Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-12
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 6.0)
The data illustrates the information of who bought coffee and tea and drinking habits in five distinct cities in Australia.
Overall, mostly people prefer went to cafe for coffee or tea except Adelaide. While buying fresh coffee was the least popular in five Australian cities in last 4 weeks.
Moving into more details, in Sydney, there was the highest proportion of bought fresh coffee in comparison of other four cities, it was recorded as 44%, whereas more than 45% of populace bought instant coffee and almost 61% population were going to restaurant or cafe for coffee. In Melbourne, people who bought fresh coffee accounted for 42% and 48% individuals bought instant coffee, while residents who went cafe accounted as almost 64. Morover, bought fresh coffee in Brisbane and Adelaide reported same, 34.8%.
Furthermore, the proportion of residents for who bought instant coffee and visited cafe for coffee were almost same with slight difference, 50% and 49.8% respectively. Additionally, instant coffee was most popular in Hobart among citizens, which was recorded 54%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 6.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.0
The response covers the main features of the chart across the five Australian cities, successfully identifying key trends such as the popularity of visiting cafes and buying instant coffee. Key comparisons are made, such as noting that Sydney recorded the highest proportion of fresh coffee purchases at 44% and that Hobart favoured instant coffee at 54%. However, there are some minor inaccuracies or omissions in the data reporting, such as stating that Brisbane and Adelaide reported the same fresh coffee figure without giving a clear comparative overview of all cities. Overall, the response addresses the prompt adequately and presents a clear overview, earning a band score of 6.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 6.0
The response has a coherent overall arrangement and follows a logical paragraph structure, beginning with an introduction, moving to an overview, and then diving into body paragraphs for specific cities. Cohesive devices are used, such as 'Overall', 'Moving into more details', 'whereas', and 'Furthermore'. However, referencing and transitions are sometimes faulty or mechanical, as seen with awkward phrasing like 'Moving into more details' and unclear links between sentences. Paragraphing is present but could be managed more effectively to separate comparisons cleanly. This performance aligns with the descriptors for a band 6.0.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.5
The student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully incorporating terms related to the prompt such as 'proportion', 'population', 'residents', and 'popular'. However, there are noticeable lexical inaccuracies and awkward word choices, such as 'mostly people prefer went to cafe' instead of 'most people preferred going to cafes', and repetitive use of phrases like 'bought fresh coffee'. While these errors do not impede communication, they reflect a limited and sometimes inaccurate range, consistent with a band 5.5 score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.5
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, incorporating relative clauses and subordinate structures such as 'while residents who went cafe accounted as almost 64' and 'residents for who bought instant coffee'. However, there are frequent grammatical errors involving verb tenses, prepositions, and sentence structures, such as 'people prefer went', 'in comparison of', and missing words (e.g., 'went [to a] cafe'). Punctuation and phrasing issues occasionally make sentences awkward, though they rarely impede overall communication. This places the grammar firmly at a band 5.5.
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