Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-28

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 graph illustrats how many people of the USA consumed fast food in restaurants in different interval in between 2003 and 2013.

Overall, it is clearly evident that large number of people ate in restaurants once a week and once a month. In contrast, very few people consumed junk food every day the same as people who never ate hotals' food.

In 2003, less than 5% people consumed fast food in the USA, which declined around 2% in 2006 as well as in 2013. In addition, the indivisuals who never ate that food was just 5% in 2003 and a little decreased in 2006 and 2013. The number of people who ate several times a week in restarurants were 17% in 2003, 20% in 2006 and nearly 15% in 2013.

In contrast, around 30% people were there who ate junk food weekly in 2003, which improves sum 33% in 2006, but in 2013 it drasticaly declined until 28%. Moreover, there were 30% people consumed fast food once or twice in month in 2003, which suddenly went low 25% in 2006. However, it recover in 2013 by 33%. Ratio of Individuals who ate fast food rarly in year was 13% and 15% in 2003 and 2006 respectivaly. In 2013, it was stable same as 2006.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all six frequency categories and provide a clear overview that weekly and monthly eating were common, while daily eating and never eating were uncommon. Most figures and trends are accurately reported: for example, weekly eating rises from about 31% to 33% before falling to 28%, and monthly eating changes from 30% to 25% and then 33%. Some details are less clear or precise. The opening claim that “less than 5%” ate fast food appears to refer to daily eating, but it could be mistaken for the overall proportion; the figures are about 4%, 3% and 3%. The overview could also identify the shift in the most common category from weekly in 2003/2006 to monthly in 2013. Make the key comparisons more explicit.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs grouping the less and more frequent categories. This makes the main information reasonably easy to follow. You also use linking expressions such as “In contrast,” “In addition,” and “Moreover” to connect comparisons. However, some links are mechanical or do not clearly express the relationship between the data. For instance, “In contrast” introduces another high-frequency category without a strong contrast, while “the same as” in the overview leaves the comparison unclear. The final sentence about the yearly category feels added on rather than integrated into the comparison. Use clearer grouping and refer back to categories consistently so readers can follow each trend without having to infer what “that food” or “it” means.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “declined,” “recover,” “stable,” and “respectively,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices that limit precision. “Improves” is not suitable for a percentage increase, and “drasticaly declined” is both misspelled and too strong for the change from 33% to 28%. Phrases such as “ate fast food rarely in year” and “hotals’ food” are unclear or inappropriate; “fast food” is more accurate than “junk food” for this chart. Spelling errors such as “illustrats,” “indivisuals,” and “restarurants” also reduce control. Aim for consistent, neutral chart language and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including clauses with “which” and contrasts introduced by “but” and “however.” The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “large number of people” needs an article, and “less than 5% people” needs “of” or a different construction. Subject–verb agreement is inconsistent in “the individuals who never ate that food was” and “people … were there who ate.” There are also errors in verb forms and sentence construction, such as “it recover in 2013” and “there were 30% people consumed.” Review articles, agreement, and the structure of clauses describing figures. More consistently accurate sentences would make your comparisons clearer while preserving the range you are attempting.

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