Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-12

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 residents in five australian cities who bought fresh coffee, instant coffe or went to cafe fro buying coffee or tea during the last four weeks.

Overall, it is clear in graph that visiting cafe was the most popular in four cities, while buying the fresh coffe is the least popular activity in the most cities. Adelaide was the only city where the instant coffe was slightly popular then the visiting cafe.

In sydney, approximately 61% of resident visited cafe, making it most popular activity. Meanwhile, around the 46% instant coffe or 44% who purchased fresh coffee. A similar pattern can be follow be seen in Melbourne, where cafe visited accounted about 64%, followed by instant coffee at 48% and fresh coffe at 435

In Brisbane, 65%

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s subject and provide an overview, correctly noting that café visits lead in most cities and that fresh coffee is generally the least popular option. However, the report is only partial: it gives figures for Sydney and Melbourne, then stops at “In Brisbane, 65%” without completing the comparison or covering Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart adequately. That figure also does not match the chart’s Brisbane café result, which is about 56%. The claim that Adelaide is the only city where instant coffee slightly exceeds café visits is broadly accurate, but needs supporting figures. The response is also 17 words below the required minimum. To develop the report, complete the city comparisons and select the main highs and lows accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic structure: an introduction, an overview and a paragraph beginning with city-specific details. The overview gives the reader a useful direction, and “Meanwhile” and “A similar pattern” attempt to connect comparisons. However, progression is interrupted because the response ends abruptly at “In Brisbane, 65%,” leaving the final cities and the comparison unfinished. Some linking is also awkward or unclear, as in “A similar pattern can be follow be seen in Melbourne.” Organise the body into complete comparisons, covering all five cities, and use transitions to show how the figures relate rather than listing isolated values. A clear concluding comparison is not essential, but the report needs a complete, logically developed sequence.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “residents,” “popular,” and “purchased,” and you attempt to describe rankings with “followed by.” This gives you a workable base for reporting data. However, spelling and word-choice errors are noticeable: “coffe,” “fro,” and “cafe” recur, while “the fresh coffee” and “slightly popular then” are not natural ways to express the comparisons. “Visited cafe accounted about 64%” also uses an imprecise collocation. These errors do not prevent the general topic from being understood, but they reduce precision. Use consistent forms such as “café visits,” “bought instant coffee,” and “was marginally higher than,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both a complex overview sentence and comparison structures, for example, “Overall, it is clear in graph that…” and “where cafe visited accounted about 64%.” However, the range is limited and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to follow. Examples include subject–verb agreement in “The bar chart illustrate,” missing articles in “in graph” and “visited cafe,” and faulty verb forms in “can be follow be seen.” The Melbourne sentence also lacks a clear grammatical structure after “where,” and the final Brisbane fragment is incomplete. Practise accurate sentence frames for describing data, such as “The chart illustrates…” and “In Melbourne, café visits accounted for…,” then proofread agreement, articles and sentence completion.

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