Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The bar chart depicts that the frequency of eating fast food in restaurant the people in USA from 2003 to 2013.

Overall, it is evident that those people who eat everyday was good in contrast the people who eat unhealthy fook in once a week.

After analysing the bar graph, it can be seen clearly that approximately 4% people was eat fast food during 2003 in everyday. and 2006 and 2013 was in same range. In contrast people ate fast food during 2003 and 2013 was same but in 2006, was reached at 20 %. But the people who eat junk food once a week is a significant percentage in all the years.

Additionally, when it comes to those people who eat once or twice in a month was a negligible difference in 2003 and in 2006, it decreases 5% or almost 33% in the last year. A sharp decline comes when people eat a time once a year. At last, the individuals who never eats fast food is same like the people who eat everyday.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and make some relevant comparisons, including that weekly eating is a prominent category and that the daily figures are similar across the years. However, the overview is unclear and includes an unsupported judgement: “those people who eat everyday was good” does not describe a chart trend. Several key details are inaccurate or too vague. For example, monthly eating rose to 33% in 2013, rather than showing a “sharp decline,” and eating a few times a year increased from about 12.5% to 15%, not a decline. The response also does not clearly report the main pattern that the most common frequency shifted from once a week in 2003 and 2006 to once or twice a month in 2013. Select the largest changes and state them accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details, and it uses linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In contrast,” and “Additionally.” These help signal relationships between points. However, the progression is difficult to follow because categories and years are not consistently presented in a clear order. The overview’s comparison between people who eat “everyday” and those who eat weekly is unclear, while the final sentences introduce monthly, yearly, and never-eating categories without precise comparisons. Some connectors also suggest relationships that are not explained. Group the data into meaningful comparisons—for example, frequent eating, monthly eating, and the less frequent categories—and use clear references to each year so the reader can follow the trends.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “frequency,” “percentage,” “decline,” and “significant,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being discussed. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning unclear. “Eat unhealthy fook” appears to mean eating fast food, but it is not an appropriate description of a chart category; “a time once a year” is also unclear for “a few times a year.” Phrases such as “was good” and “same like” are imprecise, and “negligible difference” does not fit the substantial change in monthly eating by 2013. Use the chart’s category labels consistently and choose neutral reporting language such as “accounted for,” “rose,” and “fell.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including clauses introduced by “when” and “in contrast.” However, errors in sentence structure, verb forms, agreement, articles, and punctuation occur frequently and can make the comparisons difficult to understand. Examples include “the frequency … in restaurant the people,” “those people who eat everyday was,” and “the individuals who never eats.” The sentence beginning “Additionally, when it comes to…” also has an unclear structure, and the full stop followed by “and” after “everyday” disrupts punctuation. Practise forming complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and keep past-tense reporting consistent: for example, “The proportion who ate fast food every day was about 4% in 2003.”

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