Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-08

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 charts compare the proportion of three nutrients in typical meals, if they consumed in excessive amount cause health issues.

Overall, dinner recorded the highest percentage of sodium and saturated fat, while breakfast was the lowest proportion of three nutrients. Subsequently, added sugar had largest share in snack.

In detail, sodium accounted for 43% in dinner that largest part of the total percentage, followed by 29% in lunch. Breakast and snack both represented 14%. Similarly, saturated fat made up 37% in dinner, 26% proportion at lunch and breakfast recorded 16%, which was the smallest, snack conatined 21% of saturated fat. Whereas, snack accounted for the largest share of added sugar. Furthermore, dinner remained the second highest figure of added sugar. Lunch represented 19% of the third nutrients, breakfast was the least value of added sugar that made up for 16% of the total percentage.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat, and snacks have the highest share of added sugar. Most figures are reported correctly, including sodium at 43% for dinner and 29% for lunch, and saturated fat at 37% and 26% respectively. However, the overview’s claim that breakfast is the lowest for all three nutrients is not accurate: snacks are lower than breakfast for sodium, and breakfast is not the lowest for saturated fat. The added-sugar figures are also incomplete, as the key snack value of 42% is omitted. The response is five words below the required minimum. Include the missing comparison and develop the overview more precisely to cover the chart’s main contrasts fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, with an introduction, an overview and a detail paragraph, and it generally moves from sodium to saturated fat and then added sugar. This makes the information reasonably easy to follow. Some links, however, are mechanical or unclear: “Subsequently” does not express the relationship between the overview points, while “Whereas” begins a fragment rather than a complete contrast. The detail paragraph also shifts between nutrients without consistently grouping the comparisons, and “the third nutrients” is an unclear reference. Organise the details more systematically—for example, compare meal patterns across nutrients—and use linking expressions only where they clarify the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary such as “accounted for,” “represented,” “made up” and “share,” which helps communicate proportions. There is some variety, but several choices are inaccurate or awkward, including “the largest part of the total percentage,” “the lowest proportion of three nutrients” and “the least value.” These phrases make the comparisons less precise. Spelling slips such as “Breakast” and “conatined” also reduce accuracy. Aim for concise, natural collocations used consistently for chart data, such as “the highest proportion” or “the lowest figure,” and check spelling carefully. This would make your adequate range more precise and fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more developed sentence forms, and the main figures are usually understandable. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly in sentence construction and clause relationships. The opening phrase “if they consumed in excessive amount cause health issues” is not a complete, well-formed clause; “while breakfast was the lowest proportion of three nutrients” also lacks a natural grammatical structure. In “sodium accounted for 43% in dinner that largest part,” the relative clause is incomplete. Articles and number forms are also inconsistent, as in “the third nutrients.” Use complete clauses, check that each comparison has a clear subject and verb, and review articles and singular/plural agreement. Greater control would make the range of structures more effective.

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