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)

Three pie charts demonstrate average proportions of sodium,saturated fat and added sugar in typical meals consumed in the USA.

Overall,sodium and saturated fat had the highest share in the dinner.Whlie added sugar is eaten as snacks.

Dinner is composed of 43% sodium ,making it the largest part of the meal.29% of this nutrient is consumed in lunch.14% is taken in both breakfast and as snacks.

Saturated fat has 37% share in dinner followed by 26% in lunch.Breakfast and snacks accounted for 16% and 21 % respectively.

Added sugar had the largest share in snacks at 42% .23% of added sugar was included in the dinner .19% added sugar was found in lunch time meal.16% of added sugar was found in the breakfast.

In conclusion most of the harmful nutrients were part of the dinner closely followed by snacks. The share of these nutirents in breakfast was the lowest among all.While lunch had the considerable amount of sodium ,saturated fat and added sugar.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You report the chart’s key figures accurately, including dinner’s highest shares of sodium (43%) and saturated fat (37%), and snacks’ leading share of added sugar (42%). The overview identifies these main patterns, and the body covers all three nutrients with relevant meal-by-meal comparisons. This gives the response a clear, well-supported account of the data. However, the final generalisation that “most of the harmful nutrients were part of the dinner” is broader than the chart supports, since added sugar peaks in snacks. The claim that breakfast is lowest is also not true for every nutrient: snacks and breakfast both have 14% sodium. Keep the overview precise by distinguishing the patterns rather than grouping them together.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate discussion of the three nutrients. This makes the information easy to follow, and phrases such as “followed by” help signal comparisons. The progression is generally logical, but cohesion is not consistently smooth. The overview and the final “In conclusion” repeat similar claims, and the conclusion introduces broad comparisons that do not fully match the figures. Some transitions between data points are abrupt, while spacing and punctuation around sentence boundaries are inconsistent. To strengthen the organisation, use the overview once to summarise the contrasting peaks, then group the detailed comparisons clearly and avoid repeating the summary at the end.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of chart-related vocabulary, including “average proportions,” “share,” “accounted for,” and “followed by.” These choices help communicate the comparisons, and the figures remain understandable. However, some wording is imprecise or awkward: “Dinner is composed of 43% sodium” suggests the meal itself consists of sodium, while “added sugar was included in the dinner” is less natural than describing its proportion in meals. There are also spelling errors, including “Whlie” and “nutirents,” and inconsistent forms such as “saturated fat” versus “saturated fats.” Aim for precise collocations and proofread spelling; this will make the vocabulary more controlled without requiring more complicated words.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You communicate the data using mostly simple sentence patterns, with some attempts at more varied structures, such as “Dinner is composed of 43% sodium, making it the largest part of the meal.” Meaning is generally clear, but grammatical control is uneven. The overview contains a sentence fragment: “Whlie added sugar is eaten as snacks.” The opening also needs a space after the comma, and several sentences have missing spaces after full stops or commas. In “The share of these nutirents in breakfast was the lowest,” the singular construction does not fit the plural comparison being made. Practise joining related ideas into complete sentences and check sentence boundaries, articles, and agreement; more accurate complex sentences would improve the range as well as control.

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