Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-08

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 4.0)

There maybe a different reasons of this rise and fall of fast food restaurants because it maybe causes of some health issue .

As a fast food user, i know that a fast food caused alot of issue in health.

It create alot of problems for men and womens

In a graph i see that most ranked area is Once or twice in a month or once in a week means excess of everything is bad that's why they choose to ate fast food in once or twice in a week because the take the precautions to protect themselves

and they were in loose when they may caused some issue or maybe used some expired or cheap thing in their products which caused yhere fall of restaurants

But if didn't know the exact problem of this rise and fall i didn't understand the problem so i saud sorry for this that i didn't find the exact information

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response is largely off-topic for this chart-summary task. It discusses possible health effects and reasons for restaurants’ rise or fall, but the chart shows how often people ate fast food, not changes in restaurant numbers or causes. The only relevant observation is that “Once or twice in a month” and “once in a week” were the most common categories; however, this is not reported accurately or supported with the chart’s years and figures. There is no clear overview of the main pattern, such as the shift from weekly eating being most common in 2003 and 2006 to monthly eating in 2013. Focus on describing the categories, comparing the three years, and reporting the most important trends without speculation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.0

There is a basic sequence of ideas, beginning with a claim about possible causes and then referring to the graph, but the response does not develop a clear chart-summary structure. The long sentence beginning “In a graph i see” combines an observation, an explanation, and speculation, making the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. The final sentence also shifts to an apology rather than concluding the report. Organise the response into a brief introduction, an overview of the main trends, and one or two paragraphs comparing the data. Use clear links such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile” only where they accurately connect chart features.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “fast food,” “health,” and “graph,” and attempts phrases such as “Once or twice in a month.” However, vocabulary is often repetitive or imprecise, and several expressions do not suit an objective chart report: “most ranked area,” “they were in loose,” and “cheap thing” are unclear or informal. Spelling and word-form errors such as “alot,” “yhere,” and “saud” also reduce accuracy. Build a small set of precise reporting expressions, for example “accounted for,” “the most common frequency,” and “rose/fell to,” and use them to describe the actual percentages rather than speculate about causes.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both simple and longer sentence forms, but control is inconsistent. Errors in sentence structure and verb forms appear in examples such as “There maybe a different reasons,” “It create alot of problems,” and “they choose to ate fast food.” Agreement, articles, and tense also need attention, as in “a fast food caused” and “if didn't know.” Several sentences run together without clear punctuation, particularly the sentence beginning “In a graph i see,” which makes the meaning harder to follow. Practise accurate simple comparisons first, then combine them with controlled clauses: for example, “In 2003, weekly visits were more common than monthly visits.” Check subject–verb agreement and keep verb forms consistent.

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