Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-24

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 5.0)

The graph represents the bar chart of students that how they spend their weekend while by studying, relaxing or sleeping. On my one side, some major countries information of students like UK, Japan and Germany are discussing but on the other hand, percentage of students are reporting by numbers.

Here, three various colour which are blue that dealing the students who sleep at weekend, red which representing the students by studying at end of the week and the green colour which denoting individual with peace and rest.

If I compare this graph their is major difference between the japaness scholars have a high percentage in respect of UK and Germany. But if we take a look on sleeping pupils almost all countries have same ratio. While the relaxing learner are minor in Japan but UK and Germany get the same ratio of students. I prefer Japaness scholars are more better than other learner.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three countries and the chart’s main categories, and you notice that Japanese students study more while their relaxing figure is lower. However, the response only partially reports the data: it gives no figures and does not clearly state the key comparisons, such as Japan’s 13 hours of study versus 8 in the UK and 9 in Germany. The claim that sleeping is at a similar level is broadly supported, but the chart shows specific values of 8.5, 7 and 8 hours. The final preference that Japanese students are “more better” is an unsupported opinion rather than a summary of the chart. Focus on an objective overview and support it with accurate figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the response introduces the chart, describes its colours, and then attempts comparisons using phrases such as “If I compare” and “While.” These signals show an effort to connect ideas. However, the progression is not consistently clear, and the opening sentence is difficult to follow because it combines the chart topic with an unclear contrast about countries and numbers. The colour explanation also takes space without advancing the main comparisons. Paragraphing is absent, and references such as “this graph” and “their” are not always clear. Group the response into an introduction, an overview of the main patterns, and a short paragraph comparing the figures, using linking words only where they clarify the relationship.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “studying,” “relaxing,” “sleeping,” “percentage,” and “ratio,” so the reader can identify the general subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “students who sleep at weekend” and “relaxing learner” do not describe the chart’s hours naturally, while “peace and rest” is an imprecise substitute for relaxing. There are also spelling and word-form problems, including “japaness.” Use precise chart language such as “hours spent sleeping” and “students in Japan,” and avoid decorative descriptions that do not add information.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer structures, including a contrast beginning “On my one side … but on the other hand” and a comparison introduced by “While.” However, these complex attempts are often faulty, and many sentences contain errors that make the relationships between ideas hard to understand. For instance, “The graph represents the bar chart of students that how they spend” has an incorrect clause structure, and “three various colour which are blue” has problems with number agreement and sentence construction. The question “If I compare this graph their is…” also has incorrect clause formation and punctuation. Practise building clear subject–verb sentences first, then add one accurate comparison clause, checking articles, agreement, and punctuation.

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