Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-20

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)

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and in situated facts there are 37% nutrients of breakfast and snack 21 percent and snacks 21% and launch 26%

and in edit sugar 42% snacks 16% dinner

and breakfast include on 23% I lunch include are 19%

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AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify some relevant patterns, especially that dinner has the highest sodium share and snacks have the highest added-sugar share. However, several figures are assigned to the wrong meals: sodium is 43% at dinner, not snacks, and 14% at both breakfast and snacks; saturated fat is 16% at breakfast, not 37%, while 37% is dinner’s figure. The added-sugar figures are also confused: snacks are 42%, but breakfast is 16%, lunch 19%, and dinner 23%. The response gives no clear, accurate overview of all three charts, and the final advice about choosing nutrients according to household needs is not supported by the task. Select the main highs and lows and report them accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is an attempt to separate the information into sections, beginning with sodium, then saturated fat, and finally added sugar. Repeating the main comparisons at the end also shows an effort to summarise. However, the ideas are difficult to follow because figures and meal labels are run together, as in “29%s 14%and for snacks there are 43%dinner.” The final sentence shifts to advice and repeats earlier points without creating a clear conclusion. Use a simple structure: an overview first, followed by one paragraph comparing sodium and saturated fat and another describing added sugar. Clear sentence boundaries and accurate linking would make the progression easier to understand.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The response uses a small set of relevant chart terms, including “breakfast,” “lunch,” “dinner,” “snacks,” and “more,” so the reader can recognise the general subject. However, vocabulary is basic and often inaccurate or repetitive, which strains understanding. Phrases such as “situated facts,” “edit sugar,” and “Newton's” appear to be attempts at “saturated fat,” “added sugar,” and “nutrients,” while “person” is used where a percentage is intended. “More nutrients” is also imprecise because the chart reports percentages of nutrients in meals. Learn and use the chart’s exact category names, and describe values with terms such as “accounted for,” “share,” “highest,” and “lowest.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

You attempt to connect ideas with clauses, for example, “it’s mean in the sodium there are more nutrients of that will get from dinner,” but sentence structures are very limited and errors frequently make the meaning unclear. There are problems with sentence boundaries, word order, articles, and agreement; for instance, “dinner include 43%” needs a correctly formed subject and verb, and “in the situated facts there are 21 person” does not form a clear grammatical statement. Several long strings of information lack punctuation, making it hard to tell which meal each figure describes. Practise writing short, complete comparison sentences first, such as “Dinner accounts for 43% of sodium,” then combine them with accurate linking words.

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