Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · 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 7.0)

The chart illustrates the information about how students in three different countries spend their typical weekdays in activities such as sleeping, studying and relaxing. Overall, students in Japan spend most of their time on weekdays studying and very little relaxing. In the UK and Germany, there is a very small difference in how students spend their time sleeping and studying, but it is exactly the same for relaxation.

The country in which students spend the highest number of hours on their academics is Japan, with 13 hours. Students in this country also maintain their sleeping hours at 7 hours and relax for only 4 hours, which is almost half compared to that in other countries.

The second-most country in spending study hours is Germany, at 9 hours on weekdays. The relaxation time for students here is 7 hours, whereas sleeping time is a little less than that, at 8 hours. Similarly, in the UK, students spend the same amount of time on leisure as in Germany, but they differ by one hour less in study and half an hour more in sleeping.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response identifies the main pattern accurately: Japan records the most study time (13 hours) and the least relaxation (4), while the UK and Germany both show 7 hours of relaxation. It also reports the other figures correctly and makes relevant comparisons, including the UK’s half-hour higher sleeping figure than Germany’s. The overview gives a clear summary of the key contrasts, so the task is addressed and the data is generally well selected. To strengthen the report further, make the overview’s comparison more precise: the UK and Germany do not have only a “very small difference” in sleeping and studying, since their study figures differ by one hour and sleeping by half an hour. Avoid the imprecise claim that Japan’s relaxation is “almost half” that of the other countries; it is four hours compared with seven.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The information is arranged in a clear progression: an introduction and overview are followed by details about Japan, Germany and the UK. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “The second-most,” and “Similarly” help readers follow the comparisons, and the final sentence connects the UK figures with Germany’s. Paragraphing is appropriate and the report remains focused on the chart. Some cohesion could be more precise, however. “The second-most country in spending study hours” is an awkward transition, and “Similarly” does not fully describe the UK–Germany comparison because the figures are only partly alike. A more direct sequence organised around the categories, or a clearer comparison phrase such as “By comparison,” would make the progression smoother and reduce the sense of listing countries.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

The response uses a suitable range of vocabulary for describing the chart, including “illustrates,” “maintain,” “whereas,” and “differ,” and the meaning is consistently clear. It also varies its references to studying through “academics” and “study hours.” However, some collocations are unnatural or imprecise, which limits the flexibility and precision of the vocabulary. For example, “spend most of their time on weekdays studying” could be expressed more naturally as “devote the most time to studying,” while “the second-most country in spending study hours” is not idiomatic. “Relaxation time” and “leisure” are appropriate, but “almost half compared to that” is unclear as a comparison. More natural collocations and exact comparative phrasing would improve control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 7.0

There is a good mix of sentence forms, including complex comparisons with “whereas” and “but,” and many sentences are accurate and easy to understand. The opening overview and the sentence comparing UK and German study and sleeping figures show control of longer structures. A few grammatical choices remain awkward. In “The country in which students spend the highest number of hours on their academics is Japan,” the construction is cumbersome; “Japan has the highest figure for study” is more direct. The phrase “which is almost half compared to that in other countries” also has an unclear reference, and “The second-most country in spending study hours” is not a well-formed construction. These do not prevent understanding, but clearer sentence patterns would make the report more consistently controlled.

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