Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-16

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 4.0)

The pie charts illutrates average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients.

Overall, this information of the percentages of Sodium and Saturated fat showed in the upward trend. While Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Snakes features and added sugars in typical meals consumed in the USA.

At the beginning, Sodium charts showed that in Dinner highest sugar level in over the period. Addicinally Saturated fat is the same as Sodium.After that in the sodium Lunch is 29% and snackes is 14%. if I talk about Saturated fat Snackes 21% is the second highest amount of sugar.

On the other hand, in Sodium, Breakfast is the second lowest sugar in over the pie charts and Breakfast and snackes is have the same amm

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

You identify the topic and mention several relevant figures, including sodium at dinner (43%), sodium at lunch (29%), and saturated fat in snacks (21%). However, the response does not provide a clear, accurate overview of the main patterns: sodium and saturated fat do not simply show an “upward trend,” and the charts compare meal categories rather than change over time. Some descriptions are confused, such as calling the sodium figure a “sugar level,” and the response ends mid-sentence, leaving the comparisons incomplete. The required minimum of 150 words is also not met: the response contains 112 words, with 10 prompt words excluded from the count. To improve, summarise the key contrasts accurately and report the main figures for all three nutrients.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is an attempt to organise the response into an introduction, an overview, and detail paragraphs, and phrases such as “Overall” and “On the other hand” show an effort to connect ideas. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the overview is unclear and the details jump between nutrients and meal types without a consistent structure. For example, “At the beginning” suggests a sequence that the pie charts do not show, while “After that” does not establish a clear relationship between the figures. The final sentence is incomplete, which further disrupts the flow. Group the information by nutrient or by highest and lowest meal shares, and use linking phrases only when they express a genuine comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “average percentages,” “typical meals,” “highest,” and “second lowest,” so the reader can recognise that you are describing chart data. However, inaccurate word choice and spelling often make the meaning unclear. “Sugar level” is used when discussing sodium and saturated fat, and “upward trend” is unsuitable for categories shown at one point in time. There are also misspellings such as “illutrates,” “Addicinally,” and “snackes,” alongside the unclear “amm” at the end. Aim for precise chart language and check spelling carefully. Useful alternatives include “proportion,” “accounted for,” and “largest share,” which fit comparisons between meal categories.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast beginning “While” and a conditional phrase, “if I talk about Saturated fat.” However, sentence construction is often incomplete or inaccurate, which makes relationships between ideas hard to understand. For example, “Overall, this information … showed in the upward trend” lacks a clear grammatical structure, and “Breakfast and snackes is have the same” contains errors in agreement and verb form. The final clause is unfinished, and punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent. Practise writing complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, such as “Dinner accounts for the largest share of sodium,” then check agreement, articles, and sentence endings.

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