Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-02

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 chaart illustrates the average number of hours that the students in uk,japan and germany typically spend on three activities durong a weekday.overall japanese students devote by far the moost time to studying and least to relaxing,where the pattern in uk and germany is more balanced,with sleeeping accounting fir the largest share of the the day in both countries.in the uk students sleep for 8 hours and relax for 7 hours.gernan students show a similar distribution ;8hours of sleep ,9hours of study and 7 hours of relaxation.thus the two european country are boardly comparable.although gernan stjudents study one hour more and sleep half a hour less.japan presents astrikingly different picture.students there spend 13 hours studying substantially more than either ukor geermany while sleeping only seven hoursand relaxing only for three hours.this means japanese stusentsas much time to study as british andgerman students combines spend on studying and relaxing'.in summery while the uk and german stusents maintain a balance among three activities japanese students priorotise academic activities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response successfully addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of the bar chart and making relevant comparisons between the three countries. You provide a clear overview at the beginning, noting that Japanese students devote the most time to studying while the UK and Germany show a more balanced distribution. Data points are accurately cited, such as Japanese students spending 13 hours studying and British students spending 8 hours sleeping and 7 hours relaxing. However, there is a slight tendency to over-generalise or lean towards minor inaccuracies in numerical recall (e.g., noting the UK sleeps for 8 hours when the data indicates 8.5), and some comparisons could be extended further to fully unlock higher-level development. Overall, the content is relevant and properly grounded in the visual data.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a coherent overall arrangement of information with a clear attempt to group data logically, starting with an overview and moving into country-by-country comparisons. However, cohesion is frequently hindered by mechanical issues, particularly a complete lack of paragraph breaks, as the entire response is written as a single block of text. Furthermore, spacing errors and missing punctuation disrupt the flow between sentences, making the logical progression less transparent than it could be. While referencing is generally understandable, the absence of proper structural organisation and adequate paragraphing limits the effectiveness of cohesive devices.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary to complete the task, successfully employing terms such as 'illustrates', 'average', 'distribution', and 'prioritise'. You attempt some less common vocabulary items like 'strikingly different' and 'broadly comparable'. However, there are noticeable spelling errors throughout the text (such as 'chaart', 'durong', 'moost', 'sleeeping', 'fir', 'gernan', 'boardly', 'astrikingly', 'stusentsas', 'priorotise') and occasional word-choice slips. These lexical and mechanical errors do not entirely impede communication, but they occur frequently enough to prevent access to a higher band.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You demonstrate a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, utilizing structures such as 'overall japanese students devote...' and 'although gernan stjudents study one hour more...'. There is good control over basic clause linking, but grammar and punctuation are negatively impacted by numerous mechanical errors, such as missing spaces after punctuation marks, uncapitalized proper nouns ('uk', 'japan', 'germany'), and occasional omissions of articles and prepositions (e.g., 'half a hour', 'in uk and germany'). While these errors rarely impede the overall communication of data, they persist throughout the response, reflecting the characteristics of this level.

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