Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

In the bar graph illustrates how citizens often used to eat fast foods in a resturant from 2003 to 2013. As we can see the year duration 2003, 2006 and 2013 respectively.

Overall, it is clearly seen that the most number of individuals often eat fast foods once or twice a month whereas they sometimes consumes once a week as well. On the other hand, they do not regulary goes to resturants. But also it shows that they are quite intrested like, the number of populations who has not been to the fast food resturants are likely small to have small proportion.

In the graph, in 2003, the highest number of population was accounted for between 30 to 33 percent who used to eat at fast food resturants once a week. Likewise, In 2006, people are used to eat in fast food resturant are accounted for between 30 to 34 percentage that was the highest fraction of individuals are seen intrested in.

The noticable feature is that, everyday and never consuming at a fast food resturants had seen the most lowest number of proportion where it listed for under 5 percent in all year. In 2003, Several time a week stands for 17 where in 2006 it captured 20 percent and it was the highest among other years.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and make a relevant attempt at an overview, noting that monthly or weekly visits were common and that daily visits and never eating fast food were uncommon. However, the overview is not consistently accurate: once or twice a month was the most common frequency only in 2013, while once a week was highest in 2003 and 2006. The response gives some supporting figures, including 17% and 20% for several-times-a-week visits, but omits the important shift from weekly visits peaking in 2006 to monthly visits leading in 2013. Some descriptions, such as “between 30 to 33 percent,” are imprecise or confusing. Select the main comparisons accurately and report them across all three years.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has separate paragraphs for an introduction, overview and details, so there is some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “On the other hand” show an attempt to connect ideas. However, the progression is limited: the final paragraph returns to low-frequency categories and then jumps to several-times-a-week figures without a clear comparison across the years. Some linking expressions do not express the relationship accurately, and references such as “it” and “they” are sometimes unclear. Grouping the data into clear comparisons—for example, the leading frequency in each year, followed by the least common categories—would make the report easier to follow. Use fewer connectors, but ensure each one accurately signals the relationship between points.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “highest,” “proportion,” “accounted for” and “fraction,” and the reader can generally understand the topic. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or repetitive, such as “most lowest number of proportion” and “the highest fraction of individuals are seen interested in.” Spelling errors in “resturant,” “regulary,” “intrested” and “noticable” also reduce accuracy. Some expressions, including “citizens often used to eat,” do not naturally describe chart data. Aim for precise reporting language such as “the proportion of people who ate…” and check spelling and collocations when editing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to use longer sentences and subordinate clauses, but the range is limited and complex constructions are often faulty. For example, “In the bar graph illustrates…” combines an introductory phrase with a clause incorrectly, while “people are used to eat” uses an unsuitable verb form. Agreement and sentence structure are also problematic in “the number of populations who has not been” and “the highest fraction … are seen.” Articles and prepositions are inconsistent, and punctuation sometimes separates clauses awkwardly. These errors can make the intended comparisons difficult to interpret. Practise building accurate simple sentences first, then add clauses with reliable patterns such as “In 2006, 33% of people ate fast food once a week.”

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