Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-12

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 chart illustrates how students in the UK,Japan and Germany typically spend their weekdays measured in hours.

Overall, students in japan spend the most time on the activity represented by the red bars, while those in the UK spend the most time on the activity represented by the blue bars. In contrast thr green bar activity accounts for the least time in all three countries except that the grey-bar activity in Japan is lower.

In the UK , students spend 8.5 hours on the activity represented by the blue bar, making it most time-consuming activity in the country. The figure for the red bar is slightley lower , at 8 hours, while students spend 7 hours on green-bar activity. In japan, the red-bar activity accounts for 13 hours,which is considerably higher than the figure for the blue and grey bars, at 7 and 4 hours respectively.

In Germany, students spend 9 hours on the red-bar activity, compared with 8 hours in the blue-bar activity. The green-bar activity accounts for the lowest figure at 7 hours. Comparing the three countries,Japan records the highest figure overall,at 13 hours, whereas its grey-bar activity has the lowest value at 4 hours.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main contrasts and report most figures accurately: Japan has the highest studying total at 13 hours, and its relaxing figure is lowest at 4. However, the overview is unclear because it refers to red, blue, green and grey bars, although the chart’s categories are Sleeping, Studying and Relaxing; there is no grey-bar category. This makes the comparison that Japan’s grey-bar activity is lower difficult to interpret. You also misidentify the UK’s longest activity: 8.5 hours is sleeping, not studying, and the overview’s claim about blue bars cannot be checked against the chart labels. Name the activities directly and give a clear overview of the main pattern across all three countries to make the response more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an overview followed by country-specific details and a final comparison. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is weakened by the repeated references to coloured bars rather than the chart’s activity labels, so links between the overview and supporting details are not always clear. The final comparison largely repeats the point that Japan has the highest and lowest figures, rather than adding a distinct comparison across the three countries. Some punctuation spacing, such as “UK,Japan” and “overall,at,” also interrupts the flow. Use clear paragraph links and consistent category names, and organise comparisons around the activities or countries without repeating the same point.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related language, including “accounts for,” “considerably higher,” “compared with,” and “most time-consuming.” These phrases help describe quantities and comparisons. However, the repeated wording “activity represented by the … bar” is cumbersome and less precise than naming the activities, especially since the chart’s categories are not identified by colours in the transcription. There are also spelling and word-choice slips, including “slightley” and “thr,” and “figure” is repeated frequently. More accurate chart vocabulary and a wider selection of comparison terms would improve precision and flexibility. For example, use “hours spent sleeping” or “studying time” instead of referring to a bar colour.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast clause in “while students spend 7 hours…” and a comparison structure with “compared with.” Most sentences communicate the intended figures, and errors rarely prevent understanding. Some grammatical and punctuation control is inconsistent: the opening overview sentence beginning “In contrast” lacks a comma after the introductory phrase, and spacing around commas is uneven. The phrase “making it most time-consuming activity” also needs an article (“the most time-consuming activity”). Continue using varied sentence structures, while checking articles, punctuation and sentence boundaries carefully so that the comparisons read smoothly and accurately.

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