Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-09
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 chart below illustrate the result of a survey taken in the last 4 weeks about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five different cities of Australia.
Visiting the cafe for coffee or tea is preferenced by all the cities except Adelaide. Wherein, Buying fresh coffee in the last 4 weeks been the least prefered by the people in Australia.
Among all the five cities people in the Melbourne is more inclined towards going to cafes with the percentage of 64, followed by Hobart at 62%.
The least prefered beverage bought is fresh coffee and residents of Brisbane are the ones who disliked it the most with the percentage of 34%. follwed by Adelaide and Hobart at 34% and 37% respectively.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
You identify a relevant overall pattern: café visits are highest in most cities, while fresh coffee purchases are generally lower. You also include some city comparisons, such as Melbourne and Hobart for café visits and Brisbane for fresh coffee. However, the response covers only a small part of the chart: it gives no figures for instant coffee and omits Sydney’s results, among other comparisons. The claim that fresh coffee was least preferred in every city is not accurate, since café visits were lower than fresh coffee purchases in Adelaide. The response is also 115 words, below the required 150; the nine words copied from the task prompt are excluded. Develop a fuller overview and report the main patterns across all three categories.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The ideas are grouped in a broadly understandable order: an opening statement is followed by a general comparison and then city-specific details. Linking expressions such as “followed by” help show ranking. However, the response is very brief and does not develop a clear progression through the three chart categories; instant coffee is not discussed at all. The sentence beginning “Visiting the cafe…” is followed by the fragment “Wherein, Buying fresh coffee…”, which interrupts the flow, and the final sentence adds figures without clearly connecting them to the earlier overview. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and key comparisons, and connect each detail explicitly to the relevant category.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentage,” “residents,” “survey,” and “inclined towards,” so the reader can generally understand the topic and comparisons. However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “preferenced,” “least prefered,” and “disliked it the most”; the chart records purchasing behaviour, not whether residents liked a drink. Spelling errors in “follwed” and “prefered” also reduce accuracy. Aim for precise, neutral language suited to describing data, such as “the proportion who bought fresh coffee” or “recorded the lowest figure.” Vary the wording without replacing clear chart terms with expressions that imply opinions the survey does not measure.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts more than simple statements, using a relative clause in “residents of Brisbane are the ones who…” and a comparison with “followed by Hobart.” However, the range remains limited, and several sentence-level errors affect accuracy. “The chart below illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “Buying fresh coffee … been the least” is missing an auxiliary verb. “Among all the five cities people in the Melbourne is…” has awkward and incorrect article use, and “Wherein” introduces an incomplete sentence. These errors do not make the overall meaning impossible to follow, but they weaken control. Practise complete sentences with accurate subjects and verbs, and use a wider range of correctly formed comparison structures.
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