Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-26

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 6.0)

The pie charts illustrates the percentages of sodium, saturated fat and added sugar in specific meals which may be unhealthy if excessively consumed.

Overall, these three nutrients are classified in four types of meals which are commonly consumed in USA. Sodium and saturated fat has highest percentage in dinner meal while added sugar is most common and has highest volume as compared to others in snacks.

Firslty, breakfast contains smallest and about equal amount of sodium, saturated fat and added sugar which is healthiest in every aspect as comapred to others. On the other hand usualy dinner meals contains 43% of sodium, 37% of saturated fat and 23% added sugar. these figures are more than double as compared to breakfast.

Lunch meals have average percentile of nutrients like 29% of sodium, 26% of saturated fat and just 19% of added sugar. Snacks have least amount of sodium and excessive amount of artificial sugar in it and saturated fat is second lowest among overall meals.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead in added sugar. The figures you give for dinner and lunch also match the chart, and the overview provides a useful comparison. This meets the task well, with some features reported clearly. However, the breakfast description is imprecise: its values are 14%, 16% and 16%, so it is not the lowest meal for every nutrient, since snacks also contain 14% sodium. Calling breakfast “healthiest in every aspect” goes beyond what the chart establishes. The snack comparison is also incomplete because its exact added-sugar figure, 42%, is omitted. More precise reporting and avoiding health conclusions would strengthen the response further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs comparing meal categories. The contrast between dinner and breakfast, followed by lunch and snacks, gives the reader a generally logical route through the data. However, the final paragraph groups lunch and snacks together without a clear transition between their contrasting profiles, and the overview’s phrase “these three nutrients are classified in four types of meals” does not clearly explain the relationship. Some linking is also mechanical, particularly “On the other hand,” where the contrast is not fully developed. Use clearer topic sentences and connect each comparison explicitly—for example, contrast lunch’s moderate figures with snacks’ high added sugar—to make progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentages,” “sodium,” “saturated fat,” and “added sugar,” so the topic remains understandable. There are also attempts at more descriptive language, such as “excessively consumed.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing data: “highest volume” and “average percentile” do not fit these percentages, while “artificial sugar” changes the chart’s label, which is “added sugar.” “Smallest amount” and “least amount” are repeated, limiting precision. Spelling errors such as “Firslty,” “comapred,” and “usualy” are noticeable. Aim for accurate collocations such as “accounted for,” “proportion,” and “share,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main comparisons are usually understandable. For example, the sentence beginning “On the other hand” combines several figures in a clear list. However, some grammatical errors recur. In the opening, “The pie charts illustrates” has a subject–verb agreement error; “Sodium and saturated fat has” should use a plural verb. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention: “in USA” requires an article, and “these figures” begins a new sentence but is not capitalised. The sentence about breakfast is awkwardly constructed, and “dinner meals contains” has agreement problems. More consistent control of agreement, articles, and punctuation would make the data easier to read.

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