Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-18

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 5.5)

These pie charts illustrate us about the food intake of three kind of nutrients consumed in USA, which have drastic effect when consume too much.

These charts gives information about Sodium,Saturated fat and Added sugar. In sodium and saturated fat, dinner have a maximum portion, while in added sugar, the snack has major portion.

Furthermore, after deep analyzation the sodium and saturated fat have almost the same portion of each meal like breakfast and lunch in sodium have 14% and 29% and in saturated fat have 16% and 26% respectively. Moreover, they have Difference in snack and dinner like in Sodium 14% and 43% and in Saturated fat 21% and 37% respectively.

In Contrast the chart of Added sugar the portion of snack, dinner and lunch is vary a lot like it has 42%, 23% and 19% respectively. Whereas, the breakfast have almost the same portion like of Sodium and Saturated fat is of 16%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern accurately: dinner accounts for the largest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead for added sugar. The figures you give for breakfast and lunch in the first two charts, and for snack, dinner and lunch in the added-sugar chart, match the data. This addresses the task with relevant comparisons. However, some features are less fully reported: for example, you do not give the dinner and snack figures for saturated fat in the overview, and the comparison that sodium and saturated fat have “almost the same portion” is not explained across all meals. A clearer overview of the contrasting peaks and the main ranges would make the key features more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to comparisons between the nutrient charts. Paragraphing helps separate the main points, and linking expressions such as “Furthermore” and “In Contrast” signal shifts. However, progression is sometimes mechanical, and the comparisons are not always grouped in the clearest order. The long third paragraph combines several figures and comparisons, while “they” in “they have Difference” is not fully clear. The final paragraph also repeats the comparison with breakfast rather than drawing the information together. Organise the body around the most useful contrasts—for example, meal patterns across nutrients—and use references that make each comparison explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “portion,” “maximum,” and “respectively,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. There is also an attempt to use less common language, such as “analyzation,” but several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “illustrate us about,” “drastic effect,” and “major portion” do not express the chart information precisely. “Difference” is unnecessarily capitalised, and “vary a lot” is informal and vague for an academic summary. These word-choice and collocation problems make the range seem limited despite some appropriate terms. Prefer standard reporting language such as “show,” “account for,” “highest share,” and “varies considerably,” and check spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons joined with “while” and “whereas,” but grammatical control is uneven. Errors include subject–verb agreement in “These charts gives” and “dinner have,” missing or incorrect articles in “in USA” and “the breakfast,” and faulty verb forms in “when consume too much” and “the portion … is vary.” Some sentence boundaries and punctuation also need attention, particularly the long comparison beginning “Furthermore, after deep analyzation.” These errors do not prevent the reader from following the main data, but they reduce accuracy and make some sentences awkward. Practise complete clauses, agreement, and consistent verb forms, then proofread punctuation.

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