Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 17 · 2026-11-05

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 5.0)

The pie chart demonstrates the persentages in USA typical meals of three types of nutrients, which unhealthy eaten too much.

Overall, the chart show the average persentage in USA typical meals of three types of nutrients, sodium, saturated fat, and add sugar. we use in daily life items and give persentage.

The first is break fast the raito of sodium is 14% and saturated fat is 16% and add shugar in break fast is 16% in lunch persentage of sodium is 29% saturated fat is 26% and shugar is 19% the persentage is very high and this make a food unhealthy.

In dinner persentage of sodium is very high 43% and saturated fat in dinner is 37% and sugar use in dinner in USA is 23% and last is snack the ratio of sodium in snack is 14% and saturated fat in snack is 21% and sugar in snacks is 42%. The persentage of unhealthy eat in USA.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You report many of the chart’s figures accurately, including sodium at 43% for dinner and added sugar at 42% for snacks, and you cover all three nutrients across the four meals. However, the response does not clearly select and summarise the main patterns. The overview repeats that the chart shows percentages but does not identify the key contrasts: dinner is highest for sodium and saturated fat, while snacks are highest for added sugar. The claim that lunch’s percentage is “very high” is vague, and “this make a food unhealthy” adds an unsupported conclusion rather than describing the data. To strengthen the report, give a concise overview of the main highs and lows, then compare the most significant figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some basic organisation: you begin with an introduction, provide an overview paragraph, and then describe breakfast and lunch before dinner and snacks. This gives the reader a rough route through the information. However, progression is not consistently clear because the overview repeats the introduction instead of previewing the main features, and the meal-by-meal details are joined into long strings with few full stops. Phrases such as “The first is” and “and last is snack” provide only limited linking and do not make comparisons easy to follow. Use separate, focused paragraphs and connect related figures explicitly—for example, contrast dinner’s high sodium and saturated-fat shares with the snack peak for sugar.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary such as “percentage,” “ratio,” “sodium,” and “saturated fat,” so the topic is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several words are repeated, while spelling and word-form errors are noticeable: “persentages,” “raito,” “add shugar,” and “break fast.” Some expressions are also unclear or unnatural, including “we use in daily life items and give persentage” and “the persentage of unhealthy eat.” These choices can make the intended meaning difficult to interpret. Build a small set of accurate reporting phrases, such as “accounted for,” “the proportion of,” and “was the highest,” and check spelling and collocations before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response mainly uses simple statements and attempts to list several figures in longer sentences, but control is weak and errors frequently affect clarity. For example, “The pie chart demonstrates the persentages … which unhealthy eaten too much” lacks a complete, correctly formed clause, while “the chart show” has subject–verb disagreement. The overview sentence beginning “we use in daily life items” is also difficult to parse, and the long meal descriptions need clearer sentence boundaries and punctuation. Practise accurate basic patterns first, such as “The chart shows the percentages of three nutrients in four meals” and “Sodium accounts for 43% at dinner.” Then combine comparisons using controlled clauses rather than strings of figures.

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