Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-18

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 charts illustrate the average proportions of unhealty ingridients, namely sodium, saturated fats and extra sugars in a general meals of the people who live in the USA.

Overall, in the dinner the percentages of sodium and saturated fat are higher, whereas extra sugar has been consumed by the people during snacks mainly.

It is clear from the pie charts that people of the USA consume salt mostly in their dinner and followed by in their lunch time, at 29%. The figure of sodium consumption is same at breakfast and snacks, which is 14%. In terms of consuming unhealty fat, the highest proportion is in dinner which is 37%. While lunch accounts for 26%, snacks and breakfast constitute 21% and 16% respectively for having saturated fat. Although sugar consumption is low at the begining meal, it is highly added in snacks time, at 42%. As oppose to the 23% record for adding sugar in dinner, only 16% of people in the USA have it in their breakfast.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main pattern accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead for added sugar. The response also reports several relevant figures correctly, including 29% sodium at lunch, 37% saturated fat at dinner, and 42% added sugar in snacks. This gives the reader a clear overview and supports it with data. However, some details are incomplete or imprecise: the overview could compare the lowest and highest meal shares across all three nutrients, and the final sentence omits the 19% added-sugar figure for lunch. Also, “salt” is not the chart’s label; use “sodium” consistently. Overall, the key features are selected and supported, though a little more precise coverage would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is organised into an introduction, a clear overview, and a detail paragraph, and the information generally progresses from the overall pattern to individual figures. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In terms of,” and “Although” help signal relationships between points. This is a coherent arrangement, but cohesion is not always smooth: “While lunch accounts for 26%...” is a fragment rather than a complete sentence, and “As oppose to” does not form a clear comparison. The detail paragraph also moves between nutrients without consistently grouping the figures, which makes the sequence slightly mechanical. To improve, use complete comparison sentences and organise the body by nutrient or by meal, with clear references to the chart throughout.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “average proportions,” “percentages,” “accounts for,” and “constitute,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, several noticeable spelling and word-choice problems limit precision: “unhealty,” “ingridients,” and “begining” are misspelled, while “extra sugars” and “having saturated fat” are awkward or imprecise for describing chart data. Phrases such as “in a general meals” and “snacks time” also show limited control of natural collocation. Prefer the chart’s exact terms, such as “added sugar” and “sodium,” and use standard reporting language like “the proportion of added sugar” or “the share of saturated fat.” Proofreading spelling and choosing more precise collocations would make the report clearer and more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and complex structures, including the overview contrast with “whereas” and the sentence beginning “Although sugar consumption is low...”. Most of the data remains understandable, and errors do not generally prevent the reader from following the comparisons. Some grammatical problems persist, however. “In the dinner” and “in a general meals” show article and number errors; “While lunch accounts for 26%...” is an incomplete subordinate clause; and “As oppose to the 23% record...” has a faulty construction. The sentence about people having sugar in breakfast also uses an unclear grammatical pattern. Build comparisons as complete clauses—for example, “Lunch accounts for 26%, compared with 16% at breakfast”—and check articles, plurals, and clause boundaries.

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