Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Momentum Workout · 2026-10-26

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 illustrates the average amount of hours that women in different groups of age and women with different degrees of education spend on primary activities every other week.

Overall, the chart depicts age in years on the left side with each section from age 15 and above. On the right side of chart the three bars represent various activities. The level of education section is on the botoom left side of the chart with age 25 and above. The bottom line shows the hour spend.

Females ranging from age 15 to 19 spend near 7 hour on work related activies and around 6 hours on houshold activities which is the least in the category while they spend most of leisure activities. Women from 20 to 24 spend 22.1 hour on average doing work activities and 32.7 doing sports and fun and around 10 hours doing house work. Women from 35 to 45 spend 26.3, 27.4 and 16.7 on average doing work activies, spare time and household activities. Ladies ranging from 55 to 64 spend 20.9 on work, 36.7 on leisure and 18.3 in home activities. Women from 65 to 74 spend6.9 hours working, 44 hours doing spare works and 21.1 on household activites which is the highest in all categories. Women from 75 and over spend their most time in doing leisure ativities the most and they spend the least on working activities around 1.3 on average and around 19.6 hours in household activities.

Women who have not got school diploma spend the least on work activies. they spend most of their time in leisure and sport activities and on average spend 20 hours doing home activities. High school graduates spend 16.7, 38.9 and 18.6 on work, leisure and house work respectivily. Women with college degrees allocated most of their time in leisure and sport activities which is around 32.4 hours, around 23.3 on work and 16.7 in the home. Women with bachelor's degree or higher spend around same hours on average on wor and spare time with 27.4 on work and 28.6 doing extra activities with 15.2 hours allocated on house.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s broad subject and report several relevant figures, including the high leisure total for women aged 75 and over and the low work figure for this group. However, the response mainly lists selected groups rather than summarising the key patterns across both age and education categories. The overview describes where chart labels appear, not the main findings. Some details are inaccurate: women aged 55–64 spend 36.2 hours on leisure, not 36.7, and high-school graduates spend 19.6 hours on household activities, not 18.6. The claim that 65–74-year-olds have the highest household figure is also incorrect; the peak is 21.1, while the 75-and-over group is lower. Focus the overview on the contrasting trends in work, leisure and household time, then support it with accurate comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, a general paragraph about the chart, and separate descriptions of age and education groups. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Women from 20 to 24” help signal changes in category. However, progression is often list-like, with many groups described one after another and little comparison linking them. The second paragraph spends space explaining the chart’s layout rather than presenting an overview, and transitions between individual age groups are limited. Some references, such as “Women with college degrees,” are not fully precise because the chart distinguishes some college or an associate degree from a bachelor’s degree. Group related trends together and use clear comparisons to make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main subject, including “work related activities,” “leisure and sport activities,” and “household activities.” There are also attempts to vary wording with “spare time” and “home activities.” However, several choices are informal or imprecise for an academic chart summary: “sports and fun,” “spare works,” and “extra activities” do not consistently describe the leisure category. Repetition of “spend” and “activities” also limits flexibility. Spelling errors such as “activies,” “houshold,” and “respectivily” are noticeable, while “botoom” and “wor” further reduce accuracy. Use the chart’s category labels consistently and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, and most of the intended comparisons can be understood. However, errors occur frequently in sentence construction and grammatical details. For example, “the average amount of hours” uses an awkward quantity structure, while “Women from 35 to 45 spend 26.3, 27.4 and 16.7” omits “hours” and does not clearly connect the figures to the activities. There are also inconsistent sentence openings and punctuation, as in “they spend most of their time” after a full stop, and missing spaces in “spend6.9.” Some age ranges are expressed imprecisely (“35 to 45” rather than the chart’s 35–44). Build clear subject–verb sentences, use parallel structures for the three figures, and proofread punctuation and number expressions.

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