Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-09-16
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 5.0)
The chart illustrate that the people who frequency eat fast food at restaurants in the USA (2003 - 2013).
Overall there ware many people who eat fast food once a week and once or twice a month in the USA (2003 - 2013) and also there were less people who eat fast food every day and never at resturants in the USA (2003 - 2013).
There ware 31% people who eat fast food once a week in 2003 and 33% people who eat fast food once a week and also 28% people eat fast food frequently once a week in resturants at the USA in 2013. Also there ware 4 % people who eat fast food every day in 2003 and 3% people who eat fast food every day in 2006 and 2013 at resturants in USA.
People who eat fast food serveral times a week are less than the people who eat once a week. There ware 17 % people who eat fast food serveral times a week in 2003 which are increses 3 % in 2006 but in 2013 that ratio are decreses 4% of people who frequntly eat fast food at resturantsin USA.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response attempts to summarise the main features of the chart, noting categories such as once a week and once or twice a month as the most frequent, and everyday and never as the least frequent. However, the introduction is grammatically incomplete and fails to properly state what the chart shows. Furthermore, there are several inaccuracies in reporting the data, such as stating that 'there ware 17 % people who eat fast food serveral times a week in 2003 which are increses 3 % in 2006' when the figure actually rose to 20%. The overview is vague and repetitive, and some figures are awkwardly described. Overall, the response addresses the task partially, falling into Band 5.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is divided into paragraphs, which helps give a basic structure to the response. However, overall progression is hindered by repetitive phrasing, particularly the constant repetition of 'in the USA (2003 - 2013)' and 'at resturants'. Cohesive devices are used very mechanically and often inaccurately, such as the frequent misuse of 'also' and temporal transitions. Referencing is sometimes unclear, and the lack of smooth links between sentences makes the essay feel disjointed. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion is weak. These features place the response firmly in Band 5.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying heavily on words directly lifted from the prompt such as 'fast food', 'restaurants', and 'people'. There are frequent spelling errors, including 'resturants', 'serveral', 'increses', 'decreses', and 'frequntly'. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary related to data trends, but these attempts are marred by inaccurate word forms and collocations (e.g., 'the people who frequency eat', 'that ratio are decreses'). The lexical range is limited and minimally adequate for the task, meeting the descriptors for Band 5.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting mostly of simple and attempted complex sentences that are heavily flawed. There are widespread and frequent errors throughout the text, such as 'The chart illustrate that the people who frequency eat', 'there ware many people', and subject-verb agreement issues ('that ratio are decreses'). Punctuation is basic, and tense usage is inconsistent. These frequent errors cause considerable difficulty for the reader and reflect a Band 4 level of grammatical accuracy, though the overall presence of some basic sentence structures prevents a lower score.
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