Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The given data illustrates the usual weekdays of students in three distinct nations.

Overall, the three activates that are mentioned in the data is sleeping, studying, and relaxing, across the three nations which are Germany, UK, and Japan. The most noticeable feature of the chart is more ration of students studying on weekdays in Japan.

UK is on the top with 8.5 students sleeping on weekdays and also featuring least students studying with only 8% while the other 7% relaxing on weekdays.

Meanwhile 13% students spend time studying on weekdays in Japan, while 7% sleeps and the other 4% relax on weekdays. On the other hand, Germany has quite balanced data with 7% relax ration, 8% sleeping on weekdays while the other 9% is busy studying on weekdays.

Japan has the least relaxing numbers while Germany and UK have shared the same figure. UK standing first with the least studying students, followed by Germany with only 1% increase while Japan with the most figures. Germany and UK again sharing almost same rations in the sleeping portion but Japan standing in the last with the least numbers in this category.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the three activities and countries, and your overview correctly highlights Japan’s much higher study figure. Most reported values match the chart, including Japan’s 13 hours of study and 4 hours of relaxation, and the equal relaxation figures for the UK and Germany. You also make relevant comparisons across the categories. However, the description is not always precise: “8.5 students sleeping” and figures expressed as “%” misrepresent the chart’s hours, and “UK is on the top” is unclear because the UK leads only in sleeping. Some comparisons, especially the sleeping figures, are repeated rather than developed. Use hours consistently and make the overview identify the main contrasts more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs that group information by country and then compare categories, so there is some organisation. Linking phrases such as “Meanwhile” and “On the other hand” help signal comparisons. However, the progression is not consistently clear: the final paragraph repeats points already made, and the shift from country-by-country reporting to category comparisons feels abrupt. Some links are also awkward or do not express a clear contrast, such as “On the other hand” before the Germany figures. Organise the body around a consistent pattern—either compare each country or compare each activity—and remove repeated statements to make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “balanced,” “least,” “followed by,” and “shared the same figure.” This gives you a basic range for making comparisons. However, several noticeable word-choice and collocation errors make parts of the report unclear or unnatural: “usual weekdays” does not describe the chart accurately, “more ration” is not an appropriate expression, and “least relaxing numbers” is awkward. “Activates” is also an incorrect word form for the activities shown. Aim for standard chart language and use precise terms such as “proportion” only when the data are percentages; here, the figures represent hours. This would make your comparisons more natural and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including comparisons joined with “while” and “while the other…”. However, control is inconsistent, and errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction recur. For example, “the three activates … is” has a plural subject with a singular verb, while “7% sleeps” uses an incorrect verb form. The sentence beginning “UK standing first” is a fragment, and “the other 7% relaxing” lacks a finite verb. Some sentences also combine several comparisons without clear grammatical structure. Practise complete clauses and check subject–verb agreement, especially when describing figures, so that your meaning is consistently easy to follow.

See this exact question answered at other band scores. The same prompt compared across bands.

Browse more IELTS Writing model answers or get your own writing scored by the same AI examiner.