Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-15

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 compares the weekly routine of sleeping, studying and relaxing schedule of students in UK, Japan and Germany.

Overall, the chart illustrates that students in these three countries spent their most of the time studying. However, Japan possess the highest figure of thirteen hour per day of the students studying followed by the lowest figure of four hours relaxing. Moreover, the students in UK and Germany had nearly a balanced weekly routine.

The trend observed in Japan in various activities fluctuated widely during the week. The number of students spending their time studying is highest in Japan having a figure of thirteen hours per day. Subsequently, their is a minimum time spent on relaxing with a value of 4 hours per day.

In contrast,the students in Germany and UK had quite a balanced routine of all these activities. In Germany, most of the students spent their time studying preceeding the sleeping and relaxing routine with the share of 8 hours and 7 hours per day respectively. Furthermore, in UK , the marginal fluctuating trend is observed with the more hours being spent on sleeping followed by studying and relaxing routine per day.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast accurately: Japan records the most study time (13 hours) and the least relaxation time (4 hours), while the UK and Germany are more evenly distributed. You also include relevant figures for Germany and the UK. This gives the response a clear overview and addresses the chart’s main features. However, the overview says students in all three countries spend most time studying, which is not true for the UK, where sleeping is highest at 8.5 hours. The claim that the UK and Germany have a “balanced” routine is also broad, and some comparisons are repeated rather than extended. To strengthen the response further, report the figures consistently and compare the three countries directly across each activity.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing Japan and then the UK and Germany. This makes the information generally easy to follow. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “However,” and “In contrast” help signal relationships between points. At times, though, the progression is repetitive: Japan’s 13 hours of study and 4 hours of relaxation are stated in both the overview and the next paragraph. Some connections are also awkward or unclear, such as “Moreover” before the claim about the UK and Germany, and “followed by” is used where a direct comparison would be clearer. Organise the details by activity or country and avoid repeating the same figures to make cohesion more natural.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing chart data, including “compares,” “highest figure,” “minimum,” and “balanced routine.” These choices show an effort to use formal reporting language, and the meaning is generally clear. However, some expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “weekly routine” and “the trend … fluctuated widely during the week,” even though the chart reports hours in a typical day rather than changes over a week. “Marginal fluctuating trend” is also unclear, and “share” is not the most suitable term for hours. Spelling errors such as “preceeding” further reduce accuracy. Prefer precise terms such as “hours spent” and “the amount of time devoted to,” and check collocations and spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “However” and “while”-type comparisons, and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors are present, though. For example, “students … spent their most of the time” has an incorrect possessive construction, and “Japan possess” does not agree with its subject. In “their is a minimum time,” the verb form is incorrect, while “thirteen hour” needs a plural noun. Punctuation and spacing are also inconsistent, as in “In contrast,the” and “UK ,”. Review subject–verb agreement, articles and noun number, and read sentences aloud to catch awkward constructions. More accurate control of these forms would make your comparisons clearer.

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