Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-11-13

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar chart below shows the average number of hours that women in various age groups and women with varying levels of education spend on primary activities each week.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Average hours per week women spent in selected primary activities, by age and educational attainment, 2009

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The bar graph illustrates the average number of hours per week women spent in primary activities by different age groups and educational attainment, over the period in 2009.

Overall, the given chart highlights many activities where women spend their times, women with varying levels of education spend on primary activities each week.75 and over age group women mostly spend their times without doing nothing, but 35 to 44 age group women leisure time was lowest.Those who didn't compelete their high school diploma, they also spend their most of time in leisure and sports .

In this graph,We see that 20 to 24 age group women spent their most of time spend in leisure but after 5 years old they did spent their time working & working related activites.This is simillar to some college degree women spend time percentage.

This graph displays the older people 45 to 75 over aged people spend their most of time doing nothing or spend time playing something.But the 20 to 44 aged group spend their time in working related activies which is simillar to Bacelor's degree & higher degree women activities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s broad subject and make some relevant comparisons, including that women aged 75 and over spend the most time on leisure and that leisure is relatively high among women without a high-school diploma. However, the overview is unclear and includes a major misreading: “without doing nothing” does not describe the 75+ group, whose leisure time is the highest, while household activity is also substantial. The claim that leisure is lowest for ages 35–44 is broadly supported, but the response does not report the chart’s main patterns accurately or systematically. For example, work rises to around 27 hours among women aged 25–54 before falling, and household time generally increases with age. Develop a clear overview and support it with accurate figures and comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has separate paragraphs for an introduction, overview and further comments, so there is some basic organisation. However, the ideas do not progress clearly: the final two paragraphs repeat broad claims about age groups and education without explaining how the categories compare. Connections such as “This is similar” are difficult to follow because the groups or activities being compared are not specified. The overview also combines several points in a confusing way, and punctuation spacing makes the text harder to read. Organise the body around clear comparisons—for example, age patterns first and educational attainment second—and use explicit references such as “By contrast, women with a bachelor’s degree…” to make relationships clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “age group,” “educational attainment,” “leisure and sports,” and “working related activities.” However, the range is limited and several repeated or inaccurate phrases make the data difficult to interpret. “Spend their times” and “spend their most of time” are unnatural collocations, while “doing nothing” incorrectly suggests inactivity rather than leisure. There are also spelling errors in “compelete,” “simillar,” “activites,” and “Bacelor’s,” and “percentage” is not appropriate when the chart reports hours. Aim for precise, varied terms such as “spend time on,” “hours devoted to,” and “household activities,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentence forms, such as “Those who didn’t…,” but control is inconsistent, and errors frequently make relationships unclear. For example, “women with varying levels of education spend on primary activities each week.75 and over age group women…” has faulty sentence boundaries and missing grammatical links. In “20 to 24 age group women spent their most of time spend in leisure,” the subject phrase and verb construction are not controlled. The final sentence also lacks a clear structure around “45 to 75 over aged people.” Use straightforward, complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check articles and prepositions: for example, “Women aged 75 and over spent the most time on leisure activities.”

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