Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The given bar chart illustrates how students spend their weekday in three diferent nations.

overall, students spent mostly on their weekdays in sleeping and studying in three countries. On the other hand, students, in three countries, spent less time on relaxing.

UK students accounted for sleeping at 8.5 hours on weekdays, making it thee highest number spending time on weekdays, followed by styding at 8 hours. Students relax one hour less than studying at 7 hours.

In japan, most of the students prefer their weekdays on styding at 13 hours, while students less interested in relaxing at just 4 hours. students in japan sleep 7 hours on weekdays.

In Germany, the typical weekdays for students remain on average same. Most students prefer studying on weekdays at 9 hours, making it the highest position among others, followed by 8 hours in sleeping, whereas, Relaxing is two hours less than studying at 7

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You report the main categories and give figures for all three countries, and the comparisons are generally accurate: Japan has the most study time (13 hours) and least relaxation (4), while UK relaxation is 7 hours. The overview also identifies studying and sleeping as major activities. However, the overview is imprecise: relaxation is not consistently the least time-consuming activity, since in the UK and Germany it is close to sleeping and exceeds neither study nor sleep by much. The country-by-country details are relevant, but some comparisons are underdeveloped, and the chart’s clearest contrast—Japan’s much higher study time than the other countries—could be highlighted more directly. A more precise overview and clearer cross-country comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs on the UK, Japan and Germany. This makes the country-specific information easy to locate, and linking phrases such as “followed by” and “while” help show comparisons. However, the progression is somewhat mechanical because each paragraph repeats the same country-by-country pattern rather than grouping the most important similarities and contrasts. Some connections are also unclear, as in “making it thee highest number spending time on weekdays,” where the relationship between the figure and the comparison is difficult to follow. The final sentence ends abruptly, which weakens the sense of completion. Use more precise links and finish with a complete comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing the chart, including “illustrates,” “accounted for,” “followed by” and “prefer,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, several word choices and collocations are unnatural, such as “spent mostly on their weekdays in sleeping,” “prefer their weekdays on studying,” and “students relax one hour less.” Spelling errors, including “diferent,” “thee” and “styding,” also reduce accuracy. Some expressions are repeated, particularly “students” and “on weekdays,” so the description lacks flexibility. Aim for standard chart language such as “spent time sleeping,” “devoted 13 hours to studying,” and “spent seven hours relaxing,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons with “while,” “whereas” and “followed by.” Most of the intended meaning remains understandable, but some grammatical errors affect clarity. For example, “students spent mostly on their weekdays in sleeping and studying” has an incomplete verb pattern, and “making it thee highest number spending time” does not form a clear clause. In “students less interested in relaxing,” the sentence is missing a finite verb, while the final sentence lacks a clear ending and has awkward clause structure. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, especially at the starts of sentences and around “whereas.” Practise complete clauses and accurate patterns such as “spent X hours doing” and “the figure for X was.”

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