Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-06

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 6.0)

The pie chart illustrates the proportional breakdown of three major nutrients-sodium,saturated fats and added sugar in four different meals consumed in the USA.

Overall,it is clearly evident that sodium made up the largest share in dinner and lunch meals and lowest in breakfast while snacks constitute the highest percentage of added sugar.However,breakfast contained an equal amount of bothsaturated fat and added sugar.

Looking into the details,sodium percentage was the highest in dinner and lunch meals with 43% and 29%. In snacks and breakfast meal sodium remaied at 14%.In contrast, added sugar was the highest in snacks with 42% and lowest in lunch with 19%. Dinner meal included only 23% of the added sugar while the percentage of added sugar and saturated fat remained same at 16%.

Meanwhile, dinner meal contained 37% saturated fat and lunch has 26% of it. Snacks included 21% of saturated fat only.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that dinner accounts for the largest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead in added sugar, and you include several accurate figures, such as sodium at 43% for dinner and added sugar at 42% for snacks. However, the overview is not fully accurate: sodium is highest at dinner, not in both dinner and lunch, and breakfast is tied with snacks for the lowest sodium share. The statement that breakfast has equal amounts of saturated fat and added sugar is correct, but the final sentence gives only the snack figure for saturated fat and omits breakfast’s 16% and the comparison that dinner is highest. The response is also four words below the required minimum. More complete coverage of all meal categories and a precise overview would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two detail paragraphs. This gives the information an overall logical arrangement, and phrases such as “In contrast” and “Meanwhile” help signal comparisons. However, the progression is not always smooth. The overview groups sodium in dinner and lunch as the largest shares, which blurs the ranking, and the detail paragraphs move between nutrients without consistently comparing all four meals. Some links feel mechanical, while missing spaces after punctuation make boundaries harder to follow (for example, “Overall,it” and “14%.In”). Organise the details by nutrient and compare the highest and lowest values within each, using clear references to the meal categories.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportional breakdown,” “largest share,” “percentage,” and “in contrast.” These choices make the chart’s subject clear, and the meaning is generally understandable. Some word choices and collocations are less natural or precise, however: “sodium percentage” would be clearer as “the proportion of sodium,” and “snacks constitute the highest percentage” is awkward compared with “snacks account for the highest proportion.” There are also spelling and form errors, including “remaied” and “bothsaturated,” as well as inconsistent use of “added sugar” and “added sugars.” Aim for accurate, consistent terminology and check spelling and spacing carefully; this would make the report more fluent and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview clause beginning “while snacks constitute…” and the contrast introduced by “In contrast.” Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons, but some grammatical and punctuation errors remain. For example, “lunch has 26% of it” shifts tense and uses an awkward structure; “lunch contained 26%” would be more consistent. In “breakfast contained an equal amount of bothsaturated fat and added sugar,” the phrase needs a space and a plural construction such as “equal proportions of saturated fat and added sugar.” Several sentences also run together because spaces after full stops and commas are missing. Review tense consistency, noun forms, and sentence punctuation while retaining your attempts at complex structures.

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