Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-27

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 4.0)

This chat illustrat that the differnt three types of elements thruoghout in diffrent meals mention about their average percentage.

Overall, This picture clealy show that the sodium is much lighter for health and dinner contain rich of Added sugar,rest of elements like saturated fat are used in other meal meals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the general subject as nutrient percentages across meals and attempts an overview, but it does not accurately report the chart’s main patterns. In particular, “dinner contain rich of Added sugar” is misleading: added sugar is highest in snacks at 42%, while dinner accounts for 23%. The claim that sodium is “much lighter for health” is not a supported comparison and does not describe the figures; sodium is highest at dinner (43%) and lowest at breakfast and snacks (14%). No accurate numerical details or meaningful comparisons are provided, so the task is addressed only minimally. The response is also 100 words below the required minimum. To improve, give a clear overview of the contrasting peaks, then support it with key percentages for each nutrient.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

There is a basic attempt to organise the response into an introductory statement followed by an overview, signalled by “Overall”. This gives the reader a simple starting structure. However, the ideas do not progress into a clear summary of the chart, and the second sentence combines several unclear claims rather than presenting distinct comparisons. The reference to “other meal meals” is difficult to follow, and the relationship between sodium, dinner and added sugar is not made clear. Because the response is very brief, there is no developed paragraphing or sequence of supporting details. A clearer structure would be an introduction, an overview of the main contrasts, and a short paragraph comparing the figures across meals.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a few task-related terms, including “average percentage”, “sodium”, “saturated fat” and “Added sugar”, so the topic is recognisable. However, vocabulary control is weak: “much lighter for health” does not express a clear chart comparison, while “dinner contain rich of” is an unnatural phrase. Several misspellings, such as “illustrat”, “differnt” and “clealy”, also reduce accuracy and make the writing less fluent. The range is too limited to describe proportions or compare categories precisely. Practise standard chart language such as “accounted for”, “was highest in”, and “made up”, and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts two sentence forms, including an opening description and a sentence beginning “Overall”, but grammatical control is inconsistent. For example, “This chat illustrat that the differnt three types…” has an unclear clause structure, and “dinner contain” lacks subject–verb agreement. The phrase “rest of elements like saturated fat are used in other meal meals” also has unclear grammatical relationships and number agreement. Capitalising “This” after a comma is incorrect punctuation. These errors make parts of the message difficult to interpret, and there is little evidence of accurate complex sentence construction. Build clear simple sentences first, then practise adding comparisons with structures such as “while” and “whereas”.

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