Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-26

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 depicts the frequency of eating at fast food restaurants during the time period 2003 to 2013 surveyed among the people of USA.

In 2003, there is a small number of people eating daily in the restaurants which grows significantly in the case of several times a week. However, the number reaches the highest point, nearly 31% considering once in a week. 30% of the people like to eat in the restaurants once or twice a month dropping to 13% and 5% in the cases of a few times a year and never respectively.

A similar anlysis is shown in the year 2006 when only 3% of people eat daily, 20% several times a week, 33% once a week, 25% once or twice a month, 15% a few times a year and nearly 4% of people who never go to restaurants. In 2013, the percentage starts from 4% considering everyday followed by 16% several times a week, 28% once a week, 33% once or twice a month, 15% a few times a year and 4% never.

The chart shows highest number of people in 2003 and 2006 preferred eating at the restaurants once a week whereas people in 2013 preferred once or twice a month.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report most of the chart’s categories and give a relevant comparison in the final sentence: weekly eating was the most common frequency in 2003 and 2006, while monthly eating led in 2013. However, the overview is limited and appears only at the end; a clearer summary near the beginning should highlight the main shift from weekly to monthly visits and the consistently low daily and never figures. There are also factual inaccuracies: daily eating in 2013 was about 3%, not 4%, and the 2003 figure for never was about 4.5%, rather than 5% (a small approximation). The opening account of 2003 describes the figures one by one but does not explain the broader changes across the years, so the key features are not developed evenly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: it introduces the chart, describes 2003, then 2006 and 2013, and ends with a comparison. This makes the information easy to follow. The links between ideas, such as “However” and “In 2013,” are generally understandable, though the account is mostly a sequence of figures rather than a comparison organised around trends. The final sentence provides a useful summary, but placing an overview before the detailed data would give the report a stronger progression. Some references are also slightly unclear, as in “the number reaches the highest point,” where it is not immediately explicit that this means the proportion of people eating weekly.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “frequency,” “percentage,” “daily,” and “preferred,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are attempts at more formal phrasing, but some expressions are unnatural or imprecise for describing chart data. For example, “a small number of people” is less suitable than “a small proportion,” and “the percentage starts from 4%” does not clearly describe a comparison. “A similar analysis is shown” is also vague, since the chart presents data rather than an analysis. There is a spelling error in “anlysis,” and repeated use of “people” and “restaurants” makes the wording less varied. More precise trend and comparison vocabulary would improve clarity and flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast introduced by “whereas” and the relative clause in “people … who never go to restaurants.” Most sentences communicate the intended figures, but some grammatical choices are inaccurate or awkward. In the opening, “during the time period 2003 to 2013 surveyed among the people of USA” has an unclear structure and is missing an article before “USA.” The present-tense “there is” in the 2003 description is inconsistent with reporting past data, and “the number reaches” has the same tense issue. In “30% of the people like to eat,” the verb form does not fit a report of historical chart data. Use past forms consistently and simplify the opening construction.

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