Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-09-22
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 6.0)
The pie charts illustrate the proportion of 3 unhealthy nutrients ( sodium, saturated fat and added sugar ) and their presence in each dishes of the day in America.
Overall, the US citizens tend to eat unhealthy food mostly after half of the day. Regarding the morning and the lunch, they seem to have less unhealthy nutrients.
Nearly half of the added sugar is ingest by eating snacks with 42%.
In addition dinner present almost twice as much sodium than the other meals and has the highest rate of saturated fat with 37%
In contrary breakfast looks to be a healthier meal than the others by having only 16 percents of added sugar and saturated fat which lands him at the very bottom of both pie charts
Lunch has a little more than half of the sodium ( 29 % ) and fat ( 26 % ) in comparison to dinner wich make it pretty healthier
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5
The student successfully covers all parts of the task by identifying the main features and making relevant comparisons across the four meal times and three nutrients. The overview correctly highlights that unhealthy nutrients are consumed mostly in the second half of the day. Key details are accurately reported, such as snacks accounting for 42% of added sugar, dinner having the highest sodium (43%) and saturated fat (37%), and breakfast being the healthiest overall. The data points cited match the visual reference closely, and the student successfully groups the information logically.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The response is organized into logical paragraphs, beginning with an introduction, followed by an overview, and then supporting body paragraphs detailing individual nutrients and meals. Cohesive devices such as 'In addition', 'In contrary', and 'Lunch has' are used to connect ideas, though some transitions are slightly awkward or unnatural, such as 'In contrary' instead of 'In contrast'. Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate different meal categories and nutrients, ensuring a clear overall progression throughout the text.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The vocabulary used is generally adequate for the task, with appropriate references to nutrients such as 'sodium', 'saturated fat', and 'added sugar'. There are some successful attempts at less common vocabulary or phrasing, such as 'proportion' and 'unhealthy nutrients'. However, there are notable word choice and collocation errors, such as 'each dishes' (instead of 'each dish'), 'ingest' (used instead of the passive form 'ingested'), 'dinner present' (verb agreement error), and 'pretty healthier' (informal phrasing).
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, such as 'Nearly half of the added sugar is ingest by eating snacks with 42%.' and 'breakfast looks to be a healthier meal than the others by having only 16 percents...'. There are several grammatical errors, including passive voice errors ('is ingest'), subject-verb agreement issues ('dinner present'), and missing plural markers ('percents'). However, punctuation is generally acceptable, and the errors do not impede overall communication.
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