Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-12

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 6.5)

The three pie charts show the average percentages of sodium, satured fat and added sugar in four typical meals eaten in the usa.

Overall, dinner contains the highest percentage of sodium and satured fat, while snacks have the highest proportion of added sugar. Breakfast generally has the lowest percentages of these nutrients.

Looking at sodium dinner accounts for the largest share at 43%, followed by lunch at 29%. Breakfast makes up 14%, while snacks represent the pending 14%. Similarly, dinner is the main source of satured fat, at 37%.Lunch contributes 26%, whereas snacks account for 21% and breakfast has the lowest figure.

In contrast, added sugar is mainly consumed through snacks, which make up 42% of the total dinner accounts for 23%, while lunch represents 19%. Breakfast has the smallest proportion of added sugar, at 16%. Therefore, the charts show that diffrent meals contribute diffrent amounts of these three nutrients to the american diet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response selects the main patterns accurately: dinner has the largest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead for added sugar. It also reports most figures correctly, including sodium at 43% for dinner and 29% for lunch, and added sugar at 42% for snacks. The overview is clear and the comparisons address all three nutrients. However, the claim that breakfast “generally has the lowest percentages” is too broad: snacks and breakfast are tied for the lowest sodium share, and breakfast is not the lowest for saturated fat. The phrase “pending 14%” also obscures an otherwise correct figure. More precise qualification of the overview and clearer reporting of the snack sodium figure would make the account more consistently well-supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The four-paragraph structure is appropriate, moving from an introduction to an overview and then to details about sodium and saturated fat before contrasting added sugar. This gives the reader a clear overall route through the information, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Similarly” and “In contrast” help signal comparisons. Some cohesion is less controlled within sentences: “dinner accounts for 23%” follows the snack figure without a clear connector or punctuation, making the relationship between the two figures momentarily unclear. There are also awkward gaps and missing spaces after full stops, such as “37%.Lunch.” Keep the useful paragraph structure, but make transitions between individual data points more explicit and check sentence boundaries.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The response uses an adequate range of task vocabulary, including “accounts for,” “largest share,” “proportion” and “contributes,” and these choices generally communicate the comparisons clearly. There is some variation rather than relying on one repeated verb. However, spelling and word-choice slips reduce precision: “satured” and “diffrent” are misspelled, “pending 14%” is not an appropriate expression for the chart figure, and “main source” is less exact than describing a meal’s share of the total. The repeated use of “percentage” and “proportion” is understandable but could be varied with more precise terms such as “share” or “figure.” Careful proofreading and more accurate collocations would strengthen control of vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

There is a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, including the contrast in “while snacks have the highest proportion” and the comparison introduced by “whereas.” Most relationships remain understandable, and the response uses present tense appropriately to describe the charts. Some punctuation and sentence-boundary errors remain: “Looking at sodium dinner accounts…” needs punctuation after the introductory phrase, and “37%.Lunch” needs a space and clearer separation. In the added-sugar paragraph, “which make up 42% of the total dinner accounts for 23%” joins two clauses without suitable punctuation or a linking word. These are occasional but noticeable control issues; separating the figures into complete sentences would improve accuracy while preserving structural variety.

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