Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

These charts illustrate typical meals of three types of nutrients. These nutrients are dangerous if consumed exessively.

overall, sodium and staturated fat used in breakfast, lunch, dinner and in snacks.a larrge part of the nutrients is moslty used in dinner. sodium is used 43% and staturated used 37%.

In USA there is a low quantity of sodium 14% and staturated fat 16% used ined breakfast . In contrast 26% to 29% used in lunch.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the topic and report some relevant figures, including dinner’s 43% share of sodium and 37% share of saturated fat, and the lower breakfast figures. However, the response addresses the task only minimally: it omits the added-sugar chart entirely and gives no account of snacks or the full pattern across meals. The overview that dinner contains a large share is relevant for sodium and saturated fat, but it does not capture the contrasting peak for added sugar in snacks (42%). The lunch comparison is also unclear: “26% to 29%” does not specify which figure belongs to which nutrient. The response is substantially below the required 150 words, leaving the data and comparisons underdeveloped. Include all three nutrients and summarise their main highs and lows.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response, moving from an introduction to an overview and then to breakfast and lunch. This gives the reader some sense of sequence, and “In contrast” signals a comparison. However, the progression is incomplete and stops before the charts are covered, with no clear grouping of the meal data or concluding comparison. The overview and detail are not clearly separated, and the phrase “26% to 29% used in lunch” makes the relationship between the two figures difficult to follow. Use distinct paragraphs for the overview and key details, and connect each figure explicitly to its meal and nutrient. This would make the limited information easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, such as “nutrients,” “sodium,” “saturated fat,” and “consumed,” so the subject is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several spelling errors—“exessively,” “staturated,” and “larrge”—reduce accuracy and polish. Phrases such as “used in breakfast” and “a low quantity” are not natural ways to describe percentages in a chart; “accounted for” and “proportion” would be more precise. Repetition of “used” also limits variety. Build a small set of accurate chart-reporting expressions and check spelling carefully, while keeping the wording simple and clear.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You produce a few simple sentence forms, and the basic meaning of some figures can be understood. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and the range of structures is very limited. For example, “overall, sodium and staturated fat used in breakfast, lunch, dinner and in snacks” is a fragment without a clear subject and verb. In “sodium is used 43%,” the sentence pattern is incomplete; a construction such as “sodium accounts for 43% at dinner” would be grammatical. Capitalisation and punctuation are also unreliable, including the lowercase opening “overall” and the run-on spacing after “snacks.” Practise complete subject–verb sentences and accurate comparison structures before attempting longer sentences.

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