Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-20

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 bar chart illustrates how the student spends their typical weeekday in three different countries.Overall, Japan has the vast majority number of students of approximately about 13 percent who study in their weekday. Whereas, in UK and Germany there are just above half number of student who prefer study on their weekday.

In UK and Germany, there is almost an equal number of students who relax on their weekdays however, their is slight changes in the number of student who sleeps on their weekend.

There is a major difference in Japan as their number of student who relax is in minority and the number of student who sleeps on their weekdays are also slightly less in numbers than the number of students in UK and Germany.

It is clear that those who are living in Japan are more concenered about their studies rather than sleeping and relaxing like other two countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main contrast: Japan records the highest study figure, while its relaxation figure is lower than those of the UK and Germany. However, the chart reports hours, not percentages or numbers of students, so describing “13 percent” and a “number of students” misrepresents the data. The comparison that UK and Germany have “just above half” studying is also unclear and does not accurately report their values of 8 and 9 hours. You mention that relaxation is similar in the UK and Germany, but omit the key figures and the overall pattern across all three activities. To strengthen the response, give an accurate overview and compare the hours directly, including the relatively similar sleeping figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from an opening overview to comparisons between the countries and a concluding observation about Japan. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, the progression is not consistently clear: the first paragraph combines an overview with an imprecise comparison, and the next two paragraphs repeat the contrast between Japan and the other countries rather than developing a systematic account of the chart. Linking words such as “Whereas” and “however” are used, but the relationship between some clauses is awkward or unclear. Organise the details by activity or by country, and use clear comparisons to guide the reader from the main overview to supporting figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing the chart, including “illustrates,” “major difference,” “minority,” and “concerned about their studies.” However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for reporting numerical data. For example, “vast majority number of students” and “prefer study” do not clearly describe what the bars measure, while “in minority” is not a natural way to say that Japan has fewer hours of relaxation. There are also spelling errors, including “weeekday” and “concenered.” Use precise chart language such as “hours spent studying” and “the figure for relaxation,” and check spelling and collocations during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “Whereas” and a sentence beginning “It is clear that.” However, complex constructions are often faulty, and errors sometimes make the comparisons difficult to follow. For instance, “Whereas, in UK and Germany there are just above half number of student” lacks a clear grammatical structure, and “their is slight changes” has errors in agreement and sentence formation. The sentence beginning “In UK and Germany” also joins contrasting ideas awkwardly. Practise forming complete comparison sentences with accurate articles, plural nouns, and subject–verb agreement. For example: “The UK and Germany each record seven hours of relaxation, while Japan records four.”

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