Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-10

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 pie charts demonstrate the average percentages in ordinary meals of three kind of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much in the USA.

Overall, the average percentages of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars in typical meals consumed in the USA.

There are four categories of meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. It is clearly seen that the proportion of sodium and saturated fat in dinner was high 43 percent and 37 percent. Added sugar in snacks was large proportion accounted was 42 percent.

In breakfast, the same amount of saturated fat and added sugar was 16 percent. The sodium was same number in both breakfast and snacks was 14 percent.

In general, in the breakfast individuals consummed large proportion of sodium and saturated fat, in snacks people intake high volume of added sugar and the sodium was similar percentgae in both breakfast and snacks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several important features, including dinner’s high shares of sodium (43%) and saturated fat (37%), and the peak in added sugar in snacks (42%). However, the overview is incomplete: “Overall” is followed by a sentence fragment that merely repeats the chart topic, rather than summarising the main pattern. The final paragraph also misstates breakfast as having large proportions of sodium and saturated fat, although its figures are among the lowest; dinner is highest for both. The response omits useful comparisons, such as lunch’s intermediate values and breakfast’s low added sugar. It is also 12 words below the 150-word minimum, which limits the detail provided.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, an attempted overview, and paragraphs describing selected figures. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “In breakfast” and “In general” signal transitions. However, progression is weakened by the incomplete overview (“Overall, the average percentages…”) and by repeating the breakfast-and-snacks comparison in both the fourth and final paragraphs. The final paragraph also introduces a broad claim that conflicts with the earlier figures, so the sequence is not consistently clear. To improve, use the overview to state the main contrasts once, then group the supporting details logically—for example, dinner and snacks as the respective peaks, followed by the lower breakfast and lunch figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “categories,” and “average percentages,” and the reader can generally understand which nutrients and meals you mean. However, the range is limited and several word combinations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “Added sugar in snacks was large proportion accounted was 42 percent” and “people intake high volume.” “Consummed” and “percentgae” are also spelling errors, while “three kind of nutrients” has an inaccurate form. Choose concise, conventional language for describing data, such as “accounted for,” “share,” and “was highest.” Avoid repeating “same amount/number” when a direct comparison can be stated more clearly. More accurate collocations would make the report easier to follow.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a few different sentence forms, including an introductory clause (“all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much”) and comparisons between meal categories. However, sentence control is inconsistent. The overview sentence beginning “Overall” has no main verb, and “Added sugar in snacks was large proportion accounted was 42 percent” combines clauses without a workable grammatical structure. In “the same amount of saturated fat and added sugar was 16 percent,” the subject and verb do not agree naturally with the intended meaning. There are also errors in articles and plurals, as in “three kind of nutrients.” Use complete, direct sentences with clear subjects and verbs, and check agreement and article use when describing percentages.

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