Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-27

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 5.0)

The bar chert is illustates the number of house student in the uk,japan and germany typically spend sleeping,studying and relaxingon a weeking.

Overall,student in japan spend the most time studying while student in the uk have the highest amount of sleep. German student maintain a relatively balanced routine comparead with those in the other two contries.

Looking first at thr uk,student spend approximately 8.5 house sleeping each day, which is the highest figure among the three conties.They devote 8 house to studying and 7 hours to

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify relevant categories and give a useful overview: Japan spends the most time studying, while the UK has the highest sleep figure. However, the response addresses the task only partially. It stops during the UK description, so Japan’s and Germany’s figures are not reported, and the comparison that German students have a “relatively balanced routine” is not supported with details. The chart shows 13 hours of study and 4 hours of relaxation in Japan, compared with 9 and 7 hours respectively in Germany. The response is also 64 words below the required minimum, leaving too little space to summarise the main features adequately. Complete the comparisons and report the key figures for all three countries.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is some organisation: an opening sentence is followed by an overview and then a country-specific detail, with “Overall” and “Looking first at the UK” helping signal the structure. This gives the reader a basic route through the response. However, the final sentence is cut off after “7 hours to”, so the progression breaks down and the information is incomplete. The response also does not move on to Japan or Germany, despite mentioning them in the overview. To improve, use separate, complete paragraphs for the overview and comparisons, and connect the countries or categories with clear transitions such as “By contrast” and “Meanwhile”.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-relevant vocabulary, including “studying”, “sleeping”, “relaxing”, “highest figure” and “balanced routine”. These choices show an attempt to describe and compare the chart. However, spelling and word-choice errors are frequent and sometimes make the text difficult to read: “bar chert”, “weeking”, “house student” and “conties” appear in the opening and UK description. Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “the highest amount of sleep” and “spend ... house sleeping”. Use accurate chart language such as “hours per day”, “students” and “spend time sleeping”. Proofreading spelling and choosing standard collocations would make the limited vocabulary more effective.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few sentence forms, including a compound overview sentence with “while” and a relative clause in “8.5 ... each day, which is the highest figure”. These show some ability to link ideas. However, the range remains limited, and errors occur frequently. For example, “student in japan spend” has problems with plural agreement and capitalisation, while “German student maintain” also needs plural agreement. The phrase “routine comparead with” has an incorrect grammatical form, and the final sentence is incomplete. Practise accurate plural subjects and verb forms, and check that each sentence has a complete clause. A wider range of correctly controlled comparisons would improve clarity.

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