Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-07

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 given pie charts compares the three types of nutrients in breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner, consumed by the US residents.

Overall, all three nutrients consumed almost equally by the Us population in breakfast, while in dinner sodium and saturated fat had slight difference.

To begin with, 14% of sodium was consumed by the Us residents, whereas saturated fat and added sugar had same amount in breakfast accounted for 16%. In lunch 29% sodium consumed by the US population. However, 26% saturated fat and 19% added sugar were consumed.

Additionally, sodium had the largest proportion in dinner among all nutrients which was 43%, while 37% saturated fat and 23% added sugar consumed by the US residents. Furthermore, in snacks 42% added suger consumed by the US population which was largest figure among all nutrients in snacks. Saturated fat had 21% ratio and sodium however accounted for 14%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all four meal types and report the main figures accurately, including dinner as the highest source of sodium and saturated fat and snacks as the highest source of added sugar. The overview also identifies the broadly similar breakfast proportions. However, the comparison that sodium and saturated fat had a “slight difference” at dinner is vague; the gap is six percentage points, while added sugar is notably lower. The response is also three words below the required minimum of 150. To strengthen the summary, make the overview more precise by contrasting dinner’s sodium and fat peaks with the snack peak in sugar, and briefly compare the lowest figures across meals.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by details about breakfast and lunch, then dinner and snacks. This makes the chart information easy to follow. Linking expressions such as “To begin with,” “Additionally,” and “Furthermore” help signal progression, although their use feels somewhat mechanical, and “However” does not express a clear contrast in the lunch sentence. The overview is also placed appropriately, but its comparison could be more clearly connected to the detailed figures. For stronger cohesion, group comparisons by the main pattern—for example, dinner’s high sodium and saturated fat versus snacks’ high added sugar—and use fewer, more precise transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted for,” and “largest figure,” and the meaning of the data is generally clear. Some wording is repetitive, particularly “consumed by the US population/residents,” and a few choices are imprecise or unnatural, such as “had slight difference” and “had 21% ratio.” There is also a spelling error in “suger.” These slips do not prevent understanding, but more accurate collocations and varied language would make the report more natural. Prefer concise expressions such as “accounted for” or “represented” when describing percentages, and use “share” or “proportion” rather than “ratio” for chart values.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses linked with “whereas” and “while,” and the reader can follow the comparisons. However, some grammatical errors remain. The opening should be “The given pie charts compare,” because the plural subject requires a plural verb. Several clauses omit a verb or use an incomplete passive construction, as in “In lunch 29% sodium consumed” and “23% added sugar consumed.” Articles and prepositions also need attention: write “a slight difference” and “in breakfast” or, more naturally, “at breakfast.” Aim to produce complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, while retaining varied structures; this would improve accuracy without sacrificing range.

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