Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

This bar chart illustrates te weekdays for students in three different countries.This chart shows the sleeping, studying and relaxing of students in weekdays.

Three countries include UK,Japan,Germany have different routines and sechudles in weekdays.Firstly,the UK sudents are sleeping eight and half hour in a working days of the week.These students sleep reletively more other than Japan or Germany.The students of Japan are sleeping less as compared to Germany or UK.And lastly, the students of Germany are sleeping madorate eight hours in a day.Although, the students of Japan are studying much more than other two countries almost thirteen hours in a day.The students of UK are studying eight hours in a working day.Lastly, the students of Germany are studying nine hours in day.While if we check the relaxing hours in day, the students of UK and Germany are almost relaxing seven hours in a day while the Japanise students are relaxing much lower four hours in a day.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify all three activities and compare the countries, including the main contrast that Japanese students study the most and relax the least. Several figures are also reported accurately: Japan’s 13 study hours and 4 relaxing hours, and Germany’s 9 study hours and 7 relaxing hours. However, the response mainly lists details rather than presenting a clear overview of the chart’s most important patterns. The claim that UK students sleep more than both other groups is inaccurate: they sleep more than Japanese students, but less than German students. Also, describing these as hours “in a working day” is not supported by the chart. A concise overview and more careful comparisons would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response follows a broadly understandable order, moving from sleeping to studying and then relaxing, and words such as “Firstly,” “Although,” and “Lastly” signal some progression. However, it is presented as one long paragraph, so the overview and supporting details are not clearly separated. Several transitions feel mechanical or repetitive, particularly the repeated use of “Lastly,” and “Although” does not introduce a clear contrast in its sentence. Some comparisons are also difficult to follow because multiple country details are joined together in long sentences. Organise the report into a brief introduction, an overview, and grouped detail paragraphs, and use linking phrases that show the exact relationship between the figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for the chart, including “sleeping,” “studying,” “relaxing,” “routines,” and “compared,” so the reader can generally understand the topic. However, the range is limited and several spelling errors are noticeable, such as “sechudles,” “sudents,” “reletively,” and “Japanise.” Some expressions are also unnatural or imprecise: “sleeping eight and half hour” and “relaxing hours in day” do not describe the data fluently. Aim for accurate chart language such as “spent eight and a half hours sleeping” and “the figure for relaxation.” Check spelling carefully and avoid repeating “students” in nearly every sentence by using clear references such as “they” or “this group.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentence forms, including comparisons and a concessive structure, but most sentences rely on simple patterns, and errors are frequent enough to make parts awkward to read. Examples include “Three countries include UK,Japan,Germany have different routines,” which has an incomplete/incorrect clause structure, and “the students of Germany are studying nine hours in day,” which is missing an article. There are also problems with articles, plurals, and sentence boundaries, as in “eight and half hour” and the run-on opening where two sentences are joined without a space after the full stop. Practise accurate comparative sentences and check each sentence for a complete subject and verb, articles, and punctuation.

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