Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 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.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The given pie chart depicts the average persentage of consumption of three nutrients they are sodium, staurated fats and added sugars consumed by the americans.The percentage is based on breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner. We can see that in breakfast the consumption is less compared to others and the consumption tremendiously rose during dinner, and modearate in lunch and snacks except added sugars.

The chart illustrates that all three nutrients are taken in a moderately in breakfast with percentage os 14, 16, 19 respectively, However a slight raise has seen in lunch with percentage of 29, 26, 19 in breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner respectively, this has been seen with snacks also. In the final meal os the day the consumption has raised tremendiously with 43, 37, 23 respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the three nutrients and meal categories, and you attempt to describe broad patterns, including dinner’s high sodium and saturated-fat shares and the prominence of added sugar in snacks. However, the response is incomplete and contains important data errors: breakfast is not consistently the lowest, and added sugar peaks in snacks, not dinner. The figures in the second paragraph are also confused: the sequence “29, 26, 19” is not clearly assigned to meals, and the dinner figures omit the correct added-sugar value of 42%. There is no clear, accurate overview of the main contrasts. The response is also 22 words below the required minimum. Develop a concise overview and report selected figures with their meal labels clearly attached.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response into an introduction and a body paragraph, and the reader can recognise that you are comparing meal categories. However, the ideas do not progress clearly: the first paragraph gives a broad claim, while the second introduces figures in a confusing order. For example, “29, 26, 19 in breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner respectively” does not provide a clear one-to-one match between values and categories. The linking word “However” also does not establish a clear contrast, and the final sentence repeats the dinner pattern without resolving the earlier confusion. Use separate sentences or a consistent sequence to compare each nutrient, and add a distinct overview before the details.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “consumption,” “nutrients,” and “tremendiously rose,” so the topic is generally recognisable. There is also an attempt to vary wording with “moderate” and “slight raise.” However, spelling and word-choice problems are noticeable, such as “persentage,” “staurated,” “modearate,” and “tremendiously.” Some expressions are also imprecise or unnatural: “taken in a moderately” and “the final meal os the day” do not communicate the data cleanly. Build accuracy with standard chart language such as “accounted for,” “proportion,” and “highest share,” and check spelling before submitting. More precise vocabulary would make comparisons easier to follow.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and longer sentence forms, including a sentence beginning “We can see that…” and a contrast introduced by “However.” Nevertheless, the range is limited, and errors recur in sentence construction, agreement, articles, and punctuation. The opening sentence joins several ideas without a clear grammatical structure: “The given pie chart depicts the average persentage of consumption of three nutrients they are…” The phrase “in breakfast” is repeated where a more accurate prepositional pattern is needed, and “a slight raise has seen” lacks the required verb form. Commas and full stops are also missing or misplaced, creating run-on sentences. Practise writing one complete comparison per sentence, with a clear subject and verb, then check articles and punctuation.

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