Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 compares the average proportion of three types of nutrients (sodium, saturated fat and added sugar) taken in different meals in USA, dangerous when taken in excess.

Overall, dinner represents the largest share of sodium and saturated fat followed by the lunch which stands out as second in containing these two nutrients. While added sugar is consumed mostly in snacks. Conversely, breakfast contains the smallest share of all three nutrients.

Sodium and saturated fat are consumed mostly in dinner with a share of 43% and 37% of their total consumption respectively. Lunch comes second in containing these two nutrients comprising of 29% sodium and 26% saturarted fat. On the other hand, snacks and breakfast include the smallest and equal share of sodium with only 14%. While 16% and snacks include 21% of saturated fat is found in breakfast and snacks respectively.

The greatest proportion of added sugar is taken in snacks with a percentage of 42%. Whereas dinner includes 23% of it followed by lunch which has a relatively low amount of added sugar which is 19%. At last breakfast has only 16% sugar.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The response selects the main patterns accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat (43% and 37%), while snacks lead in added sugar (42%). It also identifies lunch as second for the first two nutrients and breakfast as the lowest for added sugar. These comparisons provide a clear overview and relevant supporting figures. The account is not fully precise in its overview, however: breakfast is not the smallest for every nutrient, since snacks also have 14% of sodium, below breakfast’s 16% for saturated fat. The sentence about saturated fat is also difficult to interpret, although the figures are present. To strengthen the report further, state the key contrasts more precisely and avoid implying that breakfast is uniformly lowest.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised in a clear sequence: an introduction and overview are followed by details about sodium and saturated fat, then added sugar. This makes the main comparisons easy to locate, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “On the other hand,” and “Whereas” help signal relationships. Some connections are less smooth because several contrast markers begin separate fragments, particularly “Whereas dinner includes 23%...” and “At last breakfast...”. The sentence beginning “While 16%...” also interrupts the comparison and makes the information hard to follow. Improve cohesion by joining these clauses to complete sentences and using fewer, more purposeful transitions.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The vocabulary is adequate for describing proportions and comparisons, with useful terms such as “largest share,” “comprising,” and “proportion.” The writer also uses relevant nutrient names consistently, so the data remain understandable. However, some word choices and collocations are imprecise or repetitive: “taken in different meals” is less natural than a phrase describing consumption across meals, and “stands out as second in containing” is awkward. “At last” is not an appropriate way to introduce the final category, and “saturarted” is misspelled. Aim for more natural chart-reporting language and check spelling carefully; this would make the description more precise without requiring a much wider vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

There is a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “While added sugar is consumed mostly in snacks” and the longer comparisons of dinner and lunch. Meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors remain. The opening has subject–verb disagreement in “The pie charts compares,” and “in USA” needs an article. The sentence “While 16% and snacks include 21%...” is structurally incomplete and obscures the relationship between the figures. There are also sentence fragments beginning “Whereas dinner...” and “At last breakfast...”. Practise forming complete clauses and checking agreement and articles, while retaining the range of sentence patterns already attempted.

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