Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-10

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 given graph illustrate the comperision about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in different australian cities.

Overall, There is a considerable highest percentage of people in Melbourne and Hobart who visited cafe for tea and cofee where most of the people in Horbart loves instant coffee and citizen of Melbourne loves fresh coffee while lowest percentage of people in Adelaide went to cafee to take a tea or coffee.

The grapgh shows that 65% Melbourne resident went to cafe where 48% of people bought instant coffee and 43% bought fresh coffee followed by resident of Horbort where almost same number of resident visited caffee but 54% of residents bought instant coffee and 38% of fresh coffee. The trend for Brisbane and Adelaid is almost same where lowest 50% of resident went to cafe in A and 56% of people

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify relevant features, including café visits being high in Melbourne and Hobart and instant coffee being especially popular in Hobart. However, the overview contains inaccurate or unclear claims: Melbourne does not have the highest café figure (Hobart is marginally higher), and Adelaide—not Melbourne—has the lowest café attendance. The report also ends mid-comparison (“56% of people”), leaving Brisbane and Adelaide’s results incomplete and omitting a full account of the chart. The response is 134 words, below the required 150, which further limits its coverage. To improve, give a complete overview and compare all five cities accurately, including the contrast between café visits and fresh or instant coffee purchases.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, with an introduction, an overview and a paragraph of figures, so the reader can recognise the intended report format. Some comparisons are also signalled with “followed by” and “while.” However, progression is limited: the overview repeats information later, and the final paragraph stops abruptly after “56% of people,” leaving the comparison unfinished. The phrase “The trend for Brisbane and Adelaid is almost same” does not clearly explain which figures are being compared. Organise the details into a complete sequence—for example, café attendance across the cities, followed by fresh and instant coffee purchases—and use clear links between each comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, such as “percentage,” “resident,” “visited cafe” and “instant coffee,” and the reader can generally identify the topic. However, the range is limited and several spelling and word-choice errors make the report less clear, including “comperision,” “grapgh,” “Horbort,” “Adelaid” and “cafee.” Phrases such as “loves instant coffee” are informal and imprecise for describing survey results, while “considerable highest percentage” is not a natural collocation. Use neutral reporting language such as “the proportion who bought instant coffee was highest” and check spelling carefully. More precise terms for the three survey categories would also help distinguish purchases from café visits.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, including a sentence beginning “Overall” and one using “while,” but control is inconsistent. Subject–verb agreement is faulty in “The given graph illustrate” and “65% Melbourne resident went,” and articles or plural forms are missing in phrases such as “visited cafe” and “most of the people.” The long sentence about Melbourne and Hobart combines several figures without clear grammatical structure, and the final sentence is incomplete. These recurring errors sometimes make relationships between the data difficult to follow. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, plural nouns and articles, then build comparisons as complete sentences with one clear main clause and carefully attached supporting figures.

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