Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-28

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 charts illustrates the typical weekday for students in there countries UK, Japan and germany.

Overall, we have see the highest quantities students studying in japan. Other the lowest quantities students studying. Uk students highest quantities sleeping compares to the others.

We talking about the Uk, This country students 8.5% sleeping and 8% students studying and 7% students relaxing.

The japan students overall highest quantities students studyings. Japan 13% student studying and the 7% students sleeping and the other 4% students relaxing.

Germany 9% students studying the second number of the country was 9% students studying. Whereas the 7% students relaxing and other 8% students sleeping.

We can compare these three students highest students students studying in japan. Whereas the countries students lowest quantities students studying.

The relaxing students highest quantity in Germany and Uk. becouse students to much work and tired the will take a rest. After that he will start our work and study.

The japan student don't work this country students fouces on our study.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report the main categories and most figures accurately: for example, Japan has the highest study figure at 13, while its relaxing figure is 4, and the UK figures are also correctly stated. You also attempt an overview by identifying Japan’s high study time and comparing the countries. However, the overview is unclear and includes an inaccurate claim that the UK has the highest sleeping figure; the chart shows the UK at 8.5, slightly above Germany’s 8 and Japan’s 7, so this comparison needs to be stated precisely. The claim that the countries have the lowest study quantities is also unclear, since Japan is highest and the UK is lowest. The final explanations about students’ tiredness and work are speculative and not supported by the chart. Focus on clear, data-based comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has separate paragraphs for an introduction, overview and country details, so there is some basic organisation. However, progression is difficult to follow because ideas are repeated rather than developed: the final paragraph repeats that Japan has the highest study figure and that relaxing is highest in the UK and Germany. Linking phrases such as “Overall,” “Whereas” and “After that” are used, but some do not show a clear relationship between the ideas, and references such as “the second number of the country” are hard to interpret. The discussion also shifts from chart reporting to unsupported explanations about students’ routines. Group the comparisons by activity or by country, use clear links between points, and avoid repeating the same overview claim.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary is sufficient to name the chart’s main activities and countries, and terms such as “sleeping,” “studying” and “relaxing” keep the topic recognisable. However, the range is very repetitive, especially the repeated use of “students,” “quantities” and “highest.” Several word choices or forms are unnatural and make meaning less clear, including “highest quantities students studying,” “the second number of the country,” and “fouces on our study.” Spelling and capitalisation errors, such as “becouse,” “germany” and “Uk,” also reduce accuracy. Use precise chart language such as “hours,” “time spent,” “figure” and “recorded,” and check spelling and word forms before finishing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt a few different sentence patterns, including comparisons with “Whereas” and a relative clause in “the will take a rest,” but control is limited and errors occur throughout. The opening has subject–verb disagreement (“The bar charts illustrates”), while “Overall, we have see” has an incorrect verb form. Many sentences omit necessary grammatical elements or have unclear structure, as in “We talking about the Uk” and “Japan 13% student studying.” Agreement and pronouns are also unreliable in “the will take a rest” and “he will start our work.” These problems sometimes make relationships between the figures difficult to understand. Practise complete subject–verb sentences, accurate articles and plurals, and simple comparative structures before attempting longer sentences.

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