Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

Three pie chart demonstrates the average proportions of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars in four typical meals consumed in the United State of America all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.

Overall, this trend shows the dinner accounted the highest proportion expect Added sugar in this snacks recorded highest percentage in all these three nutrients ,Breakfast percentage recorded lowest. In Sodium both snacks and dineer remain constent.

To begin with, Brakefast in Sodium accounted 43% and slightly down in Saturated fat and recorded 37% while, more declined in Added sugar and reached 23%. Furthermore, lunch proportion accounted 29% in Sodium and 2% dip down in Saturated fat and recorded 26% also in Added sugar the percentage of lunch is just 19%.

In contrast, Snacks recorded highest proportion in Added sugar round about 42% and 21 percentage in Saturated fat and very lowest in sodium just recorded 14% also dinner remain same in Sodium and 16% in both Saturated fat and Added sugar

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main pattern that dinner is generally highest and snacks lead for added sugar, and you include several relevant figures. However, important data are misreported: breakfast sodium is 14%, not 43%, and dinner sodium is 43%, not 14%; breakfast saturated fat is 16%, not 37%, and breakfast added sugar is 16%, not 23%. The overview also says breakfast is lowest, which is not consistently true across nutrients. These inaccuracies make the summary only partially reliable, while some comparisons are relevant but underdeveloped. To improve, check each meal against each chart before writing and give a concise, accurate overview of the contrasting peaks: dinner for sodium and saturated fat, snacks for added sugar.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about meals, and phrases such as “Overall,” “Furthermore,” and “In contrast” show an attempt to guide the reader. However, progression is difficult to follow because the body shifts between meals and nutrients without a consistent organising principle, and some links are unclear. For example, “To begin with, Brakefast in Sodium…” is followed by figures that actually describe dinner and other categories, making the relationship between sentences confusing. The overview sentence is also crowded and difficult to interpret. Organise the details by nutrient or by meal, use clear topic sentences, and ensure each comparison follows logically from the previous one.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “highest,” and “lowest,” so the reader can recognise that you are describing chart data. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “accounted the highest proportion,” “2% dip down,” and “remain constent.” Repetition of “recorded” and “percentage” also makes the description less precise. Spelling errors such as “Brakefast,” “dineer,” and “constent” further reduce clarity. Build a more accurate set of chart-description expressions, for example “accounted for,” “stood at,” “was lower than,” and “remained unchanged,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentence forms, but control is inconsistent and errors frequently make relationships between ideas difficult to understand. For example, “Overall, this trend shows the dinner accounted the highest proportion expect Added sugar in this snacks recorded highest percentage” lacks clear sentence structure and has missing grammatical links. There are also problems with articles and agreement in “Three pie chart demonstrates,” and the sentence beginning “Furthermore, lunch proportion accounted 29%” is awkwardly joined to the following comparison. Most sentences rely on simple patterns or are joined with commas, so the range is limited. Practise forming complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use accurate comparative clauses, such as “Dinner accounted for 43% of sodium, whereas snacks made up 14%.”

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