Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-21

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)

The pie chart demonstrates the average percentage of unhealthy nutrients added in typical meals which are harmful if consumed beyound limits.

Sodium pie chart defines thats the consumption of sodium is very high in our dinner with 43%.therefore in lunch it is comparitively lower(29%)Although least consumption of sodium is in lunch and snacks which is 14% for both.

The most saturated fat is consumed while having dinner(37%) therefore lunch takes 26% of saturated fat.Breakfast holds a percentage of 16% and snacks are 6% highere.

Lastly added sugar is mostly consumed while having snacks whivh is 42%.moreover, dinner includes 23% of added sugar and breakfast(16%)and lunch(19%) are having a slight diffrence in their numbers.

overall,Sodium,saturated fat and added sugar are almost equally invloved in your meals therefore,the most unhealthy meal is your dinner.Lastly/ added sugar is very high in your snacks so it is also very harmful to consume snacks beyound limits.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several important patterns accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium (43%) and saturated fat (37%), while snacks account for the most added sugar (42%). You also include figures for each meal, which helps make the report relevant. However, the overview is unclear and partly inaccurate: “Sodium, saturated fat and added sugar are almost equally involved” does not capture the contrasting peaks across meals. There is also a factual error when you describe 14% as the lowest sodium consumption in “lunch and snacks”; it is breakfast and snacks. The comparison that snacks are 6% higher than breakfast for saturated fat is correct, but the report would be stronger with a clear overview of the main contrasts and more precise comparisons between the three nutrients.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable sequence: it discusses sodium, saturated fat and added sugar in separate sections, then gives a concluding comment. This makes the main subject of each paragraph reasonably easy to follow. However, progression within sentences is sometimes difficult to track. For example, “therefore in lunch it is comparatively lower” is followed by an incorrect reference to the lowest values, and “overall” introduces a conclusion that does not clearly follow from the figures. Connectors such as “therefore,” “moreover” and “Lastly” are used mechanically or without a clear logical relationship. Use a concise overview first, then group comparisons logically, and make sure each linking phrase accurately signals the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing charts, including “percentage,” “consumed,” “comparatively lower” and “difference.” However, the range is limited, and several spelling and word-choice errors make the report less precise, such as “beyound,” “whivh,” “diffrence” and “invloved.” Some expressions are also unnatural for a data report: “Sodium pie chart defines” and “the most unhealthy meal is your dinner” sound imprecise or conversational. Choose standard reporting language such as “shows,” “accounts for” and “the highest proportion.” Avoid addressing the reader as “your,” and use nutrient and meal terminology consistently. Careful proofreading would also help prevent spelling errors from distracting from the comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, but control is uneven. Several sentence boundaries are missing or incorrectly marked, as in “with 43%.therefore in lunch” and “42%.moreover,” which makes the relationships between clauses harder to read. The opening phrase “Sodium pie chart defines thats” also has an incomplete or faulty grammatical structure, while “breakfast(16%)and lunch(19%) are having” uses an awkward verb construction for reporting chart data. Most statements rely on basic patterns, and attempts to join ideas with “therefore” and “although” are not consistently controlled. Practise forming complete sentences with clear punctuation, and use present simple structures such as “Dinner accounts for 43%” to report the figures accurately.

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