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 bar chart illustrates the typical weekday for students in three various countries.

Overall, the students are more studying in Japan than the other countries. While the students are more sleeping in UK and more relaxing in both countries Germany and UK.

At the beginning, there are more studying students in Japan at around 13%, and sleeping rate 7%. Whereas in Germany, students are studying by around 9%, and sleeping by around 8%, and 7% relaxing. Futhermore, the students are studying rate almost 8%, relaxing rate ay around 7%, and sleeping by around 8.5%.

It is noticeable that there are more study in Japan compared with UK and Germany., there are more sleepiing in UK than Japan and Germany, but there are few relaxing in Japan as compared with the other countries. So, Japan is higher in study rank than UK and Germany.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s main contrast: Japanese students spend the most time studying, while relaxing is lower in Japan than in the UK and Germany. Several figures are also reported accurately, including Japan’s 13 hours of study and Germany’s 9 hours. However, the overview is unclear in places, and the UK figures are not presented as clearly as those for the other countries. The chart gives hours, not percentages, so describing values as “13%” and “7%” misrepresents the units. The response also falls seven words short of the required 150. To strengthen the report, give a concise overview, compare all three countries consistently, and ensure the units are correct.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure, with an opening, an overview, and further details, and it attempts to group information by country. This gives the reader some sense of organisation. However, progression is weakened by repetition: the final paragraph restates that Japan ranks highest for studying and that its relaxing figure is lowest, points already made earlier. The sequence “At the beginning” is not suitable for a chart without a time sequence, and “Whereas” introduces a fragment rather than a complete contrast. Some country details are also difficult to follow because the UK figures appear after the Germany description. Organise the body into clear comparisons and use linking phrases only where they clarify the relationship between figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary such as “studying,” “sleeping,” “relaxing,” and “compared with,” so the reader can generally identify the activities being discussed. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are unnatural, including “students are more studying,” “sleeping rate,” and “higher in study rank.” Spelling errors such as “Futhermore” and “sleepiing” also reduce accuracy. In addition, “13%” uses the wrong term for the chart’s unit; these values are hours. Aim for precise chart language, for example, “spent 13 hours studying” and “the figure for relaxing.” Vary the verbs used to describe and compare the data rather than repeating “more.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer structures, including “While…” and “Whereas…,” but these are often incomplete or awkwardly joined. For example, “While the students are more sleeping in UK…” is not a complete, well-formed contrast, and “Whereas in Germany…” is left as a fragment. There are also recurring problems with articles and sentence construction, as in “in UK,” and with the form of comparisons in “there are more study in Japan.” Punctuation is inconsistent, particularly the comma and full stop in “Germany., there are…”. These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise complete comparison sentences and check each sentence for a clear subject and verb.

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