Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-01

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 given image is a bar chart that illustrate how students of three different countries spend their weekend.

Overall, mostly students spend their weekday while studying. Whereas, medium proportion of them contributes for sleeping. Moreover, there are the few number of students who waste their weekday while relaxing.

In Uk, sleeping is the dominant factor as about 8.5% of the students spend their day while sleeping. Whereas, 8% of them contributes for studying and only 7% while relaxing.

Furthermore, with respect to Japan, there is great proportion of students for studying as 13% of them spend their day while studying. That's the main reason of success. Furthermore, the 7% of them have interest in sleeping and 4% of them waste their weekday while relaxing themselves.

Regarding Germany, studying is also the dominant factor as it contributes to 9%. However, there are only 8% of the students who spend their day while sleeping and 7% of them while relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response addresses the prompt only partially, leading to a restricted score. Notably, the student misinterprets the data type throughout the text by referring to 'weekdays' as 'weekend' in the introduction and using percentage signs (%) instead of hours for the numerical data. Furthermore, the selection of features is inaccurate in places; for example, the student claims that in the UK 'sleeping is the dominant factor' with 8.5%, while ignoring that studying is actually 8.0%, and incorrectly states that studying in Germany contributes to 9% when it is the same value or lower than other activities. There is an attempt to summarise the bar chart, but the inaccurate data reporting and misinterpretation of the units of measurement prevent the response from being fully developed or accurate.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response demonstrates some organisation with a clear introduction and separate body paragraphs dedicated to each country. However, there is no clear overall progression or sophisticated cohesion. The writer uses basic cohesive devices such as 'Furthermore' and 'Whereas' to link sentences and paragraphs, but these are sometimes used mechanically or repetitively. Paragraphing is attempted, grouping information by country, but referencing is occasionally unclear, such as the transition into the details for each nation. To reach a higher level, the response would need a more fluent logical sequence and a wider variety of cohesive devices deployed naturally without repetition.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is limited and minimally adequate for the task. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'dominant factor' and 'proportion', but there are noticeable errors in word choice and collocation, such as 'medium proportion of them contributes for sleeping' and 'waste their weekday while relaxing'. Additionally, there are persistent errors in handling data terms. While meaning is generally conveyed despite these lexical limitations, the frequent inaccuracies in phrasing and collocation prevent the vocabulary from scoring at a higher level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response exhibits a limited range of sentence structures, relying heavily on simple sentences and basic complex forms with frequent errors. There are notable issues with verb forms, prepositions, and subject-verb agreement, such as 'the bar chart that illustrate', 'mostly students spend', and 'there are the few number of students'. Attempts at complex structures are often faulty, and errors in articles and prepositions persist throughout the text. These frequent grammatical errors cause occasional difficulty for the reader, though they do not completely obscure the intended meaning.

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