Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-17

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 7.0)

The pie charts illustrate the proportion of meals which typically contain sodium, saturated fat and sugar and considered very harmful if consumed a lot.

Overall, every meal contains three types of nutrients such as sodium, saturated fats and added sugars. The proportion of sodium recorded the highest in the dinner, followed by saturated fats . The added sugars were mainly consumed in the form of snacks which recorded the greatest share.

In terms of sodium, dinner consumed the greatest share at 43%, followed by lunch at 29%. The proportion of sodium in the breakfast and snacks contributed equally at 14%. Furthermore, saturated fats were the most dominant in dinner at 37%, followed by the lunch at 26%, while snack and breakfast constituted of only 21% and 16%, respectively.

Regarding added sugars, the percentage of sugar was the greatest in the snacks at 42%, followed by dinner at 23%, whereas breakfast had the smallest share of added sugars at 16%. Among all the typical meals, breakfast recorded the lowest share of every nutrient.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main patterns accurately: dinner has the largest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead for added sugar. The figures you report are correct, and the overview highlights these contrasts. You also compare meal categories, including the equal 14% sodium shares for breakfast and snacks. The statement that breakfast has the lowest share of every nutrient is supported by the charts, although breakfast ties with snacks for sodium rather than being uniquely lowest. To strengthen the report further, include the saturated-fat and added-sugar comparisons more fully—for example, mention that added sugar rises from 16% at breakfast to 42% in snacks, and that saturated fat is lower at lunch and breakfast than at dinner.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised in a clear sequence: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for sodium and saturated fat, then added sugar. This gives the reader a logical route through the information, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “Regarding” help signal shifts. Comparisons are generally easy to follow, particularly the ranking of sodium by meal. Some cohesion is less smooth where ideas are joined without a clear relationship, as in “The proportion of sodium recorded the highest in the dinner, followed by saturated fats.” This moves from one nutrient to another within the same comparison. Grouping all three nutrients by meal, or using more precise transitions, would make the progression more consistently controlled.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of chart-reporting vocabulary, including “proportion,” “greatest share,” “dominant,” and “constituted,” and the meaning remains clear. There is some flexibility in how you describe quantities and rankings. However, several choices are imprecise or awkward: “meals which typically contain” suggests the charts show whether nutrients are present, rather than their percentages; “consumed in the form of snacks” is not a natural way to describe the chart; and “constituted of” is an incorrect collocation. “Harmful if consumed a lot” is also informal for an academic report. More precise terms such as “accounted for,” “represented,” and “high intake” would improve naturalness and control, while retaining your useful range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 7.0

You use a mix of simple and complex structures, including the relative clause in “which typically contain” and the comparison clause beginning “while snack and breakfast…”. Many sentences are grammatically clear, and punctuation generally supports the meaning. A few errors persist in sentence construction and articles. In the introduction, “and considered very harmful” lacks a clear subject and finite verb; revise it to “which may be harmful if consumed in excess.” In “The proportion of sodium recorded the highest,” the structure needs a passive form (“was highest”) or a different subject (“Dinner recorded the highest proportion”). There is also an unnecessary article in “the lunch,” and the space before the full stop after “fats” should be removed. These are local issues rather than barriers to understanding.

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