Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-31

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 illustrates the proportion of average weekday study for students in the UK, Japan, and Germany.

Overall, Japan students accounted for the highest proportion in study whereas the UK students accounted for the largest share in sleeping followed by studying and Germany students accounted for the highest proportion in studying. Meanwhile, realxing represented the smallest proportion in all natiions.

In terms of Japan students, studing accounted for the largest proportion at 13% hours , which was almost double for sleeping at just 7% hours and relaxing made up 4% hours .

The UK students accounted for the sleeping 8.5% hours, which was the largset proportion for the UK. There was a similarities betweeen studying and relaxing represented the similar figure at 8% hours and 7% hours respectively.

On the other hand, Germany students contributed in sleeping at 8% hours , which was 1% smaller than studying at 9% hours and relaxing made up just 7% hours .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main categories and report most figures accurately, including Japan’s 13 hours of study and 4 hours of relaxation, and the UK’s 8.5 hours of sleep. The response also attempts an overview by noting Japan’s high study figure and relaxation’s low figures. However, the overview contains a contradiction: it says the UK has the largest share in sleeping, followed by studying, and then says Germany has the highest proportion in studying, although Japan is highest in study. The claim that relaxation is the smallest in all countries is also imprecise, since it is lower than the other activities in each country but the comparison could be stated more clearly. Make the overview accurate and compare the countries directly to present the key features more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs describing Japan, the UK, and Germany. This makes the information easy to locate, and transitions such as “In terms of” and “On the other hand” help signal movement between comparisons. The organisation is generally coherent, but the overview’s conflicting statements interrupt the progression of the main message. Some links within sentences are also awkward, particularly “There was a similarities between studying and relaxing represented the similar figure,” which makes the relationship between the figures harder to follow. To strengthen the flow, use a concise overview and connect comparisons with clear structures such as “whereas” or “compared with,” rather than repeating the country-by-country pattern.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “accounted for,” “largest proportion,” and “made up,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, several word-choice, collocation, and spelling problems reduce precision: “proportion of average weekday study” is not a natural description of hours, while “realxing,” “natiions,” “studing,” and “largset” are misspelled. Repeated use of “accounted for” and “proportion” also makes the wording less flexible, and “contributed in sleeping” is an unsuitable collocation. Aim for accurate, natural phrases such as “students spent,” “the figure for,” and “time devoted to,” and proofread spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of sentence forms, including comparisons with “whereas” and clauses using “which,” and most of the data remains understandable. Some grammatical errors, however, affect clarity and control. For example, “Japan students” and “Germany students” need a possessive or a different noun phrase, and “There was a similarities” has incorrect agreement and article use. The sentence beginning “Overall” also joins several claims in a way that creates an unclear structure, while “which was almost double for sleeping” does not form a clear comparison. Use straightforward, controlled patterns—for example, “Japanese students spent 13 hours studying, almost twice the time spent sleeping”—and check agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries.

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