Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-01

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 given pie charts illustrates the proportions of three ingrediants ( Sodium, saturated fat, added sugar) that used in various typical meals in America, these might become unhealthy if consume in a high amount.

Looking from overall perspective, it is readliy apparent that all three nutrients mostly used in preparing for dinner, their least amount consumed during breakfast time, also their average proportaion is being used in lunch time.

In dinner the amount of all these nutrients used relatviely high people consume sodium 43% while saturated fat is 37% and added sugar is 23%. In contrast, nutrients consumed in breakfast are relatively low with figures showing 14%, sodium and 16%, saturated fat with same amount of 16% added sugar.

Following this, the proportaion of these nutirients being used in lunch is avarage 29% sodium, 26% saturated fat and 19%.

Amount of nutrients consum in snacks are 14% sodium, 21% saturated fat and 42% added sugar.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the chart’s subject and give an overview of the main pattern, noting that dinner has the highest shares for sodium and saturated fat and that added sugar peaks in snacks. Most figures are reported accurately, including the dinner values and the snack figures. However, the overview says all three nutrients are used most in dinner and least at breakfast, which is inaccurate: added sugar is highest in snacks, and sodium is equally low at breakfast and in snacks. The comparison of lunch is also vague, and the final 19% for added sugar is not explicitly labelled. A more precise overview and clearer comparisons across all four meals would make the key features more fully addressed.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs reporting dinner, breakfast, lunch and snacks. This gives the reader a coherent overall arrangement, and phrases such as “In contrast” and “Following this” signal relationships between points. However, the progression is not always smooth: the overview’s claim about the highest and lowest meals conflicts with the later snack data, and the final figures are presented in a list-like sequence without a clear comparison. Some linking phrases feel mechanical, while the long opening sentence joins several ideas with a comma. Grouping the meal comparisons more deliberately and using clearer references to the nutrients would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “proportions,” “figures,” “consumed,” and “in contrast,” so the topic is generally clear. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “Looking from overall perspective.” However, spelling errors are noticeable (“ingred iants,” “readliy,” “proportaion,” “nutirients”), and several expressions are awkward or imprecise, including “used in preparing for dinner” and “their average proportion is being used.” Repetition of “amount” and “used” also limits flexibility. Choose accurate collocations such as “accounted for” or “made up,” and proofread spelling and word forms to make the description more natural and precise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “In contrast” and a relative clause in the opening. However, grammatical errors occur in several sentences and sometimes make relationships unclear. For example, “The given pie charts illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement, while “that used in various typical meals” is missing a necessary verb form. The overview sentence beginning “Looking from overall perspective” is also structurally awkward, and the opening sentence is joined with a comma where a full stop or conjunction is needed. Work on agreement, articles, complete clauses and sentence boundaries; these corrections would make your meaning easier to follow while retaining varied structures.

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