Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The bar chart describe different age groups of females and females with distinct level of education and how both groups spend their time on 3 important activites per week in 2009.

Overall, it can be seen that least time was spent on household activites and most time was spent on lesiure and sports by every age groups. females with highest education has was managing the work related and time for sports and lesiure.

Femals from 15 to 19 age spend their 36.8 hours of the time on leisure and sports activites. in contranst, least time on lesiure and sports were spend by 35 to 44 ages of female which was around 27.4 hours. working and work related activites was mostly done by age of 35 to 44 which was around 26 hours per week. While household activites was most at 65 to 74 age with 21.4 hours per week.

educated less than a high school diploma female was spending their most of the time on lisure and sports at 43 hours per hour. while womwn with bachelors degree and higher was spending similar time on working and lesiure and sports with around 28 hrs per week.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s broad subject and provide an overview that leisure is generally the largest activity and household work is often the smallest. However, the overview is not fully accurate: household activities are not the least for every group, and leisure is not highest for every age group (for ages 25–44, working hours are close to or above leisure). Several details are also misreported: the lowest leisure figure is 27.4 hours for ages 35–44, but the highest household figure is 21.1 hours for ages 65–74, not 21.4; and the peak in work among age groups is 27 hours for both 25–34 and 45–54, rather than 35–44. The education comparison is only partly developed. Select the main patterns more accurately and compare both categories systematically.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for age and education. This helps the reader identify the two chart categories. However, progression within the paragraphs is limited, and several comparisons appear as isolated statements rather than a connected summary. The repeated use of “while” and “in contrast” does not always establish a clear relationship, and the final education paragraph gives only two observations without linking them to the overall pattern. Group related figures—for example, the rise and later fall in working hours with age—and use clear references such as “this figure” or “by comparison” to make the sequence easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “age groups,” “level of education,” “household activities,” and “working and work related activities,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable, including “activites,” “lesiure,” “Femals,” and “lisure.” Some phrases are also unnatural or imprecise, such as “spend their time on 3 important activities” and “was managing the work related.” Use standard chart-reporting expressions and check spelling carefully. More precise terms such as “spent,” “recorded,” “accounted for,” and “the highest/lowest figure” would help you describe the data clearly and avoid repetition.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “While,” but grammatical errors occur frequently and sometimes make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. For example, “The bar chart describe” needs subject–verb agreement, while “females with highest education has was managing” contains several problems with articles and verb forms. Other examples include “Femals from 15 to 19 age spend” and “least time … were spend,” where agreement and tense are inaccurate. Sentence boundaries and capitalisation are also inconsistent, as in the lowercase “in contranst” after a full stop. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build sentences around one clear comparison at a time.

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