Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-19
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 compares the results of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five different Australian cities. The different cities is Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.
Overall, The went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks in almost high, and the bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks is in overall is lowest in all.
On the one hand, in Melbourne is went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks is 64% and in hobart is 63%, and the bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks is is 43% and 54% and the bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks is 42% and the 34%.
On the other hand,In the sydney and Brisbane and Adelaide went to a cafe went to cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks is 61%, 50% and the 49%. The bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks is 45%, than the other percentage is 53%, and 50%. The bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks is 44% and the other is 34% the next percentage is 43%
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the prompt by summarizing the bar chart comparing coffee and tea habits across five Australian cities. An overview is attempted, stating that cafe visits were generally high and fresh coffee purchases were lowest. However, the data reporting is severely flawed and confusing. For instance, the student writes 'in Melbourne is went to a cafe... is 64% and in hobart is 63%', mixing categories and cities awkwardly. Figures are often misquoted or mismatched against the visual data (e.g., stating Adelaide's cafe visit percentage as 49% when the chart shows around 49.5%, but more importantly, associating wrong metrics with wrong cities). Because the information is poorly selected, inaccurate in parts, and lacks a clear, structured overview of the main features, it falls short of the higher band requirements. This performance aligns with Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response is divided into paragraphs, including an introduction and an overall summary. However, the logical progression is weak and confused. The student attempts cohesive devices such as 'On the one hand' and 'On the other hand', but these are used incorrectly as they do not introduce two contrasting balanced arguments, but rather random groups of data. Referencing is extremely unclear, with phrases like 'and the other percentage is 53%, and 50%' leaving the reader guessing what data is being referred to. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal organization of sentences lacks coherence. Overall, the structural flow is disjointed, meriting a Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on the presence of paragraphing and basic connectors.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is highly repetitive and restricted, relying heavily on copying phrases directly from the prompt, such as 'bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks', 'bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks', and 'went to a café for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks'. There is virtually no attempt to use synonyms or paraphrase the long survey categories. Word choice is frequently inaccurate due to syntactic confusion (e.g., 'the bought fresh coffee'). The lexical range is limited and inadequate for a flexible discussion of data, restricting the score to Band 4.5, which is represented here as a Band 5.0 for minimal adequacy.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
Grammatical control is weak throughout the response. The student struggles with basic sentence construction, resulting in frequent ungrammatical fragments and fused clauses, such as 'The different cities is Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart' (plural subject with singular verb) and 'in Melbourne is went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks is 64%'. There is a lack of accurate complex structures, and simple sentences are frequently malformed. Errors are dense and cause considerable difficulty for the reader in parsing meaning. This profile corresponds to a Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 due to some recognizable sentence attempts.
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