Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-28

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 5.5)

The pie charts illustrates the proportion of three nutrients (sodium, saturated fat and added sugar) in four diffferent meals consumed in USA.

Overall, saturated fat and sodium have more part in dinner while snacks are full of added sugar. The least number of nutrients in a meal can be found in breakfast. Almost same number of nutrients found in breaskfast and lunch.

To begin with, dinner is most nutrient based diet in USA having 43% and 37% of sodium and fat while portion of sugar is 23%. For breakfast, the meal with lowest numbe of all three nutrients have 14% sodium and saturated fat and added sugar percentage is same 16%.

Lunch having all three major nutrients accounted for 29%, 26% and 19% for sodium, fat and added sugar respectively, subsquently added sugar taking a high percentage in snacks with 42%. While other 21% and 14% are saturated fat and sodium in snacks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern that dinner has the highest sodium and saturated-fat shares, while snacks have the highest added-sugar share, and you include relevant figures for all four meals. This gives the response a clear, data-based overview. However, some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear: breakfast is not the lowest for every nutrient, since snacks also have 14% sodium, and the claim that breakfast and lunch have “almost same number” is not supported by a clear comparison. The description of dinner as the “most nutrient based diet” also overgeneralises what the chart shows. To strengthen the response further, make the overview more precise and compare the meal categories directly, especially the contrasting peaks for dinner and snacks.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting meal figures. The information is generally grouped sensibly, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “To begin with,” and “While” help signal progression. However, the final paragraph combines lunch and snacks in a long sentence, making the comparison harder to follow, and the relationship between the overview’s claims about breakfast and lunch is not clearly explained. Some transitions feel mechanical rather than guiding the reader through a deliberate comparison. Organise the details by a clear principle—for example, dinner and breakfast first, then lunch and snacks—and use shorter sentences or clearer links when changing meal categories.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “proportion,” “saturated fat,” “accounted for,” and “percentage,” so the reader can understand the subject and most figures. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “more part in dinner,” “full of added sugar,” and “most nutrient based diet.” These choices make some comparisons imprecise. There are also spelling errors, including “diffferent,” “breaskfast,” “numbe,” and “subsquently,” which reduce control of written vocabulary. Aim for precise chart language and check spelling carefully. Phrases such as “accounted for” can be useful, but vary them with accurate terms such as “made up” or “represented.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main figures are usually understandable. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, particularly in agreement and sentence construction. The opening “The pie charts illustrates” has a plural subject with a singular verb, while “Lunch having all three major nutrients accounted for…” is a fragment rather than a complete sentence. In “For breakfast, the meal with lowest number… have,” the clause has an unclear subject and incorrect verb agreement. Articles are also missing in phrases such as “in USA” and “with lowest number.” Use complete subject–verb sentences, check singular and plural agreement, and add articles where needed. More accurate control of these basic patterns would make your comparisons easier to read.

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