Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The given bar chart image shows, the habit of students in three different countries: UK, Japan and Germany.

Overall, it is clearly seen that, the students who are highly spend their hours in Japan and Germany are in studying. However, in UK mostly teenagers have allocate in sleeping.

To begin with, in United Kingdom primarily pupils are more regular in sleeping for 8.5 hours. But, for studying 0.5 hours less typical in weekdays. Also, 7 hours they spent for relaxing. Ahead, in Germany 9 hours they devote in studying, 8 hours for sleeping and only 7 hours they invest for relaxation.

Furthermore, the highest hours among all is spend in academics in Japan. Moreover, very less time spends by students for refreshing. While, the time which is consume by students for sleeping is 7 hours which is very less vis-a-vis to all three nations in this picture.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the three countries and cover sleeping, studying and relaxing, with several accurate figures: for example, the UK figures are 8.5, 8 and 7 hours, and Germany’s are 8, 9 and 7. You also recognise Japan’s 13 hours of study and 4 hours of relaxation. However, the overview is not fully clear: the claim that students in both Japan and Germany spend the most time studying overlooks that Germany’s 9 hours is not the highest across the chart, and the UK’s 8.5 hours of sleep is only slightly above its study time. The Japanese sleeping figure is included, but its study figure could be stated explicitly. The response is three words below the required minimum, so add a little more relevant comparison and detail.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two country-focused paragraphs. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the information, and transitions such as “To begin with” and “Furthermore” signal movement between points. However, some linking is mechanical or unclear. “Ahead” does not clearly show the relationship between the UK and Germany, while “Moreover” and “While” in the final paragraph do not create a precise comparison. The overview also combines claims about Japan, Germany and the UK in a way that makes the main pattern harder to follow. Grouping the countries around the chart’s key contrasts—Japan’s high study time and the UK/Germany figures—would improve progression and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of topic vocabulary, including “studying,” “relaxing,” “devote” and “academics,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices that limit precision. “The habit of students” is not a natural way to introduce a chart about time use, and “highly spend their hours” is unclear. Phrases such as “more regular in sleeping,” “invest for relaxation” and “refreshing” do not express the data naturally. Some word forms are also awkward, as in “the highest hours among all is spend.” Aim for standard chart language such as “spend,” “allocate,” “the greatest amount of time” and “relaxation,” using each in an accurate collocation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including contrast with “However” and a relative clause beginning “the time which is consume.” The main information is usually recoverable, but errors in verb forms, agreement, articles and sentence construction are noticeable. For example, “students who are highly spend” has an incorrect verb pattern, and “the highest hours … is spend” has problems with both agreement and the passive form. In “the time which is consume,” the verb form is also incorrect. Commas after introductory phrases are sometimes misplaced, as in “The given bar chart image shows,” and “Overall, it is clearly seen that,”. Build accuracy with direct patterns such as “students spend,” “the highest figure is,” and “the time spent on sleeping was.”

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