Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

The bar chart illustrates results of a one-month research about a coffee and tea buying and drinking habits of local people belonging to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart city.

Overall, it has been seen in last 4 weeks that mostly people from Australia went to cafe to drink rather than buying. Only in Adelaide, people are more interested in buying instant coffee than visiting a cafe. A decresing proportion of local people have been seen buying a fresh coffee.

In Melbourne, around 63% of the total residents went to cafe to drink coffee or tea, making it the highest visitors among other cities. People who bought instant cofee and fresh coffee were approximately 47% and 43% respectively. Second to Melbourne was Hobart, which accounted for 62% of cafe visitors, while a higher proportion of people were buting instant coffee compared to Melbourne, just slightly less than 55%.

Survey of last 4 weeks concluded that Adelaide was the only city that sold instant coffee more than visitors in which the former was 50% exact and the latter was slightly less than 50%. Brisbane and Adelaide sold fresh coffee in the same figures, which was just below 35%, marking the least among all residents. Sydney sold the highest fresh coffee among other residents, which is around 43%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 6.5

The student addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features of the coffee and tea habits across the five Australian cities and makes relevant comparisons. An overview is attempted, noting that café visits generally exceeded purchases and highlighting Adelaide's unique trend regarding instant coffee. However, there are some minor data inaccuracies and over-generalisations; for instance, the student states that Sydney had the highest fresh coffee sales at around 43%, whereas the chart shows Sydney at 44% and Melbourne at 42.5%, and refers to cities 'selling' coffee rather than residents buying it. Despite these slight misinterpretations, the key trends are adequately captured and supported with figures.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 7.0

The response is arranged logically into four paragraphs, including an introduction, an overview, and two body paragraphs detailing specific city data. Cohesive devices such as 'Overall', 'Second to Melbourne was', and 'In Melbourne' are used to guide the reader through the data, though some referencing and transitions feel slightly mechanical ('Survey of last 4 weeks concluded that...'). Paragraphing is functional and groups related information effectively, ensuring an overall clear logical progression throughout the text.

Lexical Resource — Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for the task, successfully employing terms like 'proportion', 'residents', 'highest visitors', and 'accounting for'. There are some awkward collocations and lexical inaccuracies, such as using 'sold' instead of 'bought' ('Adelaide was the only city that sold instant coffee more than visitors') and minor typos like 'decresing' and 'cofee'. Less common vocabulary is attempted with limited precision, but the vocabulary used is sufficient to communicate the main points clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 6.0

The response exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'The bar chart illustrates results of a one-month research...' and 'Second to Melbourne was Hobart, which accounted for 62% of cafe visitors...'. While there are some grammatical errors and awkward phrasing—such as 'mostly people from Australia went to cafe to drink rather than buying' and missing articles ('went to cafe')—these errors do not impede communication. The majority of simple sentences are accurate, and complex structures are attempted with reasonable control.

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