Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The provivded bar chart here shows the typical weekdays for students in three different countries.

Overall,it can be seen that in japan childern have to spend more time on studying and they have more typical weekdays, while in uk there are less pressure on students in case of studying.

on the one hand, in uk there is high number of sleeping which was 8.5 as compared to other countries,moreover, it can be seen that in japan therer are highest number of studying which was 13 which clearly shows that in japan there is m,uch more pressure on students regarding study and they had more typical weekdays. furthermore, in germany there is less number of typical weekdays for students as compared to japan. also in japan is in least position in sleeping which is at 7 while in uk has highest and uk had least num of typical weekdays as compared to japan and germany which is 8 only and germany had moderate number which was 9.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify some important comparisons: Japan has the highest study figure (13 hours), while the UK has the highest sleeping figure (8.5), and Japan has the lowest sleeping figure (7). These details are relevant and mostly accurate. However, the overview is unclear and includes unsupported claims that students in Japan have “more typical weekdays” or face “more pressure”; the chart reports hours, not pressure or how typical a day is. The statement that Germany has the “less number of typical weekdays” is also not a meaningful comparison of the data. Report the three activities directly, and give a clear overview that Japan studies most, while the UK and Germany spend more time relaxing than Japan. Some key comparisons, especially relaxing, are omitted or not clearly explained.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, beginning with an introduction and an overview before moving to details, so the reader can recognise the intended task. However, the progression is difficult to follow because several comparisons are crowded into one long paragraph and some ideas are repeated, particularly the claims about Japan’s study time and the UK’s sleeping time. Linking phrases such as “on the one hand,” “moreover,” and “furthermore” are used, but they do not consistently show clear relationships between the points. The final sentence combines sleeping, studying, and “typical weekdays” without a clear sequence. Organise the body by activity or by country, and use shorter sentences with precise references to each figure.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “spend more time,” “highest,” and “as compared to,” which helps communicate the main comparisons. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “high number of sleeping,” “less number,” and “least num of typical weekdays.” “Typical weekdays” is repeatedly used as though it were a measured category, although the chart gives hours for sleeping, studying, and relaxing. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “provivded,” “childern,” and “therer,” which reduce clarity. Aim for accurate collocations such as “hours spent sleeping” and “the lowest figure,” and vary reporting language without using phrases that imply information absent from the chart.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to connect ideas in longer sentences, for example with “while,” “which,” and “as compared to,” but these complex constructions are often difficult to control. Agreement errors appear in “there are less pressure” and “uk has highest,” while article and sentence-structure problems occur in phrases such as “in uk there is high number.” Several sentences run together, with missing spaces after punctuation and inconsistent capitalisation of country names. The response relies heavily on simple “there is” patterns, and the longer sentences do not consistently make the relationships between clauses clear. Practise building shorter, complete comparisons first, then combine them using accurate clauses—for example, “Japan’s study figure is 13 hours, compared with 8 in the UK.”

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