Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-30

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 bar graph illustrates the simple weekday activities ( Sleeping, studing relaxing ) for students in three countries ( UK,Japan, Germany)

Overall, sleeping accounted for the most popular weekday activities among the three countries. While, relaxing ranked as the least pupolar mode throughout.

In UK, students spend most of their time in sleeping, making it about 8.5 by weekdays. followed by studying at 8 on weekdays. While, students spend less time on relaxation , at only 7 in the weekdays.

In Japan, Japanese students spend most of their time on weekdays in studying. Whereas sleeping constitues at 7 on weekdays activity. In contast, relaxing was given less priority by students, making it at only 4.

In Germany, th8e proportion in three activities showed narrow gaps. While studying represented about 9, makng it as the more popular activities compared to other two activities among university students on their weekdays. However, sleeping ranked second highest , making at 8. Thus relaxing remained the least spending by university students on weekdays.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three countries and activities, and report several key figures accurately, including Japan’s 13 hours of studying and 4 hours of relaxing, as well as the UK’s 8.5 hours of sleeping. However, the overview is not fully accurate: sleeping is not the most popular activity across all three countries, since studying is highest in Japan and Germany. Relaxing is the lowest in Japan and Germany, but not uniquely across every country because it is also the lowest in the UK. The country-by-country details are relevant, though some comparisons are underdeveloped and the chart’s units are not stated. A more precise overview comparing the highest and lowest activities across countries would make the main features clearer.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs for the UK, Japan and Germany. This makes the country-by-country information easy to locate, and linking expressions such as “followed by,” “In contrast” and “However” help show relationships. However, some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “While, relaxing ranked…” is not a complete contrast structure, and the repeated opening pattern “In [country]” makes the progression somewhat formulaic. The final Germany paragraph also uses “Thus” without a clear logical link to the preceding point. Use complete, varied transitions and connect comparisons across countries, rather than relying mainly on separate country summaries.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main activities and comparisons, including “accounted for,” “ranked,” “priority” and “represented.” However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or awkward, as in “most popular weekday activities” when describing time spent, “relaxing was given less priority,” and “least spending.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “studing,” “pupolar,” “constitues,” “contast” and “makng,” which reduce the accuracy of the vocabulary. Aim for precise chart language such as “spent,” “recorded” and “the lowest figure,” and check spelling carefully. This would make your meaning more natural and reliable while retaining the relevant range you already attempt.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex forms, including comparisons and subordinate clauses, and the main meaning is generally understandable. Some sentences are nevertheless faulty or incomplete. For example, “While, relaxing ranked…” begins with a subordinating conjunction but does not form a complete dependent clause, and “making it as the more popular activities” has an unclear grammatical construction. There are also errors in articles, agreement and sentence boundaries, such as “the more popular activities” and the lower-case “followed” after a full stop. The repeated use of fragments beginning with “While” or “Whereas” limits control of complex structures. Build complete sentences around these contrast clauses and check agreement, articles and punctuation.

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