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 about the regular weekdays for students in three different countries namely, the UK, Japan, and Germany.

Overall, studying accumulated the highest time in weekdays in Japan and Germany, while relaxing experienced the least time regularly in three countires. Whereas in the UK sleeping recorded the most time in typical weekdays.

On the other hand, 8.5 students in the UK sleeping in the weekdays, whereas in Japan fewest learners sleeping regularly stood at 7 students, and in Germany approximately 8 students like sleeping every weekdays.

In the UK experienced the fewest students studying regularly only 8 learners, Japan accounted the most learners like studying at 13, and in Germany only 9 learners. Furthermore, UK and Germany remained the same number of students who like relaxing in weekdays at 7, while in Japan recorded the fewest students about 4.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three countries and all three activities, and your overview correctly notes that studying takes the most time in Japan and Germany and that relaxing is lowest in Japan. However, the overview is not fully accurate: relaxing is not the least activity in all three countries, since UK and Germany students spend less time studying than sleeping? In fact, the chart shows relaxing at 7 hours in both, below studying but not below sleeping in the UK. Your detail paragraphs include the main figures, but describe hours as numbers of students (for example, “8.5 students” and “13 learners”), which misrepresents the measure. The response is also 9 words below the required minimum. Develop the overview with the key contrasts and report the figures explicitly as hours.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate detail paragraphs for sleeping and the other activities. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is uneven because the overview makes a broad claim about relaxing across all three countries, while the details are grouped by activity without a clear comparison of the overall patterns. Linking phrases such as “On the other hand” and “Furthermore” are used, but the first does not express a clear contrast in context, and several clauses are joined awkwardly. Organise the details into clearer comparisons—for example, compare each country’s highest and lowest activity—and use transitions only where the relationship between ideas is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “accumulated,” “recorded,” and “accounted,” and the activity labels are generally clear. However, the range is limited by repeated wording such as “students,” “learners,” and “like,” and several combinations are unnatural or imprecise: “studying accumulated the highest time,” “sleeping recorded the most time,” and “students who like relaxing.” The repeated use of “students” or “learners” for the chart values also confuses people with hours. Spelling errors such as “countires” further reduce accuracy. Aim for precise chart language, using terms such as “spent,” “hours,” and “time devoted to,” and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of sentence forms, including a comparative clause with “whereas” and a longer sentence beginning “Furthermore.” However, control is inconsistent, and several sentences are difficult to parse. For example, “Whereas in the UK sleeping recorded the most time” is a fragment, while “In the UK experienced the fewest students studying” lacks a clear grammatical subject. The opening sentence also has awkward punctuation around “namely,” and phrases such as “in the weekdays” show problems with articles and prepositions. These errors sometimes obscure the intended comparisons. Build complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check agreement, articles, and clause structure before submitting.

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