Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-06

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 illustrates how frequently people in the USA ate fast food in restaurants from 2003 to 2013.

In the chart three years comparision shows how people frequently eating at fast food restaurants, for the year of 2003 black color, for 2006 grey color, and 2013 shows by the white and black lines. The overall trend of the fast food ate by the people of USA once or twice in a month in 2013 increase. In 2006 the fast food trend ate once a week is very popular. The trend of people who never ate fast food is very low all the time. The chart shows the data about 20% that people ate fast food several times a week on 2006 but in 2013 this trend decrease upto 15%. A few times a year trend shows the same 15% of people between 2006 and 2013 but in 2003 the percentage of people is between 10% and 15%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and report several relevant features, including the low proportion who never ate fast food and the rise in monthly visits by 2013. The figures you mention for several times a week and a few times a year are broadly consistent with the chart. However, the response covers only part of the data: it omits the important weekly and monthly figures for 2003 and 2006, and gives no clear comparison of the main categories across all three years. The overview is also imprecise: monthly eating was highest in 2013, while weekly eating peaked in 2006, but these points are not clearly distinguished. Select the largest changes and highest categories, then support them with accurate figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a basic sequence: an introduction, some general observations, and a few category-specific details. This gives the reader a general sense of the topic, but the ideas do not develop in a clear overall progression. For example, the discussion moves from the 2013 monthly trend to the 2006 weekly peak, then to people who never ate fast food, without grouping related comparisons. Linking phrases such as “but” and “all the time” are used, yet connections between claims and supporting data are often unclear. Organise the report into a concise overview followed by paragraphs comparing the main frequency groups, and use clear references to each year so the reader can follow the comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “percentage,” “trend,” and “several times a week,” so the subject is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and some expressions are repeated or imprecise, such as “fast food trend ate” and “the trend of people who never ate fast food.” These phrases make it harder to understand whether you mean eating frequency or the proportion of people. “Comparision” is also misspelled, and “upto” should be written as two words. Use precise chart language such as “the proportion who ate out weekly” or “the figure for monthly visits,” and vary verbs like “rose,” “fell,” and “remained stable” to describe changes accurately.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentence forms, including a contrast between 2006 and 2013, but the range is limited and errors are frequent enough to make several sentences awkward or unclear. For example, “In the chart three years comparision shows how people frequently eating” lacks a clear grammatical structure, while “the fast food trend ate once a week is very popular” has an unclear subject and verb pattern. There are also problems with articles, agreement, and tense, as in “the percentage of people is between 10% and 15%.” Practise building accurate simple comparison sentences first, then combine them with clauses using “while” or “whereas.” Check that each sentence has a clear subject and a correctly formed verb.

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