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 typical weekday in three different countries such as UK, Japan and Germany for students.

Overall, the most noticeable feature is the maximum number of students studying in Japan. While the least number of students are relaxing in Japan. However, in Germany and the UK the number of students relaxing shows same.

In detail, in the UK it showed the highest number of students slept were 8.5 and students who studied remained steady were 8. Whereas, in Germany the biggest number of students who studied were 9 and showed moderate number of students who slept were 8. For both the UK and Germany students showed least in relaxing which were 7.

Subsequently, in Japan the number of student studied showed at its peak which were 13, it showed modest in sleeping which were 7 and it showed slightest which were 4. The utmost number of students which studied were in Japan as compared to the UK and Germany.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrasts accurately: Japanese students spend the most time studying (13 hours) and the least relaxing (4), while relaxation is equal in the UK and Germany (7 hours each). You also report the key figures for sleeping and studying, so the response covers the chart and includes a clear overview. This is a strong foundation, with some of the selection and comparison approaching a more fully developed account. However, the overview could be more precise: “maximum number of students” suggests a headcount, although the chart compares hours in a typical day. Some details are also awkwardly expressed, and the UK and Germany figures could be compared more directly with Japan’s. Clarifying that these are hours and highlighting the overall pattern would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and two detail paragraphs, with the UK and Germany discussed before Japan. This makes the information reasonably easy to follow. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In detail,” and “Whereas” help signal the stages of the report. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or unclear. “However” does not introduce a clear contrast after the preceding overview sentence, and “Subsequently” is not a natural way to move to another country’s data. The repeated “it showed” also makes the final paragraph less smooth, while “which were” has an unclear reference. Use simpler transitions and connect comparisons directly, rather than relying on repeated formulaic phrases.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing chart data, including “maximum,” “least,” “peak,” and “modest,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices that limit precision. “The number of students” implies that the chart gives student counts, whereas it reports time; “students slept were 8.5” is also an awkward collocation. “Showed moderate number” and “showed slightest” do not express the intended amounts naturally. Repeating “showed” further narrows the range. Aim for standard data-reporting language such as “spent,” “recorded,” and “stood at,” and choose terms that describe hours rather than quantities of students.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “While” and a clause beginning “Whereas.” The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors affect clarity. For example, “the highest number of students slept were 8.5” has an incorrect sentence structure, and “the number of student studied” is missing a plural ending and has an incorrect verb pattern. In “the number … which were 13,” the relative clause does not agree clearly with its antecedent. Some sentences also combine clauses in ways that make their relationships difficult to follow. Build more accurate comparisons with patterns such as “UK students slept for 8.5 hours, compared with 8 hours in Germany,” and check agreement and clause structure.

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