Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-11-10

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

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

 

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The bar chart ilustrate how frequently people eat fast foods in restuarants in 2003,2006 and 2013.

Overall eating fastfoods at restuarants once a week or once or twice a month was the most common habit in all three years. In contrast only a small portion of people ate fast foods everyday or never visited any restuarants.

In 2003, 31% of Americans consumed fast foods once a week,makin this the most popular frequency. In 2006 it slightly rose above around 32%. On the other hand People visited restuarants once or twice a month has declined from around 30% in 2003 to approximately 25% in 2006.The proportion of people eating fast food several times a week also rose from around 17% to 20% during this period.

By 2013, the pattern has been changed.Eating fast food once or twice a month became the most common choice .at approximately 33%,while the figure for weekly visitors dropped to around 28%.Meanwhile the proportion of people eating fast food several times a week decreased to about 16%.The figures for those who ate fast food a few times a year remained relatively stable at around 13%-15%.Only about 3%-5% of people ate fast food everyday or never did so throughout the period.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response identifies the main pattern accurately: weekly or monthly visits were the most common frequencies, while eating every day or never was uncommon. It also reports the key shift by 2013, when monthly visits became the leading category, and supports this with relevant figures. Most comparisons match the chart, including the decline in weekly eating from about 33% in 2006 to 28% in 2013. One detail is slightly imprecise: the 2006 weekly figure is given as “around 32%,” whereas the chart shows approximately 33%. The overview and selected details are clear and sufficiently developed; to strengthen the report further, keep all figures precise and make the overall changes across the full period explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is organised into a clear introduction, overview, and two chronological detail paragraphs. This gives the reader a logical route through the data, and linking expressions such as “In contrast,” “On the other hand,” and “By 2013” help signal comparisons and time changes. The progression is generally easy to follow, though some transitions and punctuation are not fully controlled: for example, “By 2013, the pattern has been changed.Eating…” runs ideas together, and the final paragraph contains several abrupt sentence boundaries. The overview also groups the two least common categories effectively. For stronger cohesion, use consistent spacing and punctuation, and connect related comparisons smoothly rather than relying on repeated “Meanwhile” or “On the other hand.”

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses relevant vocabulary for describing chart data, including “proportion,” “declined,” “remained relatively stable,” and “most common choice.” These choices communicate the main comparisons, but the range and control are uneven. Several spelling errors—“ilustrate,” “restuarants,” and “makin”—are noticeable, while “fast foods” and “fastfoods” are used inconsistently. Some expressions are also awkward or imprecise, such as “the pattern has been changed” and “never visited any restaurants,” which is less direct than describing the frequency category. Aim for accurate spelling and consistent terminology, and use natural data-reporting collocations such as “the proportion who ate out” or “the figure for monthly visits.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

There is some variety in sentence structure, including comparisons with “while” and “whereas”-type contrasts, and several sentences communicate the data clearly. However, errors in tense, sentence construction, and punctuation are frequent enough to limit accuracy. For example, “people eat fast foods” shifts from the chart’s past period to the present, while “People visited restaurants once or twice a month has declined” combines incompatible subject and verb forms. “The pattern has been changed” is also an awkward passive construction for describing a trend. Missing spaces after full stops and commas further disrupt sentence boundaries. Use past simple consistently for the years shown, check subject–verb agreement, and proofread punctuation while retaining the useful range of comparison structures.

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