Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-17

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 provides information about the findings of a survey about individual's coffee and tea buying and dirnking habits in five different Australlian cities.

Overall, the percentage of city residents they went to cafe for coffee or tea in last four weeks was the highest at all the period except in Adelaide,while resident's bought fresh coffee was made up the lowest figure over all the survey period, in contrast the percentage of resident's bought instant coffee showed a slight increase during the period.

in sydney the resident's prefrring went to a cafe for coffee or tea made up about 62% , and 45%,43% for ho bought instant cofee and fresh coffee respecrively, in melbourne it recorded about the same figures,and about brisbane city the resident's went to a cafe for coffee or tea was registred 55% and 53% ,33%

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to summarize the main features of the chart, correctly identifying that visiting a café was generally the most popular activity across the cities. However, the response falls short of the 150-word minimum requirement, containing only 140 words, which incurs a penalty on Task Achievement. Furthermore, the overview is slightly inaccurate as fresh coffee was not consistently the lowest figure across all cities (for instance, fresh coffee was higher than instant coffee in Sydney and equal in Adelaide), and the reporting of specific data points becomes fragmented, incomplete, and imprecise by the end of the text.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response shows some organization with an introductory overview and a second paragraph attempting to detail specific cities. However, the overall progression is hampered by poor paragraphing, as the second paragraph runs on with incomplete data and abruptly stops. Cohesive devices are weak and misused (e.g., 'while resident's bought fresh coffee was made up', 'in contrast the percentage of resident's bought instant coffee showed a slight increase during the period' where no time progression exists in a static chart). Referencing is frequently unclear, and punctuation errors disrupt the flow of information.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The lexical range is limited and repetitive. The student uses basic vocabulary related to the prompt such as 'percentage', 'city residents', 'coffee', and 'tea'. There are frequent lexical and spelling errors throughout the text, including 'dirnking', 'Australlian', 'prefrring', 'ho bought', 'cofee', 'respecrively', and 'registred'. Word formation and collocation are also inaccurate, as seen in expressions like 'resident's prefrring went to a cafe'. The vocabulary is just about adequate to convey the basic topic, but errors cause some difficulty for the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The student attempts some complex structures, but these are frequently faulty and ungrammatical. Examples include 'the percentage of city residents they went to cafe' and 'resident's bought fresh coffee was made up the lowest figure'. There are persistent errors with verb forms, subject-verb agreement, unnecessary apostrophes ('resident's'), and missing articles. Simple sentences are also marred by basic errors. While meaning can sometimes be extracted, frequent grammatical breakdowns prevent the majority of sentences from being error-free.

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