Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-08

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)

This graph illustrates the average number of hours that students in UK ,Japan and Germany spend on three main activities like sleeping , studying and relaxing during typical weekday.

Overall , studying and sleeping dominate the daily routine of students in all three nations. while sleeps consistently accounts for the least amount of time. Notably students in Japan spend most of the time in studying as compared to Japan and UK. Moreover , UK and Germany students almost follow the same pattern for all categories.

In term of education , Japanese students spend an exceptionally high amount of time studying, totally 13 hours per weekday. This is much higher than students in UK and Germany. While Japanese students have least time for relaxation , only 4 hours per weekday which is very less in contrast of UK and Germany students. UK and Germany students spend more than double time in relaxing as compare to Japanese students.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the chart’s main subject and give a broad overview, noting that Japanese students study the most and relax the least, while the UK and Germany show similar patterns. These are relevant comparisons. However, the overview contains a factual error: sleeping is not consistently the least time-consuming activity; relaxing is lower in the UK and Germany, while studying is lowest in Japan. The comparison that UK and German students spend more than twice as long relaxing as Japanese students is also inaccurate: 7 hours versus 4 is less than double. You report Japan’s study figure correctly, but leave out several useful figures, including the UK and German study totals and the sleeping values. More precise, balanced coverage of the three activities would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and a paragraph focusing on study and relaxation. This gives the reader a general route through the information, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover” and “In term of education” signal relationships between points. However, the progression is limited because the final paragraph does not cover sleeping and repeats the contrast between Japan and the other countries. Some connections are unclear: “Notably students in Japan … as compared to Japan and UK” repeats Japan rather than naming Germany, and the overview’s claim about the least time-consuming activity conflicts with the later comparison. Grouping the figures by activity or by country, and using clearer references, would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing the chart, including “average number of hours,” “daily routine,” “exceptionally high” and “in contrast.” These choices help communicate the main comparisons, and the meaning is generally understandable. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, however: “sleeping dominate” does not agree in form with the activity, “totally 13 hours” is not a natural way to report a figure, and “very less” is not idiomatic. “In term of education” is also an imprecise phrase for introducing study data. Aim for standard chart language such as “spend,” “account for,” “a total of,” and “compared with,” and check spacing around commas to make the writing more polished.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast introduced by “While Japanese students…” and the sentence beginning “Notably.” The main comparisons remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “students … spend” needs an article or possessive construction in the introduction, and “studying and sleeping dominate … while sleeps consistently accounts” has problems with sentence punctuation, agreement and the form of the subject. The fragment-like “While Japanese students have least time…” should be joined to a complete main clause or rewritten as a full sentence. There are also punctuation and spacing issues, such as spaces before commas and a lowercase “while” after a full stop. More consistent control of clauses, articles and agreement would strengthen accuracy.

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