Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart illustrates the activities that students perform during an average weekday in three different countries, UK, Germany and Japan.

Overall, japanese students spend the most amount of their time studying, while UK students spend the largest amount of time sleeping. Contrary to that, Germany has the perfect time allocated for sleeping, studying and relaxing.

Japanese students spend a significant proportion of day studying, accounting for 13 hours a day. Germany follow next at 9 hours a day. UK students spend the least time studying at 8 hours.

Furthermore, british people spend a significant proportion of 8.5 hours sleeping. German students comes next at 8 hours, while japanese students has the smallest sleeping time. In terms of relaxing, both UK and German pupils spend almost 7 hours of their day relaxing. Both countries have a study-life balance that japanese students lacks . Japan has the smallest time of 4 hours dedicated to relaxation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response identifies the main comparisons accurately: Japan has the highest study figure (13 hours) and lowest relaxation figure (4), while the UK records the most sleep (8.5 hours). It also reports Germany’s 9 hours of study and 8 hours of sleep, and gives a clear overall summary. This covers the key features and supports them with relevant figures. However, the overview’s claim that Germany has “the perfect time allocated” is vague and does not clearly describe the chart; the data show a more even distribution, rather than an objectively “perfect” balance. The final claim that the UK and Germany have a study-life balance that Japan lacks is also an interpretation rather than a directly measured feature. A more precise overview would describe the contrast in time allocation without judging it.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs comparing study, sleep and relaxation. Information is generally easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “In terms of” help signal shifts between categories. This gives the report a coherent progression. To make the organisation more flexible and polished, avoid presenting each category as a separate sequence of country rankings without linking the comparisons to the overall pattern. “Contrary to that” is an awkward transition, and the final sentence repeats the relaxation comparison while adding a broad conclusion. More precise connections between the figures and the overview would strengthen cohesion and make the ending feel less abrupt.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses a relevant range of task vocabulary, including “accounting for,” “dedicated to relaxation,” and “proportion,” and the reader can understand the comparisons. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural for a chart report. “The perfect time allocated” is unclear, “spend the most amount of their time” is wordy, and “significant proportion of 8.5 hours” does not fit naturally with a specific number of hours. There is also inconsistent capitalisation of national adjectives, such as “japanese” and “british.” Aim for concise, accurate collocations and use neutral reporting language rather than evaluative phrases. This would make the vocabulary more precise and reduce the effort needed to interpret some statements.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including the contrast introduced by “while” and the clause “that Japanese students lacks.” Most meanings remain understandable, but errors in agreement and sentence construction are noticeable. For example, “Germany follow next” should use a singular verb, and “German students comes next” has the same agreement problem. In “Japanese students has the smallest sleeping time,” the subject and verb also do not agree. The sentence beginning “Contrary to that” is not formed naturally as a complete comparison, and the final space before the full stop is a punctuation slip. Check subject–verb agreement carefully and build comparisons in complete, parallel sentence structures.

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