Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · 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 4.5)

The chart shows the outcome of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habit in five major cities in Australia country.

Overall, The attend of a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks is majority.but the least is who bought fresh coffee i last 4 weeks .

In Sydney, 43% of people bought fresh coffee and nearly 50% bought instant coffee and highest people visited cafes, and In melbourne 42% bought instant coffee and highest went to cafe for coffee or tea.

In Brisbane majority visited cafes, and 53% bought instant coffee and least bought fresh coffee but in Adelaide people choose instant coffee rather then to attend cafe for coffee or tea and least was fresh coffee brught people. and last one Hobart he less citizens bought fresh coffee and highest visits cafes and second highest people bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the task by outlining various survey results across the five Australian cities, mentioning fresh coffee, instant coffee, and café visits. However, the response falls short of fully presenting a comprehensive overview of the main features. There are several inaccuracies in the reported data; for instance, the student states that 'in Sydney... highest people visited cafes' when Hobart actually shares a similar high rate, and misreports percentages and trends across several cities. Furthermore, the summarisation lacks a clear, well-developed overview, leading to a fragmented presentation of information. While the student identifies some relevant data points, the frequent errors in data interpretation and lack of clear comparison mean the task is addressed only partially, aligning with a Band 5 performance.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.5

The essay is poorly paragraphed, with body paragraphs crammed together and lacking clear logistical progression. While the student attempts basic cohesive devices such as 'Overall,' 'In Sydney,' and 'In Brisbane,' the overall arrangement is disjointed. Referencing is frequently unclear, as seen in the phrase 'and last one Hobart he less citizens,' which causes confusion for the reader. There is no clear logical structure guiding the reader smoothly through the comparison of the five cities. The heavy reliance on awkward transitions and a lack of proper paragraph separation severely limits the coherence and cohesion of the response, fitting the Band 4 to 5 range.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.5

The lexical range is quite limited and heavily repetitive, relying on basic terms such as 'bought,' 'coffee,' 'tea,' and 'highest people.' There are frequent word choice and collocation errors throughout the text, such as 'drinking habit' instead of 'habits,' 'The attend of a cafe' instead of 'attendance at a café' or 'visiting cafés,' and 'brught people.' These noticeable errors and restricted vocabulary occasionally cause difficulty for the reader and prevent the response from achieving a higher band, placing it firmly at Band 4.5 for lexical resource.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.5

The student uses a very limited range of sentence structures, relying mostly on simple or faulty compound sentences that struggle to convey complex comparisons accurately. There are frequent grammatical errors throughout the response, including subject-verb agreement issues ('the least is who bought'), prepositional errors ('in Hobart he less citizens'), and awkward clause structures ('rather then to attend cafe'). Punctuation is also problematic, with missing capitalisation and run-on phrasing. These frequent errors disrupt the flow of reading and distort meaning in places, which is characteristic of a Band 4.5 grammatical performance.

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