Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-03

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 5.0)

I would like to discuss about the bar chart showing the comparatively difference in three different countries typically in week days

here they comparison between uk, japan and Germany how the school going children spend their week days.

First I would like to compare Uk, Japan and Germany that how many student tend spend their weekend sleeping or resting in these three country A significant proportion of student is spending their weekend sleeping in Uk and after that it came Germany as compare to japan

while on the other hand the ratio of student spending their weekends studyiing so significant in japan rather than Germany and Uk

whereas the ratio of school going children spending their time on weekend relaxing is much lesser in japan as compared to Uk and germany where the ratio of student remain the same

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three countries and the chart’s main categories, and your broad comparisons are mostly grounded in the data: Japan has the most study time, while its relaxing figure is lower than the UK and Germany, whose values are equal. However, the response only partially summarises the chart. It gives no figures, omits a clear overview of the main pattern, and does not report the important contrast that Japan studies for 13 hours compared with 8 in the UK and 9 in Germany. It also repeatedly describes the activities as occurring at weekends, although the task is about a typical weekday. The response is 11 words below the required minimum. Add an overview and accurate numerical comparisons to develop the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: you begin by introducing the chart and then compare sleeping, studying and relaxing. Linking expressions such as “while on the other hand” and “whereas” show an attempt to connect contrasting information. However, the response has no clear paragraph structure or concluding overview, and the ideas do not progress smoothly from a general summary to selected details. Several long sentences run together, making relationships between points difficult to follow; for example, the opening comparison of sleeping combines multiple countries without figures or clear sentence boundaries. The repeated “First I would like to compare” framing also makes the report feel repetitive. Use separate paragraphs for an overview and key comparisons, and connect each comparison directly to its data.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant vocabulary, including “significant proportion,” “ratio,” “spending,” and “relaxing,” so the reader can generally identify the activities being compared. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing a chart. “Discuss about” is an awkward collocation, “comparatively difference” is not a natural phrase, and “school going children” is an imprecise description of the chart’s students. Spelling errors such as “studyiing” and inconsistent capitalisation of country names also reduce control. Prefer concise reporting language such as “the chart compares,” “hours spent studying,” and “the figures for the UK and Germany are equal.” This would make the comparisons clearer and more precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some complex structures, particularly when contrasting activities with “while” and “whereas,” but the range is limited and these sentences are often faulty. For example, “here they comparison between” lacks a correctly formed verb, while “how many student tend spend” has problems with question structure, agreement and the infinitive pattern. There are also errors in articles and plurals, as in “in these three country,” and sentence boundaries are unclear in the long opening passage. These recurring problems sometimes make the intended relationships difficult to understand. Build accurate simple sentences first—for example, “Students in Japan spend 13 hours studying”—then combine them with a controlled contrast such as “whereas.” Check verb forms, singular/plural agreement and punctuation.

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