Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-07

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 illustrate the percentage of five cities os Australia(sydney,melbourne,brisbane,adelaide and hobart)

who visited cafe for coffee or tea,purchasing instant coffee and bought fresh coffee from last 4 weeks.

overall,the proportion of visiting cafe for coffee or tea was higher in four of five cities except the adelaide,which has purchase of instant coffee and vesiting caffee for tea or coffee almost identical.In contrast, purching fresh coffee have the lowest proportion in all cities of Australia.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

You identify the chart’s subject and give an overview, noting that café visits are generally the highest and fresh coffee is usually the lowest. However, the overview is not fully accurate: fresh coffee is not the lowest in every city, since in Adelaide its figure is below café visits but above neither? The chart shows fresh coffee at about 34.5%, instant coffee at 50%, and café visits at 49.5%, so fresh coffee is indeed lowest there; in the other cities it is also lowest. Your claim that café visits are higher in four cities is correct, and you appropriately note Adelaide as the exception. The response is only 76 words, well below the required 150, and it gives no supporting figures or further comparisons. Develop the main patterns with selected data and a fuller overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic, sensible order: an opening sentence identifies the chart, followed by an overview introduced with “overall” and a contrast signalled by “In contrast.” This gives the reader a general sense of the organisation. However, the answer consists of only two short paragraphs and does not progress to detailed comparisons or supporting information, so the report feels incomplete rather than fully developed. Some connections are also difficult to follow, especially the clause about Adelaide, where café visits and instant coffee are described as “almost identical” without clearly stating which figures are being compared. Build a clear sequence from overview to city-by-city or category comparisons, and use linking phrases to make each comparison explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “proportion,” “purchasing,” and “in contrast,” which helps communicate the topic and broad patterns. The range is nevertheless limited, and several spelling and word-choice errors make the report less clear, such as “os Australia,” “vesiting,” “caffee,” and “purching.” Some expressions are also unnatural: “visited cafe for coffee or tea” and “from last 4 weeks” do not accurately express the chart categories. Use precise reporting phrases such as “went to a café” and “in the previous four weeks,” and vary verbs with “accounted for,” “recorded,” or “stood at.” Careful proofreading would improve clarity and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a compound sentence in the overview, using “except” and “which,” and the basic meaning is generally recoverable. However, grammatical control is inconsistent. The opening has subject–verb disagreement in “The bar chart illustrate,” and the city list is not integrated into a complete, correctly punctuated sentence. In the overview, “the proportion … was higher” shifts awkwardly into “which has purchase,” while “purching fresh coffee have” has problems with both sentence structure and agreement. Capitalisation and punctuation are also unreliable, including the lowercase “overall” and missing spaces after commas. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add subordinate clauses once the basic subject and verb forms are secure.

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