Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-26

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 graph compares the typical weekdays for students in United Kingdom, Japan and Germany and the time they invest in sleeping, studying and relaxing.

Overall, Japan has considerably the lowest average for students who are relaxing on working days in all the nations. While for United kingdom and Germany the time taken out by students for relaxation is identical with each other. Despite having lowest average for relaxation japanese students are much more studious compared to other states. Students in United kingdom spent less time in studying rather than germany. whereas the time taken out for sleeping by students in both european countries are approximately same with some sort of slight differences. In contrast japan stood at favourite destination for students who are more into the study compared with other countries.

Amount of time invested for study is significantly higher in japan than other states on business days while United kingdom and Germany are best suited for students wants to have quality of life.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main contrasts accurately: Japan has the highest study figure (13 hours) and lowest relaxation figure (4), while the UK and Germany both record 7 hours of relaxation. You also note that sleeping time is similar in the two European countries. These are relevant features and provide a clear overall picture. However, the response does not systematically report the chart’s figures: for example, it omits the UK and German study values and gives no exact sleeping figures. The claim that the European countries are “best suited” for students seeking “quality of life” is an unsupported interpretation rather than a comparison shown by the chart. Develop the overview around the measured differences and support it with a few precise values.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has an identifiable opening, an overview of the main contrasts, and a final sentence returning to study time, so the reader can follow its general subject. However, the progression is not consistently clear: the overview repeats Japan’s study advantage in “Despite having lowest average…” and “In contrast japan stood…”, while the final sentence introduces a broad quality-of-life judgement without developing it. Several linking expressions, including “While,” “Despite,” and “In contrast,” are used in ways that make relationships between ideas awkward or repetitive. Organise the response into a concise overview followed by comparisons grouped by activity, and use references such as “this figure” only when their meaning is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of vocabulary, including “considerably,” “studious,” and “approximately,” and the topic remains understandable. However, several choices are unnatural or imprecise for describing a chart: “time they invest in sleeping,” “time taken out,” and “stood at favourite destination” do not express the data clearly. “Business days” is also an unsuitable substitute for weekdays in this context, and “quality of life” adds a meaning the chart does not establish. These noticeable collocation and word-choice problems limit precision, even though the main comparisons can generally be understood. Prefer direct chart language such as “spend,” “record,” “hours,” and “the highest/lowest figure,” and avoid figurative phrasing when reporting numerical information.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses beginning “While” and “Despite,” and the overall meaning is usually recoverable. However, some errors in articles, agreement, verb forms, and sentence boundaries reduce accuracy. For example, “in United Kingdom” needs an article, “students … are approximately same” has an agreement and article problem, and “Students in United kingdom spent” shifts to an inconsistent past tense. The sentence beginning “While for United kingdom…” is also an incomplete construction, and “students wants” has incorrect subject–verb agreement. Use the present simple consistently for chart descriptions, check singular and plural subjects, and make sure each contrast clause forms a complete sentence.

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