Band 4.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-20

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 compares the outcome of a survey of peoples coffe and tea buying and drinking habits in five different cities in Australia sydney,Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide. Hobert.

Overall, it is clear that melborne is more accounted for coffe or tea, while brisbane seemed to be at the bottle for bought fresh coffe in last 4 weeks.

People of melborne held key for going to coffe or tea shop at around 62 percent, while it considered as near 50 percent at adelaide. Furthermore, hobart seemed to be in the second spot for this, reaching around 61 percent. Moreover, for buing instant coffe hobert stood out tall at over 50.

For the reamaining, sydney witnessed a bottom for buying instant coffe at nearly 45 percent, where brisbane showed up at around 35 percent for buying instant coffe. Additionally, both brisbane and adelaide at near 35 percent for buying fresh coffe in last 4 weeks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The candidate manages to cover the main trends in the chart across the five Australian cities, mentioning café visits, fresh coffee, and instant coffee purchases. However, the selection of data is somewhat erratic and lacks precision. For instance, the statement that 'sydney witnessed a bottom for buying instant coffe at nearly 45 percent' is factually incorrect according to the chart, where Sydney's instant coffee figure is actually 45.5% while Brisbane and Hobart are higher. Furthermore, the overview is extremely brief and contains spelling errors ('melborne'). While the prompt's requirements are partially met and key comparisons are attempted, the inaccurate data reporting and lack of a well-developed overview limit this to Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is structured into four paragraphs, attempting an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs. However, the progression of ideas is hindered by poor referencing and mechanical or missing cohesive devices. The sentence boundaries are poorly handled, particularly in the introduction where the list of cities is tacked on abruptly: 'sydney,Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide. Hobert.' Paragraphing is used, but the overall logical flow is weak, and transitions between sentences feel disjointed (e.g., starting a paragraph with 'For the reamaining'). These issues place the response firmly in the Band 5 category.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

Lexical resource is quite limited and heavily impacted by numerous spelling mistakes. Throughout the text, 'coffee' is repeatedly misspelled as 'coffe', and city names or proper nouns have capitalization and spelling errors ('sydney', 'melborne', 'Hobert'). The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, relying on phrases like 'at around 62 percent' and 'bought fresh coffe'. Less common vocabulary is attempted with very low accuracy, and word choices are frequently unnatural (e.g., 'melborne is more accounted for coffe or tea', 'held key for going to coffe or tea shop'). This reflects the descriptors for Band 4.0.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The student attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, but grammatical control is very weak. There are frequent errors in prepositions, article usage, and subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'where brisbane showed up', 'both brisbane and adelaide at near 35 percent', which lacks a verb). Punctuation and capitalization are also problematic, particularly with proper nouns. Although simple meanings can sometimes be discerned, the frequency of errors causes considerable difficulty for the reader and distorts meaning in places, aligning with Band 4.0.

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