Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows the results of a survey about people’s coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

The Bar chart illustrates the result of a survey about peoples coffee and tea buying and drinking habbits five australian cities namely sydney , melbourne, brisbane, adelaide ans hobart.

Overall, It can clearly be seen that went to a cafe for tea cofee were the largest habbit of people while, Brought fresh cofee accounted fir the smallest percentage respectively.

The result of a survey about peoples in sydney went to a cafe for coffee was the largest proportion at 62% Melbourn were the first largest percentage made up 63% vomparison hobbart stood at 65% brought instant coffee in hobbart making up 54 % melbourn and sydney consist of 53% and 45% In contrast survey about brought fresh coffee in sydney , malbournand hobart accounted for 43%,42% and 41%

represent the city of brisbane and adelaide experiance to broght fresh cofee figure of 33% and 34 comparison instant cofee shows 55% and 50% However the figure of cafe for coffee consist 55% and 49% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and give an overview that cafés attracted the highest proportions overall, while fresh coffee was generally the least popular option. You also include relevant city comparisons, such as café visits in Melbourne and Hobart and fresh-coffee figures in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart. However, the report is only partly developed: it does not clearly compare all three habits across the cities, and some figures are inaccurate or confusing. For example, Hobart’s café figure is about 63%, not 65%, and the instant-coffee figures for Melbourne and Sydney are about 49% and 46%, rather than 53% and 45%. A clearer overview and more accurate, systematically selected comparisons would make the key features easier to understand.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic structure: an introduction, an overview and further details about the cities. This gives the reader some sense of how the response is organised. However, the body is largely one long, difficult-to-follow sequence, with figures and city names joined without clear relationships. For instance, the passage beginning “The result of a survey about peoples in sydney” moves between café visits, instant coffee and fresh coffee without signalling each comparison. Connectors such as “In contrast” and “However” are attempted, but their relationships are not always clear. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and grouped comparisons, and organise each comparison consistently by habit or by city.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “survey,” “percentage,” “proportion” and “accounted for,” and you attempt to describe comparisons. However, the range is limited and repeated, while frequent spelling errors and inaccurate word choices make parts difficult to interpret. Examples include “habbits,” “Brought,” “cofee,” “experiance” and “vomparison.” Phrases such as “largest habbit” and “first largest percentage” are not natural ways to describe chart data. Learn accurate collocations such as “the highest proportion,” “the lowest figure” and “stood at,” and check spelling carefully. This would make your descriptions more precise and reduce the effort required to understand them.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, and the overview shows an effort to summarise the main pattern. However, sentence structures are limited, and many longer sentences are faulty or lack clear grammatical connections. For example, “Melbourn were the first largest percentage made up 63%” has an unclear subject and verb relationship, while “the figure of cafe for coffee consist 55% and 49%” does not form a clear, accurate clause. Capitalisation and punctuation are also inconsistent, particularly in the long body passage where several comparisons run together. Practise building complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use full stops to separate each comparison. Check articles, agreement and past-tense forms when describing survey results.

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