Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-10

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)

There is a chart that illustrates us the average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients,all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.

Firstly, there is average percentage of sodium,saturated fats and added sugars in typical meals consumed in USA.Lets talk about the breakfast first most of the citizans do a light breakfast thats why these numers are less then average other meals in breakfast saturated fats and sugar are at 16% and the soudium only at 14%.

Secondly,most of people are at mork and mostly tired to boost their energy they do a much havier lunch then breakfast contains about 26% of saturated fats,19% of sugar and 29% of sodium.To make them active people are take snacks that contains about 42% of sugar and 14%sodium and about half of sugar is saturated fats at 21%.

At last, most of people do their dinner heavy contains 37%of fats,23%of sugars and 43% of sodium.

Overall people do breakfast light and dinner heavy which is quiet un healthy and just a opposite habit dinner should be light becuase you have to sleep after it and for a good start your body neend energy and breakfast should be good.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report the main meal categories and several figures accurately, including dinner’s highest sodium share (43%) and snacks’ highest added-sugar share (42%). However, the overview is not a clear summary of the chart’s key patterns: saying breakfast is light and dinner heavy introduces an unsupported interpretation of meal size, while the chart only compares nutrient percentages. Some details are also inaccurate or unclear: “about half of sugar is saturated fats at 21%” confuses the snack figures, since 21% is saturated fat and 42% is added sugar. The explanation about people’s work, tiredness and what they should eat is not shown by the data. Focus on neutral comparisons across all three nutrients and avoid advice or speculation.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic sequence, moving from breakfast to lunch, snacks and dinner, and paragraph breaks help distinguish the opening, details and final comment. However, progression is weakened by the repeated “Firstly,” “Secondly” and “At last,” which make the report feel like a list rather than a comparison of the chart’s main patterns. The final paragraph shifts from describing data to giving dietary advice, so it does not provide a focused overview. Connections between figures are sometimes unclear, particularly in the sentence about snacks and “half of sugar.” Grouping the information by notable trends—for example, dinner’s high sodium and saturated fat versus snacks’ high sugar—would create a clearer line of development.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “sodium,” “saturated fats,” “added sugars” and “percentages,” so the reader can generally identify the subject. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems make the report less precise: “illustrates us” is unnatural, “much havier lunch” is unclear, and “citizans,” “numers” and “soudium” are misspelled. Informal or evaluative wording such as “boost their energy,” “heavy” and “un healthy” is not suitable for a neutral chart summary. Use precise reporting language and check spelling carefully; for example, describe a figure as a “share” or “proportion” rather than making claims about people’s habits.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

There are attempts to combine ideas in longer sentences, but control is inconsistent, and many sentences contain errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles or punctuation. For example, “most of the citizans do a light breakfast thats why these numers are less” joins clauses without suitable punctuation or a conjunction. “Most of people are at mork” is missing an article, while “people are take snacks” has an incorrect verb form. The opening phrase “illustrates us” also shows an inaccurate grammatical pattern. Commas are often missing after introductory phrases and between clauses. Build accuracy first with clear simple sentences, then add controlled comparisons using forms such as “Dinner accounts for…” and “whereas snacks make up…”.

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