Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · 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 4.0)

The bar chart illustrates the weekend for srudents in UK, Japan and Germany .

overall, it is clear that studying was consistently the most popular figure at weekend,while , sleeping representd a moderate percentages in three countries. Relaxing recorded the least share in japan .

Looking at the details, sleeping

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the chart’s subject and attempts an overview, but it does not adequately summarise the data. The claim that studying was “consistently the most popular” is inaccurate: studying is highest in Japan and Germany, but in the UK sleeping (8.5 hours) is slightly higher than studying (8 hours). You correctly note that relaxing is lowest in Japan, and that sleeping is moderate across the countries, but the response stops before reporting any detailed comparisons or figures. The chart concerns a typical weekday, not a weekend. The response is also substantially below the required 150 words, leaving the task minimally addressed. To improve, give a clear overview and compare the main figures for all three countries using accurate data.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence is followed by an overview and then the start of a detail paragraph. “Overall” and “Looking at the details” signal these stages, so the reader can see the intended structure. However, the progression is incomplete: the final paragraph ends after “sleeping” and provides no supporting information, leaving the response without a developed account of the chart. The overview also combines several claims without explaining their relationships. Use separate, complete paragraphs for the introduction, overview and comparisons, and connect the figures with clear references such as “by contrast” or “whereas.” Ensure each paragraph develops a complete point.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant chart vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “studying,” “sleeping,” “relaxing,” and “share,” and attempts to describe overall patterns with “most popular” and “least.” This shows a basic range for the topic, but several choices are imprecise or unnatural: “most popular figure” does not clearly describe hours spent, and “moderate percentages” is unsuitable when the chart reports time. There are also spelling errors in “srudents” and “representd.” Aim for precise terms such as “hours,” “time spent,” and “the highest/lowest figure,” and check spelling carefully. More accurate vocabulary would make the comparisons easier to understand.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both a simple opening sentence and a more complex overview clause beginning “it is clear that,” showing some sentence variety. However, control is uneven. The opening has an unnecessary space before the full stop, and the overview contains faulty punctuation and spacing around “while” (“weekend,while , sleeping”). The phrase “sleeping representd a moderate percentages” also has a subject–verb agreement and singular/plural problem. The final sentence fragment, “Looking at the details, sleeping,” is incomplete and leaves the reader waiting for a main clause. Practise writing complete comparison sentences, checking agreement and noun forms, and proofreading punctuation and spacing.

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