Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-10

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)

now you have shown that the three different countries of student report to comparison the how those student are sleeping, studying and relaxing. now firslty go to the sleeping students in the UK; the comparison for the sleeping students is higher in the UK. and less sleeping students are in japan. Furthermore, the next comparison is students are studying, now you see that the japan are the highest rank in studying and germany are the second rank and uk is the low rank rank in studying.

moreover the last comarision is relaxing. now you all are better known that uk are germany student are relaxing more as compare to japan student.

in that the conculsion that student of japn are very integient as compare to uk and germany beacuse those student are love to student not to sleep and relax. such that japan country are very developed country camparison to other countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three activities and make several relevant comparisons: Japan has the most study time, while its relaxation figure is lower than those of the UK and Germany. However, the account is only partial and some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear. The UK does not have the highest sleeping figure: it is 8.5 hours, compared with 8 in Germany, while Japan is lowest at 7. The chart also shows that the UK and Germany both spend 7 hours relaxing. The concluding claims that Japanese students are “very intelligent” and that Japan is more developed are not supported by the chart. Focus on an accurate overview of the main contrasts and avoid adding explanations the data cannot establish.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence, moving from sleeping to studying and then relaxing, and paragraph breaks help distinguish the sections. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, progression is weakened by repetitive, conversational openings such as “now you see” and “moreover the last comparison,” and several links between ideas are unclear. The final sentence shifts from describing the chart to unsupported conclusions, so it does not provide an effective summary. Use a clear introduction, a concise overview of the main patterns, and logically grouped comparisons. Linking phrases should show relationships between figures rather than repeatedly announce the next category.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a small set of relevant terms, including “sleeping,” “studying,” “relaxing,” “higher,” and “comparison,” so the general topic can be recognised. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several word choices or spellings make the meaning difficult to follow, such as “comarision,” “integient,” and “love to student.” Phrases like “highest rank” and “low rank” are also unnatural for describing chart values. Build a more precise range for reporting data, using expressions such as “spend the most time studying,” “the lowest figure,” and “by comparison.” Check spelling and use standard chart-reporting collocations rather than conversational or evaluative language.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences rely on simple patterns, and attempts to connect clauses often produce faulty structures. For example, “the comparison for the sleeping students is higher in the UK” does not clearly express what is being compared, while “uk are germany student are relaxing more” has problems with sentence structure and subject–verb agreement. Articles, plurals, and verb forms are also inconsistently controlled, as in “the japan are the highest rank” and “those student are love.” These errors frequently make the intended relationships harder to understand. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then combine them with controlled comparative structures, such as “Japan’s figure is higher than Germany’s.”

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