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 number of typical weekday for students in three different countries. overall, the highest number of students in Japan has the most weekday on studying, while the number of students in Japan has weekday on relaxing was the lowest. In terms of weekday, students in the UK spent 8 days on studying. As for sleeping British student spent 8.5 days. Similarly, Japanese students spent 7 days on sleeping. On the other hand, Japanese students recorded the lowest waste on relaxing, spending only 4 days. Reagarding on relaxing German and British student spent same days in relaxing

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify relevant comparisons, including Japan’s high study figure (13 hours) and its low relaxation figure (4 hours), and you report the UK’s study time (8) and sleeping time (8.5). However, the response addresses the chart only partially: it omits Germany’s study figure and most comparisons across all three countries, and the overview is unclear because it refers to the “number of students” rather than hours in a typical day. The chart’s figures are hours, not days. The response also contains only 92 words, below the required 150, so there is not enough detail to summarise the main features adequately. Include a clear overview and compare the three activities across the countries.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response, with an opening statement, an overview, and later details introduced by “In terms of” and “On the other hand.” These markers show an effort to connect ideas. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the overview is unclear and the details are not grouped or compared systematically. The final sentence repeats the relaxation point rather than adding a new feature, and “Similarly” does not clearly explain the relationship between the UK and Japan figures. Use a clear overview followed by logically grouped comparisons, and make each linking phrase express the relationship between the figures accurately.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses a small set of relevant terms, such as “studying,” “sleeping,” and “relaxing,” so the reader can identify the chart categories. However, vocabulary is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, sometimes making the meaning difficult to interpret. For example, “number of typical weekday” and “has weekday on studying” do not express time spent on activities, while “lowest waste on relaxing” is an unsuitable phrase for the data. “Reagarding” is also misspelled. Use precise chart language such as “hours spent studying” and “the least time was devoted to relaxation,” and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, and some basic sentence patterns communicate individual figures. However, the range is limited, and frequent errors in sentence construction and agreement make several sentences hard to understand. For example, “the highest number of students in Japan has the most weekday on studying” has an unclear subject and verb pattern, while “German and British student spent same days” has problems with number and sentence structure. Capitalisation is also inconsistent, as “overall” begins a sentence in lowercase. Practise clear comparative structures, such as “Japanese students spent 13 hours studying, compared with 8 hours in the UK,” and check articles, plurals, and punctuation.

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