Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-10-30

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 6.0)

The three pie charts compare the amount of nutrients: sodium, saturated fats and sugar added in the meals and snacks eaten by the American.

Overall, Large proportion of sodium and staurated fat presents in dinner while snacks has more added sugar. Breakfast is much more healthy because it has least amount of sodium, saturated fat and sugar.

Initiate from breakfast, it is often not unhealthy as it has least percentage of sodium, saturated fat and sugar, compared to other meals, accounted as 14%, 16% and 16% respectively, In contrast, dinner has 43%, 37% and 23% respectively, making it most unhealthy among all meals.

Lunch has 29% sodium and 26% saturated fat making it second largest proportion in these two, while sugar accounted as only 19%. Meanwhile snack has major proportion of sugar (42%) and least amount of sodium same as present in brakefast which is 14%. 21 percentage points of Saturated fat is in snacks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main contrasts accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead for added sugar. The figures you give for breakfast, dinner, lunch and snacks match the chart, and the overview helps the reader see the broad pattern. You also compare meals rather than simply listing values. However, calling breakfast “much more healthy” is a broad judgement that the chart does not establish, since it shows only these three nutrients, and “least amount” is not true for every nutrient across all meal types: breakfast and snacks tie for the lowest sodium share. To strengthen the response, keep conclusions tightly limited to the displayed data and make the overview more precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing breakfast/dinner and lunch/snacks. This gives the information an overall coherent arrangement, and contrasts such as “In contrast” and “Meanwhile” help signal comparisons. However, the progression is not always smooth. “Initiate from breakfast” is an awkward transition, and the final paragraph moves between lunch and snacks without clearly grouping the figures by nutrient or explaining the comparison. Some linking is also mechanical, with repeated “while” and “making.” Use clearer topic sentences and organise the details consistently—for example, compare the meal with the highest share against the other meals for each nutrient—to make relationships easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted,” and “percentage points,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. There is also some attempt to vary wording rather than repeat “amount.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “sugar added” is less clear than “added sugar,” “presents in dinner” does not collocate naturally, and “least amount” is imprecise when describing percentages. Spelling errors such as “staurated” and “brakefast,” along with inconsistent capitalisation of “Saturated,” reduce control. Aim for precise terms such as “share,” “percentage,” and “accounts for,” and check spelling and collocations during revision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “while” and a result clause beginning “making it…”. The main comparisons remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “Large proportion … presents” has an article and verb-form problem; “snacks has” has subject–verb disagreement; and “it has least percentage” needs an article or a different construction. The long sentence beginning “Initiate from breakfast” also has awkward clause structure and punctuation, including a comma splice before “In contrast.” Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles with superlatives, and sentence boundaries. More reliable control of these patterns would make your varied sentence forms clearer.

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