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 weekday that are spend by students in UK, Japan and Germany.

Overall, In Uk pupils spend their weekday to make themselves relax for 7 hours, for study they spend 8 hours and to sleep they used 8.5 hours.In contrast , Japan students study for 13 hours, for relaxation they used 4 hours and they only sleep for 7 hours. Morever Germany devoted 7 hours for relaxation, 9 hours for studying and 8 hours to sleep.

Regarding Germany students spend 8 hours for sleeping, 9 for studying and 7 for relaxing.The time spend in Uk for studying is lower than germany where students study for 8 hours .The most time that is spend in studying is by japan .In addition, less time for relaxing is devoted by Japan and germany and uk both take same time for relaxation.Among all three countries japan students sleep less.

So , we concluded that Japan students spend their time more in studying .In contrast germany and japan spend more time time in relaxation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three countries and report the main figures for sleeping, studying and relaxing, including the key contrast that Japanese students study the most and relax the least. However, the overview is not clearly separated from the details, and some comparisons are inaccurate or confusing. For example, “less time for relaxing is devoted by Japan and germany and uk both take same time” incorrectly groups the countries: Japan records 4 hours, while the UK and Germany each record 7. The final statement also says Germany and Japan spend more time relaxing, which conflicts with the chart. A clearer overview of the highest and lowest figures, followed by accurate comparisons, would make the response more complete and reliable.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has some paragraphing and uses basic linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In contrast” and “In addition,” so the reader can identify the general topic and several comparisons. However, ideas do not progress clearly: the first paragraph lists all three countries, while the next repeats Germany’s figures and returns to the UK and Japan. The conclusion then repeats the study comparison and introduces a contradictory claim about relaxation. Some connectors are also awkwardly placed, and punctuation spacing is inconsistent. Organise the response into a concise overview and a body that groups the most important comparisons, avoiding repeated figures and ensuring each linking phrase accurately signals the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the chart’s categories, including “studying,” “relaxation” and “sleep,” and you attempt alternatives such as “devoted” and “take.” However, the range is limited and several choices or forms sound unnatural, for example “the weekday that are spend,” “make themselves relax” and “the time spend.” Repetition of “spend” and “time” also makes the description less precise. Spelling and capitalisation errors, including “Morever” and inconsistent “Uk,” reduce accuracy. Use standard chart-reporting collocations such as “spent on studying,” “allocated to relaxation” and “recorded,” and check spelling and country-name capitalisation. This would make the comparisons clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, and the reader can generally understand the intended figures. However, sentence structures are limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward or unclear. Examples include “the weekday that are spend,” where the verb form and agreement are faulty, and “The time spend in Uk for studying is lower than germany where students study for 8 hours,” which has an incorrect participle and an unclear comparison. There are also problems with sentence boundaries and punctuation, such as the run-on sequence after “8.5 hours.” Practise accurate past-participle forms and build comparisons with clear subjects and parallel structures, for example, “UK students spent 8 hours studying, compared with 9 in Germany.”

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