Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

In this bar chart, X-axis is showing that the habbits of different countries and on y-axis, there is a grading from zero to fourteen. Firstly, if we see the comparison of the sleeping habbit, The people of Uk are more sleepy than Japan and germany. If we roughly saw this in percentage, almost 65 percent of the people of Uk, 50 percent of Japan and 60 percent of Germany.Germany is at second and Japan is at third. Now comes to another which is studying, The people of Japan are more studying as compared to UK and Germany. In studying competition, Japan is at top position, Germany is at second and UK is at third. If we move toward towards third habbit, people of Japan are less relaxing as compared to Uk and Germany. Uk and Germany are at same level in relaxing competition. If we conclude this chart, The people of Japan are possessing unbelieveable qualities as compared to other two countries.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three activities and make several relevant comparisons, including Japan’s higher study figure and the equal relaxation figures for the UK and Germany. However, the response only partially reports the chart’s main features: it gives no clear overview of the overall pattern and omits or misstates important data. For example, the chart shows study at 13 hours in Japan, 9 in Germany and 8 in the UK, but these figures are not reported. The percentages introduced for sleeping are unsupported because the chart presents hours, not percentages. The concluding claim that Japanese students have “unbelieveable qualities” is an opinion rather than a summary of the data. Focus on accurate figures and a neutral overview of the key contrasts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response follows the chart’s three categories in a recognisable order, and signposts such as “Firstly,” “Now comes to another” and “If we move toward” help the reader see the intended sequence. However, the progression is repetitive and sometimes mechanical, with each section framed as a ranking rather than a clear comparison of the figures. There is no distinct overview, and the final sentence shifts abruptly from reporting data to an unsupported judgement. Several ideas are also joined in long stretches without clear sentence boundaries, such as the sleeping comparison and the ranking that follows it. Organise the response into a brief introduction, an overview, and focused comparison paragraphs, using linking phrases only where they clarify relationships.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “comparison,” “studying,” “relaxing” and “level,” so the reader can generally identify the activities being discussed. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural for describing a chart. “More sleepy” describes a feeling rather than time spent sleeping, while “studying competition” and “top position” make the data sound like a contest. “Habbit” is misspelled repeatedly, and “unbelieveable qualities” is both misspelled and unsuitable for an objective report. Use precise terms such as “hours spent sleeping,” “highest figure” and “equal amounts of time.” This would make the comparisons clearer and more appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few longer structures, for example, “The people of Japan are more studying as compared to UK and Germany,” but the sentence patterns are often faulty, and the range remains limited. Errors in articles and sentence construction appear in “In this bar chart, X-axis is showing” and “Now comes to another which is studying.” Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent: “The” is unnecessarily capitalised after commas, and “Germany.Germany” lacks a space and proper sentence separation. These issues sometimes make the reader pause to interpret the meaning. Practise accurate simple comparison structures first, such as “Japan recorded 13 hours of study, compared with 9 in Germany and 8 in the UK,” then vary them with controlled clauses.

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