Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 about the percentage of residents buying and drinking coffee and tea in five cities of australia suach as sydeny, melbourne, brisbane, adelaide and hobart.

Overall, all the cities are competing each other and have a similar pattern.Melbourne has the highest proportion of buying tea and coffee followed by hobart,sydney,brisbane and adelaide which has the lowest proportion.

Firstly, Melbourne has the highest capability for wenting to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks with a percentage of 63%.Also 47% of people bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks followed by individuals who buy fresh coffeein last 4 weeks.The second important city after melbourne is hobart in which has the same number of people who went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeeks is 65% followed by 54% people who bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks and 37% of people who bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks.

After hobart, sydney is the important city for people buying coffee and tea and the city like brisbane and adelaide are similar to each other .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s subject and name all five cities, and you attempt an overview by comparing their results. However, the overview is not accurate: Melbourne does not have the highest café attendance (it is about 63.5%, while Hobart is about 63% and Sydney about 61%), and the chart reports café visits, not “buying tea and coffee” overall. The response also leaves out several key comparisons and gives no figures for Sydney, Brisbane or Adelaide. Some figures are inaccurate, including Hobart’s café result (reported as 65% rather than about 63%) and Melbourne’s instant-coffee result (47% rather than about 48.5%). To improve, summarise the main patterns accurately, then support them with selected figures for all cities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview and two body paragraphs. Sequencing phrases such as “Firstly” and “After hobart” help signal movement between cities. However, the progression is incomplete: the final paragraph merely says Brisbane and Adelaide are similar, without explaining how their results compare, and the discussion does not systematically cover all three measures. Some linking is awkward or unclear, as in “followed by individuals who buy fresh coffee,” where the comparison is not completed with a figure. Use one paragraph to compare the overall patterns and another to group cities or measures, and connect each comparison explicitly to the relevant data.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “percentage,” “proportion,” “bought instant coffee” and “went to a cafe.” However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing a chart. “Competing each other” does not express a data comparison, while “highest capability” and “important city” are unsuitable descriptions of survey results. Spelling errors such as “suach,” “sydeny” and “weeeks,” along with inconsistent capitalisation of city names, also reduce clarity. Aim for precise reporting language and accurate collocations, for example, “recorded the highest proportion” or “the figure for café visits.” Check spelling and use the chart’s categories consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including comparisons with “followed by,” but control is uneven and errors sometimes make relationships difficult to follow. For example, “Melbourne has the highest capability for wenting to a cafe” has an incorrect verb construction, and “the second important city after melbourne is hobart in which has” contains faulty clause structure. There are also missing spaces after full stops and inconsistent sentence punctuation, as in “pattern.Melbourne” and “63%.Also.” Practise forming clear comparative sentences with accurate subjects and verbs, such as “Hobart recorded the highest instant-coffee figure, at about 54.5%.” Use full stops and commas consistently.

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