Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-13

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 5.0)

The pie charts illustartes the average ratios in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.

Overall, in that charts describe which types of nutrients in eaten. Moreover describe breakfast, dinner, lunch and snacks. In sodium and saturated fat highly use in dinner. Sugar added in snacks.

Sodium highly used in dinner at 43 percentages. And secondly used in lunch 29%. And other breakfast and lunch added same at only 14 percentages. Moreover Saturated fat same as sodium. In dinner use at 37% and lowest usednin breakfast at only 16 ratio. And other two snacks and lunch respectively at 21 percentage and 26 percentage.

Also suger mostly used in snacks at 42 percentage. and lowest add in breakfast at only 16%. And other two dinner and lunch respectively used at twenty three percentage and nineteen percentages. Suger is also difference other two but sodium and saturated fat also similer.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main pattern that sodium and saturated fat peak at dinner, while added sugar is highest in snacks, and most reported figures match the charts. However, the overview is vague: “which types of nutrients in eaten” does not clearly summarise the key contrasts. There is also a factual slip when you say breakfast and lunch are both 14% for sodium; the 14% figures are for breakfast and snacks. Some comparisons are only listed rather than explained, and the response is 140 words, below the required 150. To strengthen the report, give a precise overview, check each meal label against the chart, and add a brief comparison of the overall patterns.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about sodium, saturated fat and sugar. This makes the information broadly understandable. However, progression is limited because the overview is unclear and the body largely repeats the same pattern of naming a nutrient, its highest figure and its lowest figure. Linking words such as “Moreover,” “And” and “Also” are repetitive or awkwardly placed, while “other two” does not always make the comparison clear. Grouping the figures into clearer comparisons—for example, dinner’s high sodium and saturated-fat shares versus snacks’ high sugar share—would create a more logical flow. Use paragraph breaks consistently and make references explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “average,” “nutrients,” “snacks” and “percentages,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the range is limited and several repeated or inaccurate expressions make the report less natural, such as “highly used,” “lowest used” and “sugar added.” There are also spelling errors, including “illustartes,” “suger” and “similer.” These are lexical issues because they concern spelling and word choice. Aim for precise reporting verbs and collocations, such as “accounted for,” “was highest in” and “the lowest proportion.” Varying these expressions and checking spelling would make the comparisons clearer and more appropriate for an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences are short and follow a simple pattern, with little evidence of controlled complex sentence structures. Several grammatical errors make parts of the report difficult to interpret. For example, “Overall, in that charts describe which types of nutrients in eaten” lacks a clear grammatical structure, and “Sodium highly used in dinner” is missing a suitable verb construction. There are also problems with articles, prepositions and sentence boundaries, as in “at only 14 percentages” and the lower-case “and” after a full stop. Practise complete subject–verb sentences and accurate comparison structures, such as “Sodium accounted for 43% at dinner, compared with 29% at lunch.”

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