Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 the number of people who ate junk food in resturants between 2003 and 2013. Units are measured in percentage.

Overall, most people ate fast food once a week had the significant number in 2006 which consisted of around about 35%. Similarly, the same trend was followed by once or twice a month in 2003. In 2006, there was a moderate percentage that showed once a month had greater number of people who prefered to eat in restaurants however,once or twice a month had a slightly lower in 2006. But in these three year several times aweek and a few times a year had shown a similar pace a few had a slightly difference.The lowest percentage was in the every day and neve which remains below the 5%.

the maximum people ate food outside from home higher in 2013 as compared to 2006 which was increased from once a week to once or twice a month. Several times a week and few times a year which shown a slightly chance a

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and make a relevant attempt to summarise its main pattern, noting that weekly eating was prominent and that daily eating and never eating were the least common categories. However, the overview is unclear and includes inaccurate comparisons: weekly eating peaked at about 33% in 2006, not around 35%, and monthly eating was highest in 2013, not 2003. The claim that the maximum number eating outside the home was higher in 2013 is not clearly supported by the categories shown. Several key changes are left unexplained, including the shift from weekly to monthly eating as the leading frequency. Select the clearest trends and report them accurately to make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is an attempt to organise the response, beginning with an introduction and an overview before moving to further comparisons. However, the ideas do not progress clearly, and the overview and detail are mixed together. The long sentence beginning “Overall, most people…” contains several comparisons that are difficult to follow, while “But in these three year…” does not clearly explain which categories are being compared. Linking words such as “Similarly,” “however,” and “But” are used, but the relationships they signal are sometimes unclear or contradictory. The final sentence is unfinished, which leaves the report without a clear ending. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and selected details, and connect each comparison explicitly to its year and category.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “significant,” “moderate,” and “slightly lower,” so the reader can recognise that you are comparing proportions. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear, such as “had the significant number,” “followed by once or twice a month,” and “shown a slightly chance.” “Junk food” is also less precise than the chart’s wording, which concerns fast-food restaurant visits. Spelling errors such as “resturants,” “prefered,” and “neve” are noticeable. Aim for accurate, straightforward phrases such as “accounted for,” “was the most common frequency,” and “rose/fell to,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt longer sentences and use some subordinate clauses, for example “which consisted of around about 35%,” but complex structures are often faulty and make comparisons hard to understand. There are frequent problems with sentence construction and agreement, as in “most people ate fast food once a week had the significant number” and “once or twice a month had a slightly lower in 2006.” The final clause, “which shown a slightly chance a,” is incomplete, and punctuation is inconsistent, including missing spaces after commas and a lower-case start to the final paragraph. These errors can cause difficulty for the reader. Build clearer sentences around a subject and verb, and check tense, agreement, and sentence completion before adding extra clauses.

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