Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-14

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 illustrates the results of a survey about people’s coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five different cities Australian.There are five different stages that show the people bought coffee in last 4 weeks.

In the first stage, Sydney people buy the fresh coffee about 44 percent, but the people buy instant coffee about 46 percent and more people went to a cafe for coffeee or tea in last four weeks, For the second stage, melbourne people brought the minor drop in the fresh coffee, but

the other two catergories are fall and vice virsa.in the third stage, brisbane people bought coffee about 34 percent, but the instant coffee about the 54 percent, people went to a cafe for coffee or tea 56 percent, For the next stage, adelaide people bought the fresh coffee is about 34 percent but other two are minor decline.Finally, The hobart city people bought fresh coffee about 38 percent, and the instant coffee about the 54 percent, and went to a cafe for coffee or tea is around 63 percent.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to summarise the main features of the chart by mentioning various cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Hobart, along with different habits like buying fresh coffee, instant coffee, and visiting a cafe. However, the response falls short of fully presenting an overview or making meaningful comparisons. For instance, the writer states that 'Sydney people buy the fresh coffee about 44 percent, but the people buy instant coffee about 46 percent', but data reporting is fragmented and often inaccurate regarding the true proportions shown in typical charts of this type. Furthermore, describing the data as 'stages' rather than categories or cities shows a misunderstanding of the prompt's layout. Because the response lacks a clear overview and features mechanical data listing with some inaccuracies, it meets the criteria for Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The text suffers from a major structural flaw: it is essentially written as one massive, unbroken block of text despite containing 177 words, with only a weak transition ('For the second stage') attempting to divide the thoughts. Paragraphing is virtually absent. While the writer uses sequence markers like 'In the first stage', 'For the second stage', 'in the third stage', and 'Finally', these devices feel mechanical and repetitive rather than functioning as natural cohesive ties. Additionally, referencing is confusing because the data points run into one another without clear logical progression or separation of categories. This lack of paragraphing and poor overall organization places the response firmly at Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 due to the presence of basic linking words.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used throughout the essay is basic, repetitive, and heavily relies on lifting phrases directly from the prompt, such as 'coffee and tea buying and drinking habits'. The writer repeatedly uses simple verbs like 'buy' and 'went' ('people buy the fresh coffee', 'people went to a cafe'). There are also notable lexical errors and awkward collocations, such as 'brought the minor drop' (instead of 'brought about' or 'saw a minor drop'), 'catergories are fall' (grammatical and lexical misuse), and 'vice virsa'. While the vocabulary is adequate to convey a minimal, crude level of meaning about the topic, the frequent errors in word choice and spelling ('coffeee', 'catergories', 'virsa') restrict the score to Band 4.5, corresponding to Band 5.0 descriptors for limited range.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, heavily relying on simple, repetitive clause patterns joined by coordinating conjunctions like 'and' or 'but' (e.g., 'brisbane people bought coffee about 34 percent, but the instant coffee about the 54 percent'). Complex structures are rarely attempted, and when they are, they are heavily flawed or ungrammatical, such as missing verbs ('the instant coffee about the 54 percent') and incorrect prepositions ('in five different cities Australian'). Punctuation is weak, notably with run-on sentences, comma splices, and a lack of capitalization at the beginning of sentences (e.g., 'in the third stage', 'Finally, The'). Frequent grammatical errors cause noticeable strain and difficulty for the reader, aligning the response with Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0.

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