Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-22

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 given bar chart demonstrates how students in three nations spend their average weekday.

Overall, Students in Japan and Germany tend to study more than sleeping and relaxing, while in the UK, sleeping has the priority.

The British students spend 8 and half hours sleeping and one-third of the day studying. Comparing with the other countries, the UK students have allocated the highest amount of hours for sleeping and relaxing. However, relaxing hours equals with the German students and it is 7 hours per day.

Japanese students spent over half of the day studying and it is the highest amount amongst the countries. Furthermore, they are the ones who are spending 7 hours and 4 hours, which are the least amount of hours for sleeping and relaxing respectively, by the given countries.

German students spends one-third of the day sleeping and 9 hours a day studying. For relaxing, German pupils spent 7 hours a day, which equals with the British students.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern that Japanese and German students spend more time studying than on the other activities, and you contrast this with the UK, where sleeping is the largest category. The key figures are mostly accurate: for example, Japan’s 13 hours of study is correctly identified as the highest, and the UK and Germany are correctly compared at seven hours of relaxation. This covers the task well, with some features more fully reported than others. However, “one-third of the day” is an imprecise description of eight hours, and the claim that UK students have the highest relaxation figure is not supported, since they tie with Germany. A clearer overview and more precise comparisons would strengthen the response further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by country-based paragraphs, so the reader can follow the comparisons. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “However,” and “Furthermore” help signal relationships between points. Cohesion is sometimes mechanical or unclear, though. For instance, “Comparing with the other countries” does not smoothly connect to the claim that follows, and “they are the ones” has an imprecise reference to Japanese students. The repeated country-by-country pattern also limits direct comparison across the same activity. Grouping the figures by activity, or using clearer comparative links, would create more continuous progression and make the relationships between the data easier to see.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “allocated,” “highest amount,” “relaxing,” and “equals,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts to vary how the figures are described. Some choices are inaccurate or unnatural, however: “sleeping has the priority” is not idiomatic, “relaxing hours equals with” is awkward, and “amount of hours” is less suitable than “number of hours.” Repetition of “students,” “hours,” and “spend” also limits flexibility. Aim for precise collocations commonly used to describe charts, such as “spent,” “accounted for,” and “was equal to,” while keeping the wording straightforward and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple statements and longer comparative sentences, and most of the information remains understandable. Some grammatical errors persist, particularly with agreement and sentence construction. For example, “German students spends” should be “German students spend,” while “relaxing hours equals with” has problems with both the verb form and the structure of the comparison. “Comparing with the other countries” is also not formed naturally as an introductory phrase. The sentence beginning “Furthermore, they are the ones who are spending…” is unnecessarily complex and awkwardly constructed. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and simpler comparative patterns; these will help you express the data more reliably while retaining some complex sentence forms.

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