Band 7.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 7.0 · 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 7.0)

The pie charts illustrate the average proportions of three types of nutrients in different meals consumed by the people living in the USA.

Overall, the largest proportion of sodium and saturated fat is consumed at a dinner, whereas the least proportion of it is consumed in a snacks and a breakfast. However, the added sugar is largely present in the snacks and less in a breakfast and a lunch.

Regarding the sodium, it accounts for the highest of 43% proportion in dinner, followed by 29% in the lunch. However in the snacks and the breakfast, equal proportions of sodium is present, which is only 14%. Largest share of saturated fat, 37% is present in the dinner. In the lunch and the snacks, 26% and 21% of saturated fat is present, while only 16% of it is included in the breakfast.

Considering the added sugar, it highly consumed in the snacks, accounting for 42% and the least of 16% in the breakfast. Only 23% and 19% of a added sugar is taken at the dinner and the lunch respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.5

The response identifies the main patterns accurately: dinner has the highest shares of sodium and saturated fat, while snacks account for the most added sugar. It also reports the key figures correctly, including sodium at 43% for dinner and 14% for both breakfast and snacks, and added sugar at 42% for snacks. The overview is clear and the body supports it with relevant comparisons. To make the account more fully developed, avoid the slight over-generalisation that the least sodium and saturated fat are both in breakfast and snacks: saturated fat is lowest at breakfast alone, while snacks are higher. A sharper overview could also compare the contrasting meal pattern for added sugar with the other nutrients more explicitly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs covering sodium and saturated fat before added sugar. Information generally progresses logically, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Regarding,” and “Considering” help signal the stages of the report. Some cohesion is less flexible, however. “However” is used where the relationship is a straightforward contrast or continuation, and the repeated “is present” construction makes the data reporting sound formulaic. The overview’s reference to “the least proportion of it” also leaves the reference slightly unclear because it covers two nutrients with different lowest-meal patterns. More varied comparisons and clearer referencing would make the progression smoother.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

There is an adequate range of vocabulary for describing the charts, including “average proportions,” “accounts for,” “largest share,” and “followed by.” These choices communicate the main comparisons, and the response uses relevant terms for the nutrients and meals. Some collocations and phrasing are imprecise, such as “the highest of 43% proportion,” “highly consumed,” and “a added sugar.” Repetition of “present” and “proportion” also limits flexibility. At this level, meaning remains clear despite these word-choice issues. To move further, use more natural chart language consistently—for example, say that a nutrient “accounts for” or “makes up” a share, and describe the figures as percentages “of total intake” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response uses a mix of simple statements and longer comparative structures, including “followed by 29% in the lunch” and the sentence contrasting lunch, snacks, and breakfast. Most relationships between the figures remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. In “the least proportion of it is consumed in a snacks and a breakfast,” the article and plural forms are faulty; “equal proportions of sodium is present” has subject–verb disagreement; and “it highly consumed” is missing an auxiliary verb. There are also article and number issues in “a added sugar.” These errors rarely prevent understanding, but more consistent control of agreement, articles, and complete verb forms is needed, alongside greater accuracy in complex sentences.

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