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 bar chart illustrates that how percentage of individuals in the USA ate in heavy food restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

Overall, the percentage of people in 2006 once a week and 2013 once or twice a month indicate highest eaten ratio and equall to each other, whereas every day in 2006 and 2013 have lowest eaten ratio. Moreover, in a few times a years both years 2006 and 2013 are equally but in several times a week all three years are different ratio shows to one another.

In both once a week and once or twice a month compared in 2003 equavelant to each other only few difference (around 31% and relatively 33%), whereas once a week in 2006 and once or twice a month in 2013 same rating. Moreover, every day and never bars demonstrates same pettrans that in 2003 food eatan peoples increased, while that in 2006 and 2013 is same percentages.

Furthermore, in several times a week in 2006 percentage of individuals an upword trend, whereas a few times a year both in 2006 and 2013 percentage of people for eaten food are same ratios.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several relevant features, including the high figures for weekly or monthly visits and the low figures for daily visits. Some comparisons are accurate: for example, you note that the 2006 weekly figure and the 2013 monthly figure are both about 33%. However, the overview is not consistently clear or accurate. The highest values are not equal: 2006 once a week is about 33%, while 2013 once or twice a month is also about 33%, but the wording should distinguish these categories and years. The claim that daily and never figures show the same pattern of an increase in 2003 is incorrect; daily eating is about 4%, 3%, and 3%, while never is about 4.5%, 3.5%, and 3.5%. Select the main trends more clearly and report comparisons precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an overall paragraph structure, with an introduction, an overview, and further comparisons, so the reader can recognise an attempt to organise the report. However, progression between points is difficult to follow because several sentences combine unrelated comparisons or repeat the same categories. For instance, the overview moves from the highest figures to the lowest and then to two other categories without clearly explaining the overall pattern. Linking phrases such as “Moreover” and “Furthermore” are used, but they do not always show a clear relationship between ideas. Group the data into meaningful comparisons—for example, frequent visits, monthly visits, and the less common categories—and use clear references to the year and frequency in each sentence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “percentage,” “trend,” “bars,” and frequency labels such as “once a week.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the report hard to understand. Phrases such as “heavy food restaurants,” “highest eaten ratio,” and “same rating” are not natural ways to describe this chart; “fast-food restaurants,” “highest proportion,” and “the same figure” would be clearer. There are also noticeable spelling and word-form errors, including “equavelant,” “pettrans,” and “eatan.” Aim for accurate, repeated use of a small set of suitable chart terms rather than inventing expressions. This would make your comparisons more precise and easier to read.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt longer sentences and use comparison structures, but complex sentences are often faulty, and errors frequently make relationships between figures unclear. For example, “the percentage of people in 2006 once a week and 2013 once or twice a month indicate highest eaten ratio” lacks a clear grammatical subject and has problems with agreement and article use. In “in several times a week in 2006 percentage of individuals an upword trend,” the sentence has no correctly formed main verb. Articles, plurals, and verb forms are also inconsistent, as in “both years 2006 and 2013 are equally.” Practise building accurate simple sentences first, such as “The proportion eating weekly was highest in 2006,” then add comparisons using controlled clauses.

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