Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-22

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 provided bar graph illustrates the results of a poll conducted in five Australian cities (Sydney, Melbourne,Brisbane,Adelaide and Hobard) about the habits of buying and drinking hot beverages.

Overall,going to a cafe for having a hot drink was the most popular trend as compared to buying fresh cofee. Furthermore Adelaide residents accounted for the least amount of all three caregories of buying fresh, instant or visiting cafe for a drink.

Melbourne and Hobart dwellers dominated in visiting cafe for fresh coffee standing at about 63%, While Sydney was the other noticeable city for same category with around 62%.Melbourne and Adelaide holding 55% ans just below 50% with marginal difference under same category. In terms of buying fresh coffee Hobart and

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to summarize the main features of the chart, providing an overview and selecting some details such as cafe visits and Adelaide's lower figures. However, there are several inaccuracies in data reporting. For instance, the student states that Melbourne and Hobart dwellers dominated in visiting cafes for 'fresh coffee' at 63%, whereas the chart actually measures going to a cafe for 'coffee or tea' in the last 4 weeks. Furthermore, the response trails off abruptly at the end ('In terms of buying fresh coffee Hobart and') and fails to reach the 150-word minimum requirement, finishing at only 120 words. Because the task is significantly under-length and incompletely executed, it achieves a Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The text begins with a clear introduction and an overall trend statement ('Overall, going to a cafe for having a hot drink was the most popular trend...'). However, the organizational structure breaks down as the response progresses due to its incomplete nature and trailing ending. Cohesive devices such as 'Furthermore' and 'In terms of' are used, but referencing is occasionally unclear, and paragraphing is underdeveloped because the student stops writing mid-sentence in the second paragraph. These factors lead to a Band 5.0 score for Coherence and Cohesion.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The student attempts some less common vocabulary such as 'beverages', 'trend', and 'dominated', alongside topic-specific terms like 'fresh coffee', 'instant coffee', and 'cafe'. However, there are noticeable lexical errors and typos, such as 'Hobard' instead of Hobart, 'cofee' instead of coffee, and misinterpreting the survey category by stating 'visiting cafe for fresh coffee' instead of 'coffee or tea'. The vocabulary range is adequate for basic description but limited and marred by inaccuracies, fitting the Band 5.0 descriptor.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0

The writer uses a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as 'Overall, going to a cafe for having a hot drink was the most popular trend as compared to buying fresh cofee.' There are grammatical and punctuation errors throughout, including missing spaces after commas (e.g., 'Melbourne,Brisbane,Adelaide and Hobard'), an incorrect preposition ('trend as compared to' or 'for having'), and incomplete sentence structures (e.g., 'Melbourne and Adelaide holding 55% ans just below 50%'). Because the response is unfinished and contains frequent slips that occasionally impede clarity, it merits a Band 5.0.

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