Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-21

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 5.5)

The bar chart illustrates how is a usual weekday for students in three different nations.

overall, it measures three activites sleeping, studying, and relaxing. while Germany and UK are quite similarly in all three activities, Japan stays the opposite. Hours are measured on the vertical y axis, country on horizontal x axis. Sleeping, studying and relaxing are represented by blue, red and green colors respectively.

Firstly, Students in UK sleep about 8.5 hours which is the highest follows by germany students 8 hours and japan students 7 hours which is also the lowest. Students in Japan records 13 hours of studying which is longest study time among the other two countries in which UK has 8 hours and Germany has 7 hours of studing by their students.

Now coming the last activity which is relaxing, both UK and Germany students are exact same at 7 hours while japan students being the least with only 4 hours of relaxing.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the chart’s three activities and report several key comparisons accurately: UK students sleep the most (8.5 hours), Japan records the longest study time (13 hours), and UK and Germany both spend 7 hours relaxing. The overview also notes the broad similarity between the UK and Germany and Japan’s contrasting pattern. However, the overview’s claim that Japan is simply “the opposite” is not fully explained, and the study figures are misreported: Germany is shown at 9 hours, not 7. The response covers the main categories, but some comparisons and the overall pattern are less fully developed or precise. A clearer overview and careful checking of every figure would strengthen the summary.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by paragraphs on sleeping and studying, then relaxing. Sequencing phrases such as “Firstly” and “Now coming the last activity” help signal the progression, and the reader can generally follow the comparisons. However, the overview combines several functions—main trends, units, and colour descriptions—without a clear hierarchy, while “Japan stays the opposite” is an unclear reference. The transition into the final comparison is also awkward, and the study comparison is packed into a long sentence. Organise the overview around the most important contrasts, use clearer links between comparisons, and keep each sentence focused on one main point.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough task-related vocabulary to describe the chart, including “illustrates,” “activities,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “represented.” These choices make the main comparisons understandable. However, several word forms, spellings, and collocations are inaccurate or repetitive: “activites,” “studing,” “records 13 hours,” and “longest study time” are examples. Phrases such as “how is a usual weekday” and “Japan stays the opposite” are also unnatural or imprecise. The range is adequate for the task, but control is uneven, particularly when describing trends and amounts. Build a small set of accurate chart-reporting expressions and check spelling and collocation before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main information is usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, however, including the opening construction “illustrates how is a usual weekday,” the incomplete sentence beginning “while Germany and UK,” and the structure “Students in Japan records.” Articles and agreement also need attention in phrases such as “the UK” and “students … sleep.” Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, particularly at the start of sentences and in the overview. These errors do not generally prevent the reader from understanding the comparisons, but the range is not yet controlled consistently. Practise complete clause structures, subject–verb agreement, and accurate sentence boundaries.

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