves"). Punctuation errors also occur, such as unnecessary commas splitting clauses incorrectly ("illustrates, the typical weekday"). The frequency of grammatical errors places this criterion at a band 5.0.

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