Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-06

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 illustration shows the typical weekday for students in three different countries.

Overall, studying shows the highest hours in Japan and relaxing shows the lowest in the same country.

In the UK, students use 8.5 hours for sleeping, 8 hours for studying and 7 hours for relaxing.Japanese students spends the highest number of hours in studying.

In Japan, they use 7 hours tor sleeping, 13 hours for studying and 4 hours for relaxing. Japan students has the longest hour of studying.

In Germany, students use 8 hours for sleeping, 9 hours for studying and 7 hours for relaxing.

Japan has the longest hours of students who are studying, UK has the longest hours of students who are sleeping and, both UK an Japan has the same amount of time of students who are relaxing while Japan has the lowest hour of time of students who are relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response falls below the minimum length requirement, containing 137 words instead of the required 150 words, with 10 words copied directly from the prompt not counting towards the total. You have presented an overview and attempted to cover the main features of the chart, noting the highest and lowest values across the three countries. However, your approach is somewhat mechanical and repetitive, with data points listed rather than fully synthesized or compared effectively. To reach a higher band, you need to ensure the word count exceeds the minimum threshold and provide a more integrated comparison of the data across all categories rather than isolated country-by-country statements.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The information and ideas are not arranged coherently enough to create a clear progression. The text is broken into numerous very short paragraphs and single-sentence lines, which disrupts the logical flow of the report. Furthermore, there is significant repetition of ideas, particularly regarding which country spends the most time studying or relaxing, such as repeating that Japan has the longest hours of studying across multiple sentences. Cohesive devices are minimal and mechanical, and referencing is occasionally unclear. To improve, you should group related information into cohesive paragraphs with clear topic sentences and ensure each sentence adds new, non-repetitive information to the overview.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

Your vocabulary is limited but minimally adequate to convey basic information from the chart, using appropriate terms related to the visual data such as 'sleeping', 'studying', and 'relaxing'. However, there are noticeable lexical issues and typographical errors, such as writing 'tor sleeping' instead of 'for', and awkward phrasing like 'Japan students has the longest hour of studying'. The range of vocabulary is narrow and repetitive, relying heavily on the exact words from the prompt. To achieve a higher score, you should incorporate a wider variety of synonyms and less common lexical items to describe data trends, while avoiding spelling and word-form errors.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You demonstrate a limited range of sentence structures, relying primarily on simple subject-verb-object constructions, and your attempts at comparison or more complex statements frequently contain grammatical errors. There are notable issues with subject-verb agreement and prepositions, such as 'Japanese students spends' instead of 'spend', and 'use 7 hours tor sleeping' instead of 'spend 7 hours sleeping'. Punctuation and sentence boundaries are also weak, leading to run-on sentences with excessive conjunctions like 'and, both UK an Japan has the same amount'. To improve, you need to focus on accurate grammatical control, particularly verb agreements and prepositions, while incorporating a greater variety of error-free complex sentences.

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