Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-07

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 7.0)

The bar chart illustrates the frequentli with which people in the usa ate at fast-food resturants from 2003 to 2013.

overall, it is clear that eating fast food once a week or twice a month was most common pattern during the period. In contrast, only a small proportion of people ate fast food everyday or never did so.

in 2003, approximately 4% of americans ate fast food every day, compared with about 3% in 2006 and 3% in 2013. The percentage who ate fast food several times a week was around 17% in 2003, rising to 20% in 2006, before falling slightly to 16% in 2013.

The proportion eating fast food once a week was about 31% in 2003, increasing to roughly 33% in 2006, and then decreasing to around 28% in 2013. meanwhile, those eating fast food once or twice a month accounted for approximately 31% in 2003, 26% in 2006, and 34% in 2013, making this the highest figure in 2013

Finally , around 13-16% ate fast food only a few times a year , while abouth 4-5% never ate it throughout the period.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The response gives a clear overview of the main pattern: weekly and monthly visits were the most common, while daily visits and never eating fast food were uncommon. It also reports the key movements accurately, including the rise and subsequent fall in weekly eating and the monthly category becoming the highest in 2013. Most figures are close to the chart; the monthly figures are slightly overstated (about 31%, 26% and 34% rather than approximately 30%, 25% and 33%), but these are small differences. The final summary of the less frequent categories is relevant, though it could be more precise by noting that eating a few times a year rose from about 12.5% to 15% and then remained stable. Overall, the key features are selected and supported well, with some scope for sharper precision.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised in a clear sequence: an introduction, an overview, and then details grouped by frequency. This makes the comparisons easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “compared with,” “before falling,” and “then decreasing” help show changes over time. The progression is generally logical, although the final paragraph combines the few-times-a-year and never categories without explaining their different patterns in detail. Some transitions, including “Meanwhile” and “Finally,” are useful but could be integrated more smoothly, and inconsistent capitalisation at the starts of sentences slightly interrupts the presentation. To strengthen cohesion further, use consistent paragraphing and connect the final comparisons more explicitly to the overview.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

There is an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted for,” “rising,” and “decreasing,” which allows the writer to describe the data with some flexibility. The wording is generally understandable, but several spelling errors—“frequentli,” “resturants,” and “abouth”—reduce accuracy. Some expressions are also less natural or precise: “the frequentli with which” is an awkward rendering of the chart topic, and “ate fast food only a few times a year” could be expressed more concisely as “ate fast food a few times a year.” The phrase “most common pattern” is understandable but would be more precise as “the most common frequencies.” More accurate spelling and natural collocations would help demonstrate stronger control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 7.0

The response uses a useful mix of simple and complex structures, and several sentences are well controlled, such as “The percentage who ate fast food several times a week was around 17% in 2003, rising to 20% in 2006, before falling slightly to 16% in 2013.” Comparisons and participle clauses are handled effectively, and meaning remains clear throughout. A few grammatical and punctuation issues persist. The overview needs an article in “was most common pattern,” and “those eating fast food once or twice a month accounted for…” would be clearer with a more explicit noun phrase. Capitalisation after full stops is inconsistent, and the comma after “Finally” is incorrectly separated by a space. Check articles, sentence openings, and punctuation while retaining the varied sentence structures already used.

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