Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-07

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 compares the typical weekday activities of students in three different countries, UK, Japan, and Germany.

Overall, studying activity was recorded as the highest in Japan and Germany, while sleeping was the highest in UK.

In UK, sleeping was the most prevalent activity for the students and stood at a high of 8.5, and studying was the second most common activity for the students on the weekend which is 8. Meanwhile, relexing stood at 7

In Japan, studying was preferred by students on weekdays recorded at a high of 13. The second most common activity amongst the students was sleeping, which was 7. Meanwhile, relaxing was recorded at 4.

In Germany, studying was most common activity for German students on the weekends, recorded at a high of 9. Meanwhile, German students preferred sleeping over relaxing, which was recorded 8, and relexing was 3rd common activity amongst the german student which was registered at 7.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and provide a clear overview that studying is highest in Japan and Germany, while sleeping leads in the UK. Most figures are reported accurately, including Japan’s 13 hours of studying and Germany’s 8 hours of sleeping. However, the overview is incomplete: studying is also the highest activity in Japan, but in Germany it is only the highest by a small margin over sleeping, and the UK’s sleeping lead is slight. More importantly, the final paragraph gives Germany’s relaxing figure as 7, whereas the chart shows 7, and the UK and Japan figures are also accurate; the main limitation is that comparisons across countries are not developed. Clarify the overall contrasts and compare the same activities across countries to make the report more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the UK, Japan, and Germany. This makes the country-by-country information easy to locate. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Meanwhile,” and “In Japan” help signal the progression, although “Meanwhile” is repeated and does not always express a meaningful contrast. The country paragraphs mostly list activities rather than connecting the figures through direct comparisons, so the report’s progression is somewhat mechanical. Improve cohesion by grouping related information—for example, comparing studying across all three countries—and use clearer references and a wider range of linking phrases to show how the figures relate.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “prevalent,” “recorded,” “preferred,” and “most common,” and the reader can understand the intended comparisons. However, some choices are unnatural or imprecise: “studying activity” and “preferred by students” suggest preference rather than time spent, while “stood at a high of” is unnecessarily wordy for reporting a figure. The spelling “relexing” is repeated, and “3rd common activity” is not a natural expression. Aim for precise chart language and check spelling carefully. Phrases such as “students spent,” “accounted for,” and “the least time was devoted to” would describe the data more naturally and accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple statements and longer sentences with relative clauses, as in “The second most common activity … was sleeping, which was 7.” Most meanings remain clear, and the country-by-country structure helps the reader follow the information despite some grammatical slips. There are errors in articles and sentence construction, including “In UK” and “In Germany, studying was most common activity”; use “In the UK” and “the most common activity.” The phrase “which was recorded 8” also needs “as” or a clearer construction, such as “at 8 hours.” Some sentences are joined with “and” or “which” where a full stop would improve control. Review articles and the grammatical patterns used to report figures.

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