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)

The chart illustrates the survey about peoples's coffee and tea purchasing and drinking habbit in five states of Australia.

In last four weeks, People went to a cafe for coffee or tea overcame the number of people who bought instant coffee and fresh coffee. People who bouhgt fresh coffee is less than others, while people who bought instant coffee remained in between both categories.

In Sydney, fresh and instant coffee buyer are around 45% and visitors are about 60%. In Melbourne, there is slight decrease in fresh coffee purchasers and is in between 40 and 45%, while instant coffee buyers is in range of 45 to 50% and visitors slightly increased than Sydney. In Brisbane, fresh coffee buyers fell down around 35%, instant coffee buyers and visitors came to about 55%. In Adelaide, fresh coffee buyers remain same as Brisbane, while instant coffee buyers and visitors slightly decreased to 50%. In Hobart, visitors remain same as Melbourne, fresh coffee buyers movers upward around 40% and instant coffee buyers slightly increased about 55%.

Maximum people are intersted in visiting cafee. Instant coffee buyers are larger in numbers in fresh coffee buyers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the main features of coffee and tea habits across five Australian cities. However, the response falls short in several areas. The overview is weak, and the data reporting contains several vague descriptions and minor inaccuracies regarding the percentages (e.g., stating 'fresh coffee buyers is less than others' without adequate nuance). Furthermore, the comparison between categories lacks precise synthesis. While the main trends are touched upon, the lack of well-developed comparisons and clear overarching trends places this response in Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is organised into paragraphs, with an introduction, body details, and a brief concluding sentence. However, the progression of ideas is disjointed. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes repetitive or misused (e.g., 'In last four weeks', 'movers upward'). Referencing between sentences is occasionally unclear, making the flow somewhat mechanical. Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion requires improvement to guide the reader smoothly through the comparisons. This aligns with Band 5.0 descriptors.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student demonstrates a limited range of vocabulary with frequent errors in word choice, spelling, and collocation (e.g., 'habbit' instead of 'habit', 'overcame' instead of 'outnumbered', 'bouhgt', 'cafee'). There are attempts to use topic-specific vocabulary such as 'purchasers', 'visitors', and 'buyers', but the lack of precision and spelling issues cause noticeable strain for the reader. This performance is characteristic of Band 5.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The student uses a mix of simple and attempted complex sentence forms, but control is weak. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the text, such as subject-verb agreement issues ('People who bouhgt fresh coffee is...', 'fresh coffee buyers remain same...') and awkward phrasing ('visitors slightly increased than Sydney'). Punctuation and article use are also inconsistent. These persistent errors restrict the score to Band 5.0.

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