Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-14
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 given bar chart illustrates how students of three different countries spend their typical weekday.
Overall, the bar graph clearly depicts that the most amount of time is being spent on studying while the least is being spent on relaxing.
To begin with, in UK the most amount of time is being on sleeing is 8.5 by the students which drops to 7 for Japan and 8 for Germany. Furthermore, the bar for studying represents 8 hours in UK which surged to 13 for Japan. However, this is 9 for Germany.
Students spend less time for relaxing in both the countries
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
You identify the chart’s subject and give an overview, noting that studying takes the most time and relaxing the least. You also report the sleeping figures and the studying figures accurately. However, the overview is too broad: studying is not the largest category in every country, since UK students sleep slightly longer than they study. The final sentence, “Students spend less time for relaxing in both the countries,” is incomplete and does not report the relaxing values or compare all three countries. The response therefore covers only part of the task, with important information left undeveloped. It is also 49 words below the required minimum, which limits the detail you can provide. Include the relaxing figures and make a clear overall comparison across the countries.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph reporting some figures. Connectors such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “However” help signal the relationship between points. However, the progression is limited because the response stops after an unfinished comparison about relaxing, and the figures are not organised into a complete account of the three categories. “To begin with” suggests a sequence, but the next points do not develop into a consistent comparison. The final sentence also leaves the reader unsure which countries are being compared. Use a fuller paragraph structure and group related figures—for example, compare each activity across all three countries—so the information progresses clearly from overview to details.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use relevant vocabulary for describing the chart, including “bar chart,” “spend,” “studying,” “relaxing,” and “surged.” These choices make the general topic clear, and “surged” conveys the marked rise in study time from the UK to Japan. However, some phrasing is repetitive or imprecise: “the most amount of time” appears twice, and “the bar for studying represents 8 hours” is less natural than a direct comparison. There is also a spelling error in “sleeing,” and “spend less time for relaxing” uses an awkward collocation. Aim for concise, accurate chart language such as “spent,” “accounted for,” and “compared with,” while checking spelling and choosing natural verb–noun combinations.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
You attempt a range of sentence forms, including an overview clause and linked comparisons, and several sentences communicate the figures clearly. However, grammatical control is uneven. In “in UK the most amount of time is being on sleeing is 8.5,” the sentence structure breaks down and the relationship between the activity and figure is unclear. “The bar for studying represents 8 hours in UK which surged to 13 for Japan” also has an unclear relative clause: the students’ study time, rather than the bar, increased. The final sentence lacks a complete comparison. Articles and prepositions also need attention in phrases such as “in UK.” Practise forming complete subject–verb sentences and use consistent past-tense reporting, for example, “UK students spent 8 hours studying.”
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