Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart illustrates three activities (sleeping ,studying and remaxing) that students from different countries (UK, Jpan and Germany) spent the day on each week.

Overall, Japan has the greatest hours on studing compared to other countries and the least time on relaxing. For Germany and UK , they nearly have the same figure with just a slight difference between sleep time and studying.

Japanese student overwhelmed themselves with studing 13 hours meanwhile they spent about the half of that time on sleeping and about nearly the one quarter to relax and unwind which is the lower point .

Contrary to Germany and the UK ,their students balanced between activities.Both german and british students spent exactly 7 hours each day .The figure slightly changed in terms of studing hours as german spent one our more on studying compared to the british (9 hours and 8 hours respectively). Meanwhile british are the most sleepy students with 8.5 sleep hours while japanese were the least.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main pattern accurately: Japan records the most study time and the least relaxation, while the UK and Germany have similar figures for relaxing. The response also includes relevant comparisons, such as 13 hours of study in Japan versus 9 in Germany and 8 in the UK, and notes that UK students sleep the most. This gives the report a clear overview and supports it with key data. However, some details are imprecise: Japanese students spend about half as long sleeping as studying, but “about the one quarter” for relaxing is unclear, and the claim that UK and German students “balanced between activities” overgeneralises, since their sleeping and studying figures differ. More precise reporting of all three activity patterns would strengthen the coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable progression: an introduction, an overview, and then comparisons between Japan and the other two countries. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Contrary to,” and “Meanwhile” help signal relationships, and the figures are generally grouped in a sensible way. This provides a coherent overall arrangement. To make the progression more consistently clear, avoid placing several comparisons in one long paragraph and organise the details by activity or by country. Some links are also awkward or unclear: “Contrary to Germany and the UK” does not clearly introduce the contrast, and “which is the lower point” has an uncertain reference. More precise referencing and smoother transitions would make cohesion less noticeable and more effective.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing the chart, including “greatest,” “slight difference,” “figure,” and “respectively.” These choices show an attempt to vary language rather than simply repeat the chart labels. However, the range and control are limited by noticeable spelling errors, including “remaxing,” “Jpan,” and “studing,” as well as awkward or inaccurate expressions such as “overwhelmed themselves with studying,” “the lower point,” and “the most sleepy students.” These choices can make the intended meaning less natural or precise. Aim for standard collocations used in data reporting, such as “spent 13 hours studying” and “recorded the lowest figure for relaxation,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “while” and “as,” and the main message is usually understandable. However, errors in sentence construction and grammatical forms are frequent enough to limit clarity. For example, “students … spent the day on each week” has an unclear time expression, while “For Germany and UK, they nearly have the same figure” uses an awkward sentence structure and omits an article. In “Japanese student overwhelmed themselves,” the subject and verb form do not agree, and “german and british students” needs appropriate capitalisation. Review articles, agreement, sentence boundaries, and punctuation, then build complex comparisons from accurate basic clauses.

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