Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-29

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 5.5)

The line graph illustrates the information about percentages of individuals of eating at fast food resturants in the United States from 2003 to 2013.

Overall, it is evident that people who take their meals everday or never eats accounted for the lowest proportion while those who take their fast food meals once in a week or twice a month stands for the highest percentage through out the years.

To begin with, In 2003 people were taking their meals in each day starting with zero to nearly 4 % and this sequence goes same for the remaining years while, In 2006 individuals who eats junk food several times in a week reached at 20% which is quite lower than those who take their meals once in a week, In 2006 they reached to the peak point at 33%.

Morever, In 2006 or 2013 those persons who take their food once or two times in a month increased from lower amount 25% to higher amount 32% where as slightly changes observed for those who take fast food few times in a year .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the broad pattern that daily eating and never eating were the least common categories, and you include several relevant figures, such as 20% for several times a week in 2006 and 33% for weekly eating that year. However, the overview is not fully accurate: weekly eating was not consistently among the highest categories, since monthly eating was highest in 2013, and the daily and never figures were low rather than always the lowest in every comparison. The report also omits the important decline in weekly eating after 2006 and gives little account of the 2003 figures or the never category. Some comparisons are unclear or inaccurate, so the main features are only partly covered. Select the key peaks, falls and category changes, and report them precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, an overview and two detail paragraphs. Sequencing phrases such as “Overall” and “To begin with” help signal the stages of the report. However, progression is uneven: the first detail paragraph moves between daily eating, several-times-weekly eating and weekly eating without a clear organising principle, while the final paragraph focuses mainly on monthly and yearly frequencies. Linking words such as “while” and “where as” do not always make the relationship between the figures clear, and the final paragraph does not provide a concluding comparison. Group the categories by their trends or compare the years systematically, using clear references so readers can follow each change.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “percentages,” “proportion,” “peak point” and “increased,” and the meaning is generally recoverable. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural for describing chart data. For example, “individuals of eating” and “take their meals everday” do not express the intended ideas naturally, while “this sequence goes same” is unclear. “Resturants” and “Morever” also show spelling errors. Repeated use of “people,” “meals” and “take” makes the account less precise. Build a more accurate set of chart-reporting phrases, such as “the proportion who ate,” “stood at,” “rose to” and “declined to,” and check spelling and collocations.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt longer sentences and use time references, but control is inconsistent, and errors in sentence structure and agreement sometimes make the comparisons difficult to follow. For example, “people who take their meals … never eats” mixes subject–verb agreement, while “those who … stands” has the same problem. The sentence beginning “In 2006 individuals who eats…” also shifts between present and past forms, and “increased from lower amount 25% to higher amount 32%” lacks grammatical articles and a clear comparison structure. Capitalisation after commas and full stops is also inconsistent. Practise forming accurate past-tense comparisons and checking that each subject agrees with its verb; shorter, well-controlled sentences would make the data clearer.

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