Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-09

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 chat compares the typical weekday pattern for sleeping, studying, and relaxing in the UK, Japan, and Germany.

Overall, study accounted the highest allocated hours by Japanese students and Germany students, while the UK students spent there most of the time on sleeping. In contrast, all the countries learners spent less time for relaxing, which was less popular sector.

In the terms of sleeping, the highest time spent by the UK, followed by Japan's students 7 hours and German students 8 hours. By contrast, study saw a different pattern, with Japanese learners accounting for 13 hour, followed by the Uk (8 hour) and Germany (9 hour). This represented that Japanese students devoted their major time for studying compared to other to category.

Regarding relaxing, the lowest time spent across all three nations, with Japanese students spending 4 hours, while the UK students and Germany students recorded an identical 7%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the chart’s three activities and give a relevant overview: Japanese students study the most, while relaxing is the lowest figure in each country. Most reported values are accurate, including Japan’s 13 hours of study and the UK and Germany’s seven hours of relaxation. However, the overview is not fully clear: the UK’s highest activity is sleeping, but Germany’s is studying, and this distinction is obscured by “study accounted the highest allocated hours.” The sleeping comparison also gives the figures without clearly stating that the UK is highest. Develop the key contrasts more precisely and ensure the units remain consistent; the final “7%” should be seven hours. This covers the task, though some comparisons are less fully explained than others.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for sleeping/studying and relaxing. This makes the information easy to follow, and transitions such as “By contrast” and “Regarding relaxing” help signal changes in focus. The progression is generally logical, but some links are mechanical or unclear. For example, “In the terms of sleeping” is an awkward lead-in, and “This represented that” does not clearly connect the Japanese study figure to the comparison. The overview also combines country comparisons in a way that makes the main pattern harder to identify. To strengthen the organisation further, group the most important comparisons consistently and use clearer references between figures and conclusions.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “typical weekday pattern,” “accounting for,” “devoted,” and “recorded an identical” to describe the chart. These choices show an attempt to vary language rather than repeat “spent” throughout. However, several word combinations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “allocated hours,” “less time for relaxing,” and “less popular sector.” “7%” also uses the wrong term for a time figure, and “bar chat” is a spelling error for “bar chart.” These slips sometimes make the intended comparison less precise. Aim for natural collocations such as “hours spent studying” and “the least time was devoted to relaxation,” and use “hours” consistently when reporting the data.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast structure “By contrast, study saw a different pattern” and the clause beginning “with Japanese learners accounting for 13 hour.” The main comparisons are usually understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “study accounted the highest allocated hours” is missing a necessary preposition, while “all the countries learners spent” has an unclear noun structure. In “the highest time spent by the UK,” the sentence lacks a complete verb, and “13 hour” needs plural agreement. These issues do not generally prevent understanding, but they reduce accuracy. Practise complete comparison sentences and check articles, verb forms, and singular/plural forms when editing.

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