Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)
The pie charts illustrates about the average percentages in typical meals of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars used in the USA.
Overview, in these three types of nutrients, there are 4 things which are discussed one is breakfast, second dinner, third lunch and fourth snacks.
Sodium and saturated fat consumed more in dinner of average percentages of 43% and 37% while sugar is adding 23% in dinner.
firstly, Sodium is used 14% in breakfast , 29% in lunch , 43% in dinner and only 14% used snacks. However, saturated fat is used 37% in dinner , 26% in lunch , only 16% in breakfast and 21% snacks are consumed.
lastly, sugar is added in meals 42% snacks, which is highest snaks of all three nutrient. 23% in dinner which is lowest of all, 16% in breakfast , 19% in lunch and sugar is added low in meals overal.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
You report most of the chart values accurately, including sodium at 43% for dinner and added sugar at 42% for snacks, and you identify dinner as the highest meal for sodium and saturated fat. However, the overview is not sufficiently selective: saying there are “4 things” merely lists the meal categories rather than summarising the main patterns. The claim that dinner’s sugar figure is “lowest of all” is inaccurate; it is higher than breakfast and lunch, while snacks are highest. The final statement that sugar is “added low in meals overal” is also unclear. The response is one word below the required minimum. A clearer overview comparing the dominant meal for each nutrient, followed by accurate key comparisons, would address the task more fully.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
There is some basic organisation: an opening, an attempted overview, and paragraphs introduced by “firstly” and “lastly.” The figures are generally grouped by nutrient, which helps the reader follow the information. However, progression is limited because the overview mostly lists the four meal categories instead of presenting the chart’s main patterns, and the body moves between figures without consistently highlighting comparisons. Connectors such as “However” do not express a clear contrast in the sentence where they appear, while “lastly” is followed by a long, crowded list. Use a distinct overview and organise the details into clear comparisons, with linking phrases that accurately show relationships between the data.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
Your vocabulary is sufficient to name the nutrients, meals, and percentages, and terms such as “highest” and “consumed” help communicate basic comparisons. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or repetitive. “The pie charts illustrates” uses an unsuitable verb form and singular agreement, while “sugar is adding” and “sugar is added in meals” are awkward ways to describe the data. “Snaks” and “overal” are spelling errors, and “used” is repeated where more precise reporting verbs would improve the description. Build a small set of natural chart-reporting expressions, such as “accounted for,” “represented,” and “the largest share,” and check spelling and collocation.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response communicates several figures through simple sentence patterns, but the range of structures is limited and errors occur frequently. For example, “The pie charts illustrates” has subject–verb disagreement, and “there are 4 things which are discussed one is breakfast” is an awkward, poorly controlled clause structure. The sentence beginning “Sodium and saturated fat consumed more in dinner” is missing a suitable verb construction, and punctuation is inconsistent, with spaces before commas and several run-on lists. These problems sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise accurate comparative structures such as “Sodium accounted for a larger share at dinner than at breakfast,” and use shorter, correctly punctuated sentences to report the figures.
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