Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-18
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 illustrates the outcome of a survey about people coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.
Overall, it can be obsrved that people went to a cafe for coffee or tea is the largest percentage in the last 4 years while individuals of Australia different cities bought fresh coffee in the last 4 year have the lowest respectively.
Sydney bought a fresh or instant coffee in the previous 4 year almost the same 43% or 45% respectively. In addition Malbournee individuals bought fresh coffee only 2% increase and instant coffee roughly 48%.
Brisbane and Adelaide have the same fresh coffee buying in the past 4 years only 35% and instant coffee just around 50% or 52%. Therefore went to cafe for cofe or tea 55% in Brisbane and less than 5 % in Adelaide 50%
Hobart have the highest in cafe for coffee or tea
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, providing a general overview and citing data points from the five Australian cities. However, there are significant issues with data accuracy and misinterpretation of the timeframes. For example, the student writes that people went to a cafe 'in the last 4 years' and bought coffee 'in the last 4 year', misinterpreting the chart's 'last 4 weeks' metric. Furthermore, comparisons are sometimes confusingly expressed, such as claiming Adelaide had 'less than 5 % in Adelaide 50%', which is disjointed and inaccurate. Key trends, such as the dominance of cafe visits across almost all cities, are mentioned but lack precise support and development. This performance aligns best with Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response has an introduction, an overview paragraph, and body sections, but the overall organization and progression are weak. Cohesive devices are either missing, inadequate, or misused, such as starting a sentence with 'Therefore went to cafe for cofe or tea'. Paragraphing is attempted, but sentences within paragraphs feel disjointed and fail to build a logical flow of information. Referencing is frequently unclear, making it difficult to follow which data points correspond to which categories. This corresponds to a Band 5.0 for Coherence and Cohesion.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying heavily on terms from the prompt such as 'bought', 'fresh coffee', 'instant coffee', and 'cafe'. There are noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including 'obsrved', 'Malbournee', and 'cofe'. The student attempts some numerical and comparative vocabulary, but limited control and frequent inaccuracies restrict the lexical range to a minimally adequate level. This meets the criteria for Band 5.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0
The grammatical range is quite limited, consisting mostly of simple and heavily flawed complex or compound structures. There are frequent and systematic errors in tense, subject-verb agreement, prepositions, and sentence construction, such as 'people went to a cafe for coffee or tea is the largest percentage' and 'Hobart have the highest in cafe for coffee or tea'. These errors frequently cause strain and confusion for the reader. This performance is characteristic of a Band 4.0.
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