Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-10-30

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 below illustrate the proportion of meals of three types of nutrients, such as sodium, saturated fats and added sugars in typical meals consumed in the USA.

Overall, sodium and saturated fat was highest consumed in dinner time whereas, snakes was consumed by added more sugar in the USA.

Looking at first consumed snacks, sodium stood at 43 percent at dinner time makes it highest consumining time, while 29 percentage of proportation was recorded at lunch time. snacks and breakfast was remained stable at 14 percent.

Saturated fat stood at 37 percent at dinner time which makes it was highest consumed on that time. While compared to lunch it was 11 percent lower than dinner time which was 26 percent. Moreover, snacks and breakfast time recorded at 16 an 21 percentage.

Finally, at time of ate snacks sugar was consumed at 42 percent of the total which makes it highest consumed at snacks time. 23 percenatge stood at dinner time while, 19 percenatge of proportion recorded at lunch. At the last, breakfast was recorded at 16 percent in the USA.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main contrast accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks lead for added sugar. The overview therefore captures the chart’s central pattern, and you report several relevant figures, including 43% sodium at dinner, 37% saturated fat at dinner, and 42% added sugar in snacks. However, the detail is not consistently precise: the sentence beginning “Looking at first consumed snacks” assigns 43% to dinner but describes the comparison unclearly, and the final saturated-fat figures reverse breakfast and snacks (breakfast is 16%, snacks 21%). You cover all three nutrients, but some comparisons are less fully or clearly reported. More accurate, clearly grouped comparisons would strengthen the response further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the nutrient data. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the information. You also use sequencing expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover,” and “Finally.” However, some links are mechanical or confusing. For example, “Looking at first consumed snacks” does not clearly signal which meal or nutrient is being discussed, and “At the last” is an awkward transition. The paragraph on sodium also moves from dinner to lunch and then snacks and breakfast without a clear comparison pattern. Grouping each nutrient’s figures in a consistent order, and using clearer references, would make the progression easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “recorded,” “stood at,” and “consumed,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate enough to make parts difficult to interpret. “Snakes was consumed by added more sugar” appears to mean that snacks had the highest added-sugar share, while “highest consumining time” is not a natural way to describe a meal category. There are also noticeable spelling and word-form errors, such as “proportation,” “percenatge,” and “consumining.” Aim for precise, repeatable expressions such as “accounted for,” “the highest proportion,” and “the figure for snacks.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the reader can usually identify the intended comparisons. Nevertheless, control is uneven, and errors in agreement, sentence construction, and punctuation sometimes make the meaning hard to follow. For instance, “sodium and saturated fat was highest” has a subject–verb agreement problem, while “Saturated fat stood at 37 percent … which makes it was highest consumed” combines incompatible verb forms. The sentence beginning “While compared to lunch” is also not a complete, well-formed comparison. Some comma use creates awkward breaks, as in “whereas, snakes.” Practise building clear comparison sentences with consistent past-tense verbs and check agreement and clause boundaries.

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