Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-04

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 Illustrate how students spend their weekend in three different countries namely Uk, japan and Germany

Overall,lt can clearly be seen that studying made up lagest group of student While,relaxing accounted for the smallest group.

Looking at the bar chart studying were the largest group of japan at 13% Regarding of sleeping and relaxing making up 7% and 4% In Addition,sleeping at Uk were the largest group of student accounted for 8.5 comparison stdying and relaxing stood at 8%and 7% respectively

Represent the typical for garmany student there were choose studying 9% fairly while sleeping and relaxing showed 8% and 7%

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three countries and report several relevant figures, including Japan’s 13 hours of studying and the UK’s 8.5 hours of sleeping. However, the overview is inaccurate: studying is not the largest activity in every country, and relaxing is not always the smallest; in the UK, sleeping is highest, while in Germany studying is highest and relaxing is lowest. The chart reports hours, not percentages, so figures such as “13%” misrepresent the data. Your account is also brief and leaves the main comparisons under-developed. The response does not meet the 150-word minimum, which limits how fully you can summarise the chart. A clearer overview and accurate comparisons across all three countries would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence, an overview, and details about Japan, the UK and Germany. This gives the reader some sense of the intended progression. However, the sequence is not consistently clear, and the overview does not accurately prepare the reader for the country-by-country details. Linking phrases such as “Regarding” and “In Addition” are used awkwardly or without clear punctuation, while the final sentence begins “Represent the typical,” making its connection to the preceding information difficult to follow. Use separate, clearly developed paragraphs for the overview and comparisons, and connect each figure explicitly to its country and activity.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “studying,” “sleeping,” “relaxing,” and “accounted for,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, spelling, and collocation problems make parts difficult to understand. For example, “largest group of student” is not a natural way to describe time spent on an activity, and “Regarding of sleeping” is unclear. “Weekend” also conflicts with the task’s description of a typical weekday. Check spelling and capitalisation of country names, and use precise terms such as “hours,” “spent studying,” and “the highest figure.” These changes would make the comparisons clearer and more appropriate for an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts a few longer sentence patterns, but most sentences are difficult to follow because of frequent errors in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and punctuation. For instance, “studying were the largest group of japan” has incorrect subject–verb agreement and an incomplete comparison, while “sleeping at Uk were the largest group of student accounted for 8.5” combines clauses without a clear grammatical structure. The final sentence, “there were choose studying 9% fairly,” is also not grammatically complete. Capital letters and commas are inconsistently used, sometimes obscuring where one idea ends and another begins. Practise writing short, complete sentences first, then combine them with accurate clauses and punctuation.

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