Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-22

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 bar graph illustrates how frequently individual in the USA ate junk food hotels from 2003 to 2013.

Overall, graph decribe different time gap to ate out side of home. People was less that ate fast food every day and never. And other like several time a week and a few times a year people are medium. Wherever people highly ate in once a week and once or twice a month.

Every day ate out side of home people in 2003 at only 4 percentage, in 2006 at 2.5 percentage, in 2013 sem as 2006. Same as in never ate fast food. In addition several times a week ate out side people respectively at 17%, 20% and 16%. And other a few times a year ate out side people respectively at 12.5%, and other two same as 15%.

Other people ate very juck food. In once a week ate 31% people in 2003, ate 34% people in 2006, and ate 28%. And once or twice a month ate out side people respectively 30%, 25% and 28%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and cover all six frequency categories, with relevant figures for several of them. The overview also recognises that daily eating and never eating were the least common patterns, while weekly and monthly visits were more prevalent. However, some key details are inaccurate: the 2006 daily figure is about 3%, not 2.5%; the 2006 weekly figure is about 33%, not 34%; and monthly visits in 2013 were about 33%, not 28%. The overview’s description of some categories as “medium” is also unclear, and it does not clearly summarise the main changes across the period. Improve this by selecting the most important comparisons and checking each figure against the chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs containing figures. This gives the reader some organisation, and words such as “Overall,” “In addition,” and “respectively” show an attempt to connect information. However, progression is not consistently clear. The overview groups categories as “medium” and “highly” without explaining the basis for those groupings, while “Other people ate very juck food” does not clearly signal the shift to the remaining categories. Repeated sentence patterns and lists of figures make the report feel mechanical. Organise the details into clearer comparisons—for example, frequent visits together and less frequent visits together—and use linking phrases that show contrast or change.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some task-relevant terms, including “bar graph,” “percentage,” “every day,” and “once or twice a month,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, vocabulary is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning awkward: “junk food hotels” is not an appropriate description of fast-food restaurants, and “ate out side of home” is repeated instead of using a natural phrase such as “ate at fast-food restaurants.” There are also spelling errors, including “decribe,” “sem,” and “juck.” Use the chart’s own category labels accurately, and practise a small range of natural reporting expressions such as “accounted for,” “rose to,” and “fell to.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both simple statements and longer sentences, and the reader can usually identify the intended categories and figures. However, grammatical errors occur frequently and sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Examples include “Overall, graph decribe,” “People was less that ate,” and “Every day ate out side of home people in 2003 at only 4 percentage,” where sentence structure, agreement, and verb forms are not controlled. The repeated pattern “ate … people” also produces incomplete or unnatural clauses. Build accurate basic sentences first, such as “The proportion of people who ate fast food daily was 4% in 2003,” then practise combining comparisons with “while” or “whereas.”

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