Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The pie chart illustartes the comparing the students typical weekday in sleeping, studying and relaxing within three diverse countries United kingdom, Japan and Germany.

Overall, studying achieve the first place in two countries as the most activity within the weekend, moreover Japan have a significant studying statstics compared with Japan and Germany. Regarding relaxing is the less activity in the three countries.

Firstly, Japan have a significant data and statstics in studying compared with other countries, data record that 13% of weekend Japanese student focus in studying although Germany have a record of 9% in a weekend, nevertheless United Kingdom have a 8% of time spend in studying during weekend. In UK 8.5% direct to sleeping in weekend, In Germany a percentage of 8% perfer sleeping, otherwise Japan only with 7%.

Secondly, relaxing in UK and Germany are identical with a percentage of 7%, regarding Japan with a only 4% , that let Japan to be the less studying, sleeping and relaxing data and statstics among Germany and UK.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three activities and countries, and you report several key figures accurately, including Japan’s 13 hours of studying and the matching seven hours of relaxing in the UK and Germany. However, the response only partially fulfils the task because it repeatedly describes the figures as percentages and refers to the weekend, although the chart shows hours in a typical weekday. The overview also says studying is the leading activity in two countries, but it is the largest category only in Japan; sleeping is highest in the UK, and studying is highest in Germany as well? In fact, Germany’s studying figure is 9 hours, above sleeping and relaxing. Clarify the overall comparisons and avoid the unsupported claim that relaxing is the least activity in all three countries, since it is lowest in Japan but not in the UK or Germany.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing figures. Sequencing with “Firstly” and “Secondly” helps the reader follow the shift from studying and sleeping to relaxing. However, progression is weakened by repeated or unclear comparisons, such as “compared with Japan and Germany” when discussing Japan, and the final sentence combines several claims without making their relationship clear. Linking words such as “moreover,” “nevertheless,” and “otherwise” are sometimes used inaccurately, so they do not reliably show the intended contrast. Organise the details by country or activity, and use simpler, precise links such as “while” and “by contrast” to make comparisons easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “percentage,” “compared with,” “identical,” and “record.” However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or repetitive, which can make the meaning difficult to interpret. For example, “the less activity” and “the less studying, sleeping and relaxing data” do not express the intended comparisons naturally; “statistics” is also repeated where “figure” or “time” would be clearer. Spelling errors such as “illustartes,” “statstics,” and “perfer” further reduce accuracy. Build a small set of precise chart-description phrases and check spelling, especially for key terms and country names.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “although” and “that,” but complex structures are often faulty and errors occur frequently. Examples include “Japan have” instead of “Japan has,” “the students typical weekday” instead of a correctly formed possessive, and “a 8% of time spend” where the article and verb form are incorrect. Several sentences also run together or use commas where a full stop is needed, as in the long sentence beginning “In UK 8.5%...” These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas unclear. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles, possessives, and complete sentence boundaries before adding more complex clauses.

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