Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-02

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 6.5)

The pie chart compares the average of percentage of sodium , saturated fat, and added sugar in typical meals consumed in USA; however consuming excess amount is unhealthy for people.

Overall, Sodium had the maximum share of consumption during dinner, in comparison to added sugar which had maximum share of intake as snacks. While in breakfast the saturated fats and the added sugar had equal shares, the sodium had the minimum share.

The sodium, had the maximum proportion of 43%, followed by the saturated fat,37%, and the least proportion added to dinner is added sugar that is 23%. For snacks, largest percentage, 42% of added sugar is consumed by Americans, however 21% of saturated fat and 14% sodium was used.

In lunch, minimum percentage,19%, of added sugar was used in comparison to saturated fat and sodium, 26% and 29% , respectively. During breakfast, only 14% of the sodium was used while the rest two nutrients shared the same percentage 16%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the chart’s main contrasts accurately: dinner has the highest sodium and saturated-fat shares, while snacks have the highest added-sugar share. The overview also notes the equal breakfast figures for saturated fat and sugar and the low breakfast sodium figure. Your supporting data for dinner, snacks, lunch and breakfast match the chart, and the response covers all meal categories. This gives a clear account of the key features. To make the report more fully developed, compare the patterns across nutrients more explicitly—for example, note that dinner is the largest source of sodium and saturated fat, whereas added sugar peaks at snacks. Avoid framing the figures as amounts “consumed” without clarifying that they are percentages of each nutrient’s average meal intake.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs reporting the meal-specific figures. The progression from the broad pattern to dinner, snacks, lunch and breakfast is easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “followed by” and “while” help connect comparisons. However, some connections feel mechanical or unclear. For instance, “For snacks, largest percentage…” lacks a clear grammatical lead-in, and “In lunch, minimum percentage…” makes the comparison harder to process. The overview and detail paragraphs also repeat some points without adding much. Use more direct topic sentences and vary how you group the data—for example, compare dinner and snacks first, then summarise lunch and breakfast.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of chart-reporting vocabulary, including “maximum share,” “proportion,” “followed by” and “respectively,” and the meaning of the figures remains clear. There are, however, some inaccurate or awkward choices that limit precision. “Average of percentage” is not a natural description of the chart, while “the least proportion added to dinner” is difficult to interpret. “Used” and “consumed” are repeated and can suggest quantities rather than shares. Aim for consistent, precise terms such as “accounted for,” “represented” and “percentage share.” Also check capitalisation and spacing around punctuation, as in “Sodium” and “sodium ,” to make the presentation more polished.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex structures, including contrast clauses with “while” and “in comparison to,” and most of the data relationships can be understood. Some grammatical errors and punctuation problems remain. In the opening, “the average of percentage” has an incorrect noun structure; “in USA” needs an article; and “consuming excess amount” is not formed as a complete, well-integrated clause. The sentence beginning “For snacks, largest percentage…” is also missing an article and has an awkward sentence structure. Commas are sometimes misplaced, as in “The sodium, had,” and spacing around commas is inconsistent. Practise accurate article use and build comparisons in complete clauses, such as “At breakfast, sodium accounted for 14%, while the other two nutrients each represented 16%.”

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