Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-13

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 6.0)

The provided bar chart illustrate the individual's frequency of eating at fast food restaurants from 2003 to 2013.

Overall, a significant proportion of people tend to ate at fast food restaurant once a week and once or twice a month. Conversely, every day and never category were comprised of the lowest percentage of individuals.

Examining the chart in detail, people's frequency of eating onces a week was the highest of about 33% in 2006, while eating at fast food restaurant once or twice a month was at the same percentage of people as once a week but in the year 2013. Eating several times a week category peaked at about 20% in 2006. People who ate a few times a year in fast food restaurants were at 15% from 2006 to 2016.

The Never category was accounted of about 5% of individuals in 2003 and hovered around 4% between 2006 and 2016. The Frequency of individuals who ate at restaurants everday was at the least of about 3% from 2006 to 2016.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main pattern that weekly and monthly visits were common, while daily visits and never eating out were least common. You also report several useful peaks, including weekly visits at about 33% in 2006 and monthly visits at about 33% in 2013. However, some comparisons are incomplete or inaccurate: the monthly figure was not equal to the weekly figure in 2013, since it was higher (33% versus 28%). The final year is 2013, not 2016, and the claim that never was around 4% in both later years misses the small difference from 2003. A clearer overview of the shift from weekly to monthly visits, supported by accurate year references, would make the summary more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs describing details. This makes the information easy to follow, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Examining the chart in detail” signal the stages of the report. However, the detail paragraphs do not consistently group or compare the categories, and the final paragraph returns to the lowest-frequency categories without a strong link to the preceding discussion. Some references are also unclear, such as “at the same percentage of people as once a week,” which makes the comparison harder to interpret. Organising the figures into clearer comparisons—such as frequent visits versus occasional visits—and using more precise linking and referencing would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “frequency,” “proportion,” “peaked,” and “hovered around,” which helps describe the chart. There are also attempts at more formal reporting language. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, including “the individual's frequency,” “were comprised of the lowest percentage,” and “was accounted of.” “Onces” and “everday” are spelling errors, while “from 2006 to 2016” misnames the period shown. These do not prevent the reader from understanding the general message, but they reduce precision and naturalness. Prefer standard chart language such as “the percentage of people,” “accounted for,” and “remained stable,” and check spelling and year labels carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast introduced by “Conversely” and a comparison using “while.” The main message is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “The provided bar chart illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, and “people tend to ate” combines verb forms incorrectly. In “once or twice a month was at the same percentage … as once a week,” the comparison structure is difficult to control, while “The Never category was accounted of” has an incorrect grammatical pattern. Articles and number agreement also need attention in phrases such as “at fast food restaurant.” Practise accurate reporting structures and check verb forms, agreement, and sentence construction before finalising.

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