Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The chart illustartes that how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Overall, the number of people in once a week mention in three years are larger as compared to the whole week.

People who ate once a week in fast food restaurants reached maximum 32% in 2006, 31% in 2003 and 28% in 2013, compared it with every day the numbere of people are relevantly low from 2003 to 2013 the range in 0% to 5%.

People who ate once or twice a month in fast food restaurants reached maximum 25% in 2006, 30% in 2003 and 35% in 2013. Means in once or twice a month people ratio is greather then all ovell in 2013.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the chart’s subject and report some relevant figures, including the high share eating once a week and the rise in monthly eating by 2013. However, the response is incomplete: it covers only three of the six frequency categories and gives no clear overview of the main pattern across all years. Some figures are inaccurate: once a week in 2006 is about 33%, not 32%, and once or twice a month in 2013 is about 33%, not 35%. The response also contains only 109 words, below the required 150, which limits the detail and comparisons provided. To improve, add a concise overview and compare the remaining categories, such as several times a week and a few times a year.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure: an opening statement, followed by paragraphs about weekly and monthly eating. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is grouped. However, there is no clear overall progression through the chart, and the overview sentence is difficult to interpret: “larger as compared to the whole week” does not clearly explain the main trend. Connections between ideas are also awkward, as in “Means in once or twice a month,” and comparisons are not consistently expressed. Organise the report around a clear overview followed by grouped comparisons, and use straightforward links such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile” to show how categories relate.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “reached maximum,” “range,” and “ratio,” and the reader can generally identify the categories being discussed. However, the vocabulary range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, making parts of the report unclear. For example, “the whole week” does not describe a chart category, and “people ratio” is not a natural way to refer to the percentage of people. There are also spelling errors such as “illustartes,” “numbere,” “greather,” and “ovell.” Use precise chart language consistently, such as “the proportion of people” and “accounted for,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentence forms, including comparisons between years, and the basic meaning of several statements is recoverable. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently in sentence construction, agreement, and articles. For example, “the number of people in once a week mention in three years are larger” has an unclear structure and incorrect agreement; “People who ate once a week … reached maximum 32%” also needs an article before “maximum.” The sentence beginning “Means in once or twice a month” is not a complete, well-formed sentence. Practise building accurate simple comparison sentences first, then combine them with clauses such as “while” or “whereas.”

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