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)

The bar chart illustrates the students in three different countries UK, Germany and Usa. the chart show UK, Japan and Germany sleeping time, study time and relaxinging time. The chart showed the nubmer in three countries. the three countires compared witrh time table in the week.

Overall, the bar chart showed Uk sleeping time is the largest time in 8.5 hour. the the slowest sleeping time in Japan only 7 hour per week. Japan study time is the highest in 13 hour a week. Germany study and sleeping time is equal 1 hour difference in the time a week.

In Uk, the chart showed UK study time in 8 hour a week, the UK relaxing time ad sleeping time are equally. Japan relaxing time is lowesrt only 4 hour in week abd the Japan study time the largest time in 13 Germany sleeping time in 8 hour per week. The relaxing time in germany 7 hour a week. the UK, Japan compared by Germany the sleeping time, study time and relaxing time are equally.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three activities and countries, and you correctly report several key figures: Japan has the highest study time at 13 hours, its relaxing time is 4 hours, and Germany’s sleeping time is 8 hours. The overview also attempts to highlight extremes. However, some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear: UK relaxing and sleeping are not equal (7 and 8.5 hours), and Germany’s study and sleeping times differ by 1 hour rather than being equal. The claim that the countries’ figures are “equally” is also unsupported. Focus the overview on the clearest patterns, then compare the values accurately—for example, Germany has the highest relaxing time jointly with the UK, while Japan has the lowest.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has an introduction, an overview and a paragraph with country-specific details, so there is some organisation. However, progression is difficult to follow because information is repeated and comparisons are mixed together. For instance, the first paragraph repeats the chart’s categories, while the final paragraph moves from UK figures to Japan and then Germany without a clear sequence. Linking phrases such as “Overall” and “In UK” provide basic signposting, but connections between ideas are often unclear, and the final statement that the figures are “equally” does not follow logically from the data. Group the overview separately, then present comparisons in a consistent order, using clear references to each country and activity.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant task vocabulary such as “sleeping time,” “study time,” “relaxing time” and “highest,” which makes the topic recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning harder to understand. Examples include “relaxinging,” “nubmer,” “slowest sleeping time,” and “largest time”; “lowest” is more suitable than “slowest” for a quantity, and “hours spent” is more natural than “time” when reporting these figures. There are also repeated spelling errors, including “countires” and “witrh.” Build a small set of accurate chart-description phrases and check spelling and word forms before finishing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences use simple structures, and the reader can identify the general topic, but control is inconsistent. Several sentences lack a clear grammatical structure, such as “Japan study time the largest time in 13,” while “Germany study and sleeping time is equal 1 hour difference” has problems with agreement and sentence construction. Articles and prepositions are also often missing or misplaced, as in “In Uk” and “8 hour in week.” Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, with sentence openings such as “the chart show” and “the three countires” left uncorrected. Practise accurate comparative sentences, for example, “Japan spends 13 hours studying, compared with 9 in Germany,” and check each sentence for a subject, verb and complete comparison.

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