Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-09

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 6.5)

The pie charts provide a breakdown of sodium, saturated fats and added sugar in different meals of a day. All the figures are given in percentage.

Overall, sodium was the highest nutrient in dinner, whereas added sugar was the topper in snacks. In breakfast, all nutrients were almost the same, with the exception of sodium.

It is clear that in breakfast all nutrients remained around 16% in breakfast, with 14% of sodium. In lunch saturated fat was near to a quarter, and sodium was nearly 30%, and added sugar was nearly 20%.

The most noticeable feature is that the proportion of sodium was the highest, around 43%, in dinner. Saturated fat was more than a third, around 37%, and added sugar stayed at slightly less than a quarter, around 23%. In snacks, the proportion of sodium and saturated fat was 14% and 21% respectively, while added sugar was the highest nutrient, exactly 42%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response selects the main patterns accurately and gives a clear overview: dinner has the highest sodium share, while snacks have the highest added-sugar share. It also reports the key figures for each meal, including the close breakfast values and the contrasting dinner and snack profiles. The comparisons are relevant and grounded in the chart, and there is no significant misreading of the data. To make the account more fully developed, sharpen the overview by stating that dinner leads in both sodium and saturated fat, while breakfast is the lowest or near-lowest meal for most nutrients. The current overview says breakfast nutrients are “almost the same,” which describes similarity but does not clearly summarise its position relative to the other meals.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by details for breakfast and lunch, then dinner and snacks. This makes the chart information easy to follow. However, some linking and reference choices are mechanical or unclear. For example, “in breakfast” is repeated, and “It is clear that in breakfast all nutrients remained around 16% in breakfast” repeats the meal label and makes the sentence awkward to process. The transition “The most noticeable feature” signals emphasis, but the paragraph could connect the meal comparisons more smoothly. Use clearer grouping and varied references, such as contrasting the two highest dinner figures with the snack sugar peak, rather than presenting each meal as a separate list.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

Vocabulary is adequate for describing the chart, with useful terms such as “breakdown,” “proportion,” “saturated fat,” and “noticeable feature.” The writer also uses approximate quantities effectively, including “nearly 30%” and “slightly less than a quarter.” Some choices are less natural or imprecise for formal data reporting: “topper” is informal, “remained” suggests change over time, and “near to a quarter” is an awkward collocation. Repetition of “nutrient” and “proportion” also limits flexibility. More precise chart language, such as “accounted for,” “stood at,” or “the largest share,” would improve naturalness and allow the comparisons to be expressed more concisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response uses a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the contrast in “whereas added sugar was the topper in snacks” and the clause beginning “while added sugar was the highest nutrient.” Most meanings remain clear, but some grammatical choices reduce accuracy. “All the figures are given in percentage” needs a plural form or a different construction, and “in breakfast” is repeated where “at breakfast” or “for breakfast” is needed. The sentence “all nutrients remained around 16% in breakfast” also has an awkward structure and repeats the meal phrase. To improve, check articles, prepositions, and sentence construction, and vary the structures used to compare figures while keeping each sentence direct.

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