Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

Indeed, weekday depicts our social progress. As this barchart illustrates the potential that is driving the human resourse of the countries. There is no ambiguity that Japan is the country where people spend most of their time in studies. We have read the history that after World War II, Japan motive was to thrive the world in economic and potential progress. On the other side, Germany is on the second in study. While UK is on a rare margin with less than a point.

However, UK and Japan, both are very relaxing by nature. This research has shown an interesting statistics that UK and Germany, both would love to relax. Although, Japan is again been distinctive as it does not relax and have point 4 in the chart.

The third important factor of research is quite impressive. UK is on the upper bar of the competition in Sleeping as it has 8.5 points, means the highest point in the trio. Furthermore, Japan less sleeps and Germany Sleeps more that Japan but less than UK.

In a nutshell, this research explores the basic needs and its uses with respect to the countries statistics. It is proved that Japan has more potential than any other country.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s main contrasts: Japan has the most study time (13 hours), while its relaxing time is lowest (4), and the UK has the highest sleeping figure (8.5). These are relevant observations, but the response only partially reports the data and does not give a clear, chart-focused overview. The claim that the UK and Japan are “both very relaxing” is misleading: the UK and Germany each record 7 hours, compared with Japan’s 4. The discussion of Japan’s post-war history and the conclusion that it has “more potential” are unsupported interpretations, not information shown by the chart. To strengthen the response, summarise the overall pattern neutrally and compare all three countries across the three activities without adding explanations the data cannot establish.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some organisation: it moves from studying to relaxing and then sleeping, with a separate concluding paragraph. This gives the reader a basic sense of the topics being discussed. However, there is no clear overall progression from an overview to well-selected comparisons, and several linking expressions are repetitive or do not show the relationship accurately. For example, “On the other side” and “Furthermore” connect points without clarifying the comparison, while “However” introduces a claim about relaxing that is not supported by the figures. The final “In a nutshell” paragraph repeats a broad conclusion rather than synthesising the chart. Use a concise overview first, then group comparisons logically, and use linking words only where they express a precise relationship.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “studies,” “relax,” “Sleeping,” and “points,” and attempt more formal expressions such as “distinctive” and “In a nutshell.” However, the range is limited and several choices or collocations are inaccurate enough to make the meaning unclear, as in “weekday depicts our social progress,” “potential that is driving the human resourse,” and “thrive the world in economic and potential progress.” Spelling errors such as “barchart,” “resourse,” and “statistics” also reduce control. For chart reporting, favour precise, familiar terms such as “hours,” “spend,” “record,” and “compared with.” Avoid abstract claims about “potential” when the chart only reports time spent on activities.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses beginning with “Although” and “Furthermore,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in sentence formation and verb patterns occur in examples such as “As this barchart illustrates the potential,” which is an incomplete or awkwardly constructed opening, and “Japan is again been distinctive,” where the verb form is faulty. Agreement and sentence structure are also problematic in “UK and Japan, both are very relaxing by nature” and “Japan less sleeps.” Some sentences are understandable, but these recurring errors can make the intended meaning difficult to follow. Practise building clear subject–verb sentences and checking verb forms, articles, and agreement; for example, “Japan records the most study time, at 13 hours.”

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