Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 12 · 2026-10-31

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 illustrates how often nationals in America ate in fast food chains from 2003 to 2013.

Overall,it can be seen that mostly people liked to ate once or twice in a month in 2013 while in 2003 indiviuals with highest percent ate once a week.

As we can see,people in 2003 mainly wished to ate once a week has highest percentage of 31% where as civilions are less likely to ate everyday in 2003.

Furthermore,we observe that in 2006 people have highest interest to ate fast food once a week mainly 33% but at the same time people are less interested to ate everyday.Thirdly if we notice nationals in 2006 we came to conclusion they ate fast food mostly once or twice a month and avoid it to ate everydays life style.Most of the fast food have been eaten by people in 2006 in every category. And it was lowest in 2003.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and make a relevant comparison: weekly eating was highest in 2003, while monthly eating was the leading category in 2013. However, the overview is incomplete and some reporting is inaccurate or unclear. The response gives figures for 2003 and 2006, but does not report the key 2013 value of 33% for eating once or twice a month, despite mentioning that category in the overview. The claim that people in 2006 ate fast food “mostly once or twice a month” is incorrect: the highest share that year was 33% for once a week. The statement that 2006 was highest “in every category” is also unsupported. Select the main trends accurately and compare all three years.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: an opening sentence is followed by an overview and then details, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Furthermore” signal movement between points. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the response repeats 2006 information and shifts between categories without a clear comparison structure. “Thirdly if we notice nationals in 2006” introduces a claim that conflicts with the earlier description, while “And it was lowest in 2003” has an unclear reference. Grouping the information by the most frequent categories or by year, and using clear comparisons between years, would create a more logical progression. Check punctuation around linking phrases and avoid using transitions that do not clarify the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “percentage,” “category,” and “once a week,” so the chart’s subject is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing statistical data. “Nationals,” “civilions,” and “individuals” are used interchangeably where “people” or “Americans” would be clearer; “liked to ate” does not express frequency appropriately; and “highest interest” suggests preference rather than the proportion shown. There are also spelling errors, including “indiviuals” and “everydays.” Aim for precise reporting language and avoid attributing likes or intentions to respondents when the chart only records how often they ate fast food.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few longer sentence forms, including a contrast with “while” and a clause beginning “whereas,” but control is inconsistent and the range remains limited. Errors in verb patterns recur: “liked to ate,” “wished to ate,” and “less likely to ate” should use a consistent grammatical construction. Other problems include missing or misplaced articles and prepositions, as in “ate once or twice in a month,” and sentence boundaries and punctuation are often faulty: “Overall,it” and “everyday.Thirdly” need spaces after punctuation. These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas harder to understand. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then combine them with controlled clauses such as “whereas” and “while.”

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