Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-09-30
IELTS Writing Task 1 question
The charts below show the average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Average percentages of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars in typical meals consumed in the USA
Student answer (Band 5.0)
The pie graph illustrates average propotion in typical feed of three kinds of nutrients, if consume too much cause detrimental effect on health in the USA.
Overall, largest propotion of sodium and saturated fat accounts in dinner intake. While snack has highest contributes of sugar. Breakfast and lunch demonstarte the lowest or less than a quater percentage across the three categories.
Looking at the data of sodium consuption in a day through different intake. In comarison with others dinner has just over the two-fifths percentage. While in a lunch has just under a third percent of intake of sodium and whereas snack and breackfast has equal amount of sodium ratio was less than fifth percentage.
Saturated fat has highest amount of percentage in dinner as more than a third, while luch and dinneer has nearly equal amount as a fifth percent. Added suger has highest consumption of suhar in snack and loweest in lunch.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
The response successfully identifies the main features of the charts, highlighting dinner as the highest source of sodium and saturated fat, and snacks as the leading source of added sugar. Comparisons are made between the categories, such as noting that breakfast and lunch demonstrate lower percentages across the board. However, there are some inaccuracies and awkward phrasings in reporting the exact data points, such as stating that breakfast and lunch equal 'less than fifth percentage' for sodium, whereas lunch is actually 29 percent. Despite these minor misinterpretations, the overall overview is present and the key trends are captured, earning a Band 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The essay is divided into an introduction, an overview paragraph, and body details, which provides a basic structural framework. However, the progression within and between sentences is often disjointed due to poor grammatical links and abrupt shifts, as seen in sentences like 'In comarison with others dinner has just over the two-fifths percentage.' Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, and referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 'different intake'). Paragraphing is attempted but lacks internal cohesion, resulting in a somewhat mechanical and halting flow. This aligns with the Band 5.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student attempts a range of vocabulary relevant to the visual data, including words like 'proportion', 'nutrients', 'consumption', and 'category'. However, there are numerous spelling errors ('propotion', 'feed' instead of food, 'consuption', 'comarison', 'breackfast', 'luch', 'dinneer', 'suger', 'suhar', 'loweest') and word choice or collocation issues ('highest contributes', 'sodium ratio was less than fifth percentage'). While the meaning can generally be discerned, the high frequency of lexical and spelling errors limits the score to Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The response contains a very limited range of grammatical structures, and attempts at complex sentences are frequently faulty or incomplete, such as 'The pie graph illustrates average propotion in typical feed of three kinds of nutrients, if consume too much cause detrimental effect on health in the USA.' There are persistent errors in subject-verb agreement, prepositions, and article usage (e.g., 'in a lunch has just under a third percent'). Errors are frequent and often cause the reader some difficulty, which places this performance at Band 4.0.
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