Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-25

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 Given Bar is showing how students spend their weekday in three different countries, divided in to three categories; sleeping, studying and relaxing.

We will Start with UK, where most of students activity is sleeping on weekday, its followed by studying and in last UK has lowest relaxing activity on weekday.

Similarly, in Japan, where we have some high variations among the students in these three categories, The most popular activity is studying, which has 13 points, and after studying we have Sleeping with 7 point, and in last we have Relaxing with lowest 4 points.

Germany is also more like UK in terms of variations, it got low variations among these given data. At top we have Studying with 9 points, followed by Sleeping with 8 points, and in last we have relaxing at 7.

Based on given data from chart, The most popular activity among these countries is studying followed by sleeping on weekday

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three countries and categories, and report several key figures accurately, including Japan’s 13 hours of studying and Germany’s 9, 8 and 7 hours across the activities. However, the overview is incomplete and partly inaccurate: the final claim that studying is the most popular activity across the countries overlooks that sleeping is slightly higher than studying in the UK (8.5 versus 8). The UK description also says sleeping is the leading activity, but does not give the figures, while the chart’s main contrast—Japan’s much greater study time and lower relaxation time—is not clearly summarised across all countries. Select the most important comparisons and state them precisely in a clear overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic, understandable structure: it introduces the chart, discusses each country in turn, and ends with a summary. Phrases such as “Similarly, in Japan” and “Germany is also” help signal the movement between sections. However, the country-by-country sequence makes the comparisons feel repetitive, and the final overview does not clearly follow from the details. Some linking is awkward or unclear, particularly “Based on given data from chart,” and repeated phrases such as “in last” do not create smooth progression. Grouping the strongest contrasts—for example, Japan’s study and relaxation figures against the UK and Germany—would make the organisation more purposeful and the comparisons easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant basic vocabulary, including “categories,” “variations,” “followed by” and “popular activity,” so the reader can generally understand what is being compared. However, the range is limited and several expressions are unnatural or imprecise for describing a chart. “The Given Bar is showing” and “students activity” are awkward, while “13 points” mislabels the chart’s units; use “hours” instead. Repeated use of “in last” also limits precision. Aim for accurate chart language such as “the figure for,” “spent,” “highest,” and “lowest,” and vary comparison phrases. More natural collocations would make the report clearer without requiring unnecessarily complex vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and the country-by-country descriptions are usually understandable. However, errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences awkward. For example, “most of students activity is sleeping” has problems with the article, possessive form and sentence construction; “its followed by studying” needs a subject and the correct verb form; and “where we have some high variations” is not a well-formed clause in this context. Capitalisation is also inconsistent within sentences, as in “The most popular” and “Sleeping.” Focus first on reliable sentence patterns such as “In the UK, students spend the most time sleeping,” then check articles, subject–verb agreement, punctuation and sentence boundaries.

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