Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart illustrate the weekday time spent of the student as studying,relaxing and sleep in UK, Japan and germany.

Overall the studying time is the highest in japan and lowest in Uk and as we follow the sleeping time in all the countries is almost near to each other.and there is declined in relaxing time among students in japan as compared to students in germany and Uk.

japan students have 13 hours of time spend on studying while germany and Uk are at 9 hours and 8 hours a day on weekday respectively .more over japan have the lowest time spend by the student while relaxing that is 4 hours while germany and uk time line is constant at 7 hours on week day .The time spend on sleeping is nearly close to each other in which uk have the highest among the other two countries with the value of 8.5 hours and germany with the second highest of 8 hours and japan at 7 hours respectively

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main comparisons accurately: Japan has the most study time (13 hours) and the least relaxation time (4), while the UK and Germany both record 7 hours of relaxation. You also report the sleeping figures correctly and give a clear overall summary of the main patterns. This addresses the task well, with relevant figures supporting the overview. To make the account more fully developed, organise the comparisons more explicitly—for example, contrast Japan’s study figure with both other countries in one sentence, then compare sleeping and relaxing across all three. The phrase “declined in relaxing time” is not quite precise for a comparison between countries; describe Japan’s figure as lower instead.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph giving figures and comparisons. The reader can follow the broad progression from study time to relaxation and sleep. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or unclear. The overview joins several ideas with “and,” while “as we follow” does not clearly signal the next comparison. The final paragraph also moves between categories without clear transitions, and the long sentence beginning “japan students have 13 hours” contains several separate comparisons. Use clearer topic sentences and linking phrases such as “By contrast” or “Regarding sleep,” and separate the comparisons into shorter, logically grouped sentences.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “studying,” “relaxing,” “sleeping,” “highest,” and “lowest,” so the chart’s categories and comparisons are generally clear. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are noticeably inaccurate, such as “weekday time spent of the student,” “time spend on studying,” and “time line is constant.” These expressions make parts of the report less natural and occasionally less precise. There are also inconsistent capital letters in country names, including “germany,” “Uk,” and “japan.” Aim for standard chart-reporting phrases and accurate forms, such as “time spent studying” and “the figure for relaxation remained the same.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main comparisons can usually be understood. However, control is limited: the opening has a subject–verb agreement error (“The bar chart illustrate”), and several sentences contain faulty structures, including “japan students have 13 hours of time spend on studying” and “the sleeping time in all the countries is almost near to each other.” Missing sentence boundaries and punctuation also make the final paragraph difficult to process. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles, and verb forms, and use complete sentences with clear punctuation. For example: “Japanese students spend 13 hours studying, compared with 9 hours in Germany and 8 in the UK.”

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