Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-07

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 5.5)

The graph illustrates the average amount of time that women in different age groups and females with variying frequencies of education spend on different kinds of activities each week.

Overall, the average hours per week women spent in selected primary activities, by age and educational attainment in the year 2009 show varying degrees in each category.

First off, most of the people in the age category of 75 and over spent 57 hours of their week in leisure and sports activities. The number of hours spent on working and work related activities are less than 1.3 hours per week by this age group. The time spent by them on household activities is indicated by a digit of 19.5 hours per week.The youngest category with the age group of 15 to 19 spent just a little time on work related things about 6.9 hours and a lot of time on leisure and sports that is 36.8 and household work contributes to less than 6 hours.

Secondly, the women of the age 25 and over who pursued a degree program like bachelors or higher spent 27.4 hoyrs on work, 28.6 hours on leisure and sports and 15.2 hours on household activities. Moreover, Some decided to get into college and associate degree programs which spent most of their time leisure for about 32.4 hours, and 23.3 hours on work related stuff and the remaining hours on household chores. Women with no college having a high school diploma used some of their time for working , leisure and house work about 16.7 hours and 38.9, 18.6 hours respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s two groupings and report several relevant figures, including the 75-and-over group’s very low work hours and the education figures for women with a bachelor’s degree or higher. However, the overview is too general: saying the categories show “varying degrees” does not summarise the main patterns. The response also focuses heavily on selected groups and leaves out important comparisons, such as leisure rising with age after the middle age groups and work generally increasing with education. Some figures are inaccurate: the oldest group recorded 51.7 hours for leisure, not 57, and the high-school group’s household figure was 19.6, not 18.6. A clearer overview and more accurate, balanced selection of key trends would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure, with an introduction, an overview, and two body paragraphs. Sequencing phrases such as “First off” and “Secondly” help signal movement between points, and the reader can generally follow the comparisons. However, the overview does not guide the report because it merely says the figures “show varying degrees,” and the body paragraphs do not develop a clear progression across the chart. The first paragraph moves between the oldest and youngest age groups, while the second shifts among education categories without consistently comparing them. Some linking is mechanical, and the final sentence ends without a concluding comparison. Grouping related trends and using clearer references between figures would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main subject, including “leisure and sports,” “work related activities,” and “household activities.” There is also some attempt to vary wording, for example “pursued a degree program” and “household chores.” However, several choices are informal or imprecise for an academic chart report: “stuff,” “things,” “First off,” and “a digit” do not fit the register or meaning well. “Varying frequencies of education” is also an inaccurate description of educational attainment, and “hoyrs” is a spelling error. Aim for precise terms such as “hours,” “time spent,” and “educational attainment,” and avoid conversational expressions.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and longer sentences, and most of the information remains understandable. However, control becomes less reliable in complex constructions. For example, “Moreover, Some decided to get into college and associate degree programs which spent most of their time leisure” has an unclear subject and an incomplete grammatical pattern; “spent most of their time leisure” needs a construction such as “spent most of their time on leisure.” There are also agreement and sentence-boundary issues in “The number of hours … are less than 1.3,” and missing spacing after the full stop in “per week.The.” Capitalisation is inconsistent in “Some.” Use simpler, complete comparisons where needed, and check subject–verb agreement, clause structure, and punctuation.

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