Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-16
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)
According to this chart, we can see that most people like to go to cafe for tea and coffee
in sydney almost double the people like to go to cafe, where was the buying of instant and fresh coffee is quite similar.
in Melbourne the case is also somewhat similar to Sydney as majority of the people like to go to cafe's, but the trend of buying instant coffee is not so far behind.
As in Brisbane's case the percentage is quite close inbetween the people who like to go out to cafes and the people who buy instant coffee.
In Adelaide the trend of going to cafes somewhat drift from going to cafe and majority of people buy instant coffee.
In Hobart again the trend is same to majority of the cities as most people like to go out to cafe as oppose to buying instant cofee or fresh cofee.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The response covers the main features of the chart across all five cities, noting that visiting cafes was generally the most popular activity and comparing it with instant and fresh coffee purchases. However, the analysis lacks specific data points or accurate figures, relying instead on vague qualitative statements such as 'almost double the people' or 'quite close inbetween'. Furthermore, some of the comparative statements are inaccurate based on the visual data; for instance, in Sydney, visiting cafes is 61% while instant coffee is 45.5% and fresh is 44%, meaning instant and fresh are indeed similar, but the café percentage is not 'almost double'. The overview is simplistic and misses a synthesized summary of the wider trends. Therefore, the response falls into Band 5 for Task Achievement.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The text is organized with a basic introduction and individual paragraphs for each city, which provides a rudimentary structure. However, there is no overall logical progression beyond listing the cities one by one. Paragraphing is weak, with sentences frequently separated by empty lines, and cohesive devices are extremely limited and repetitive (e.g., beginning multiple sentences with 'in [city]'). There is a lack of effective referencing or transitional phrases to connect ideas smoothly. While the text has a discernible direction, the mechanical and faulty application of cohesion places it at Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 for overall arrangement.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and restricted to everyday terms such as 'people', 'chart', 'trend', 'buy', and 'coffee'. Phrases like 'the case is also somewhat similar' and 'the trend is same to majority of the cities' demonstrate a limited range that is barely adequate for the task. There are also lexical and collocation errors, such as 'go to cafe' (missing articles) and 'drift from going to cafe'. Uncommon lexical items are absent. This level of vocabulary aligns closely with the Band 5 descriptor, where the language is limited and errors cause some difficulty.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The writing relies heavily on simple and repetitive complex sentence structures (e.g., 'most people like to go to cafe for tea and coffee', 'majority of the people like to go to cafe'). There is a complete lack of punctuation control, with no capitalisation at the beginning of sentences (e.g., 'in sydney', 'in Melbourne') and missing apostrophes (e.g., 'cafes'). Grammatical errors are frequent, including missing articles ('go to cafe'), incorrect prepositions ('inbetween the people'), and subject-verb agreement issues ('where was the buying'). These frequent errors and the lack of structural variety restrict the score to Band 4.0.
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