Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-15

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 bar chart iluustrates the proportion of people who ate fast food continiuosly in the fast food restaurants from 2003 to 2013.

Overall, it is clear that higher percentage of people ate fast food once a week and once or twice a month by the years 2003 and 2006 respectively ,whereas the fewest proportion of people ate fast food regularly throughout the given period.

There were about 4% people ate fast food everyday in 2003,while approximately 3% people consumed fast food on the daily basis by 2006 and 2013. conversly, about 12% people took fast food several times a week by 2003, while 20% people followed this trend by 2006 and in 2013, this figure reaced just over 15%. In 2003, people who ate fast food once a week accounted just over 30% in 2006, this percentage reached a peak of about 33%. Afterwards this figure declined to about 27%.

The figure for the people who ate fast food once or twice a month stood at 30% by 2003, which was reduced to 25% in 2006, and then it climbed to reach about 33%. The share of people who ate fast food a few times a year was about 13% in 2003, which was then surged to reach 15% in the following years. There were very limited number of people who never consumed fast food. The percentage of this group stood at 5%, wihch then decreased to reach about 4% by the remaining years.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all six frequency categories and report several key movements accurately, including the monthly figure rising from 25% in 2006 to about 33% in 2013, and daily eating remaining low. Your overview identifies the leading categories, but it is not fully precise: “the fewest proportion … ate fast food regularly” is unclear, since daily eating was among the least common, while “regularly” could also include weekly eating. Some figures are misreported: in 2003, several-times-a-week eating was about 17%, not 12%, and once-a-week eating was about 31%; the 2013 weekly figure was about 28%, rather than 27%. The response is comprehensive, but a sharper overview and more reliable comparisons would make the main features clearer and more fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by details about the frequency categories, and the reader can generally follow the changes across the three years. You also use a range of linking expressions, such as “whereas,” “Afterwards,” and “which was reduced to.” However, some connections are awkward or unclear. For example, “In 2003, people who ate fast food once a week accounted just over 30% in 2006…” runs two year comparisons together without clear punctuation or a complete linking structure. The overview’s contrast between the highest and “fewest proportion” is also difficult to interpret. Grouping related categories more deliberately and using clearer sentence boundaries would improve progression and cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted,” “stood at,” “declined,” and “climbed,” which helps describe chart data without relying entirely on basic terms. Some less common choices are not used naturally: “ate fast food continuously in the fast food restaurants” does not clearly express frequency, and “followed this trend” is vague for a percentage comparison. There are also spelling errors, including “iluustrates,” “continiuosly,” “reaced,” and “wihch.” These do not prevent the reader from understanding the overall message, but they reduce precision and polish. Prefer concise, conventional chart language and check spelling carefully, especially in the introduction and key comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “which” and contrasts using “while” and “whereas.” The meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors and punctuation problems remain. For example, “There were about 4% people ate fast food everyday” needs a grammatical structure such as “About 4% of people ate fast food every day.” In “this percentage reached a peak of about 33%,” the year-to-year comparison needs clearer sentence separation, and several sentences begin with lowercase “conversly” or “this.” Commas are often missing after introductory time phrases and before joined clauses. Review percentage constructions, clause boundaries, and sentence-initial capitalization to make your varied structures more accurate.

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