Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-13

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 graph is highlighting three significant activities of the people living in different countries during weekdays.

X-axis represents the hours of day while Y-axis highlights the name of countries. The legends are being represented in different colors, for example, sleeping in blue, studying in red and relaxing is nominated as green color.

Japan is taking the lead in studying where people study around 13 hours a day consuming major portion of their day. In contrast, UK has very specific 8 hours to study per day. On the other hand, Japan individuals relax only for four hours.

Overall, People living in UK has very balanced approach in time management for their daily activities. They sleep for 8.5 hours,study around 8 hours and relax for 7 hours making them well organized individuals from other countries especially from Japan students who did not try to manage their daily activities. Germany as well, has balanced approach for maintaing the time of their weekdays activities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify relevant comparisons, especially Japan’s highest study figure (13 hours) and its four hours of relaxation, and you report the UK figures accurately. The response also attempts an overall summary by describing the UK and Germany as more balanced. However, the chart compares students’ weekday hours, not people generally, and the opening description of the axes is incorrect: the countries are on the horizontal axis and the activities are represented by the bars, rather than hours being on the X-axis. Germany’s figures are not reported, and Japan’s seven hours of sleep is omitted. The claim that Japanese students “did not try to manage” their time is an unsupported judgement. Cover all three countries with neutral, data-based comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable sequence: it introduces the chart, gives some comparisons, and ends with an overall comment. Linking phrases such as “In contrast,” “On the other hand,” and “Overall” help signal relationships between ideas. However, the overview comes late and is mixed with detailed figures, while the second paragraph focuses on chart mechanics rather than the main patterns. The final paragraph also combines the UK figures, an unsupported judgement about Japan, and a brief mention of Germany, so the progression is not consistently clear. Organise the report into a concise introduction, a clear overview, and comparison paragraphs grouped by country or activity; use references that make each comparison explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “lead,” “in contrast,” “balanced approach,” and “time management,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more descriptive phrasing, such as “consuming major portion of their day.” Some choices are inaccurate or unnatural for an objective chart report: “highlighting” is not the best verb for what a graph presents, “nominated as green color” is awkward, and “very specific 8 hours” does not clearly describe the figure. “People living in different countries” is also less precise than “students in the three countries.” Prefer standard reporting collocations such as “shows,” “accounts for,” and “spend,” and avoid evaluative wording about students’ organisation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “Japan is taking the lead in studying where people study around 13 hours a day” and the concluding sentence with several linked clauses. The main comparisons remain understandable, but some errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction reduce accuracy. For example, “People living in UK has” has a plural subject with a singular verb and needs an article before “UK”; “Japan individuals relax” has an awkward noun phrase; and “They sleep for 8.5 hours,study around 8 hours” needs spacing and clearer parallel punctuation. The sentence beginning “Japan is taking the lead” also repeats “study” and uses an unclear clause connection. Build accuracy with shorter, parallel comparisons, then add complex structures where the relationship is clear.

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