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 bar chart illustrates the survey outcome of the people's coffee and tea purchasing and drinking routines in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart, calibrated in percentage.
Overall, all four cities experience the highest proportion of consumer that went to cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks except for Brisbane. Meanwhile, the customer who buy fresh coffee in last 4 weeks contributed lowest percentage whereas the one who bought instant coffee remain balance.
Firstly, the buyer who personally went to the cafe to buy coffee shares the maximum proportion accounted for 63%
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0
The student attempts to summarize the chart by introducing the topic and outlining some general trends, such as noting that visiting a café was generally the most popular activity. However, the response falls severely short of the 150-word minimum requirement, containing only 97 words. Furthermore, the response is incomplete, breaking off mid-sentence ('...accounted for 63%'). Because the task is significantly under-length and underdeveloped, it cannot fully report the main features and comparisons required by the prompt, resulting in a low score for this criterion.
Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0
The response shows some basic organization by attempting an introduction and an overview paragraph ('Overall...'). However, due to the very short length and the fact that the text cuts off abruptly during the third paragraph, clear overall progression is not achieved. Cohesive devices such as 'Meanwhile' and 'Firstly' are used, but referencing is occasionally unclear (e.g., 'the customer who buy' and 'the one who bought'). Paragraphing is initiated but remains incomplete.
Lexical Resource — Band 5.0
The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for a basic attempt, using terms like 'purchasing and drinking routines', 'proportion', and 'consumer'. However, there are notable word choice and grammatical errors in collocation, such as 'proportion of consumer that went to cafe' (should be plural 'consumers') and 'the customer who buy' (subject-verb agreement error). Less common lexical items are attempted, but inaccuracies prevent a higher score.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as relative clauses ('the consumer that went to cafe...'). However, the text contains several noticeable grammatical errors, including 'the people's coffee' (unnecessary article), 'consumer that went' (plural/singular mismatch), 'who buy' (tense/agreement error), and 'remain balance' (incorrect word form). Additionally, because the text is incomplete and cuts off mid-sentence, the range of grammatical structures displayed is severely limited.
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