Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-23

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 6.0)

The given bar chart illustrates a comparituve study of people's buying and drinking habits of coffee and tea in five Australian countries - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.

As per the chart, nearly 44% of people in Sydney bought fresh coffee in the last 4 weeks which is similar to the resisdents of Mebourne at 43%, closely followed by the people of Hobart at 38%. The List percentage of people in Brisbane and Adelaide are very close to 35%. Comparing this to the percentage favouring instant coffee in the last 4 weeks is low. Around 45% of the population in Sydney preffered instant coffee, while the numbers for Melbourne were approximately 48%, which is also the case for Adelaide. Hobart has 54% of residents consuming instant coffee which is the highest among all the 5 cities, followed by Brisbane at 53%. It is quite interesting that 64% people in Melbourne and Hobart went to a cafe for coffee or tea in the last four weeks. With the second highest consumers in cafe are the residents of Sydney at 61% followed by Brisbane at 55% and Adelaide at 49% least consumers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The student attempts to cover all three categories across the five cities, satisfying the basic requirements of Task 1. However, there are several data inaccuracies and misreadings compared to the visual data. For instance, Melbourne's fresh coffee figure is reported as 43% (actual 42.5%), and Hobart's fresh coffee is given as 38% (actual 38.5%). Furthermore, the student incorrectly refers to Australian cities as "countries" in the introduction. The overview and comparisons are somewhat superficial and lack a clear, overarching summary of the most striking trends. While the key features are generally touched upon, the lack of precision in reporting figures and the minor geographic mischaracterisation place this response firmly in Band 5.5 to 6.0 territory; it addresses the task, but some parts are imprecise or underdeveloped.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement, moving logically from fresh coffee to instant coffee and finally to café visits. However, paragraphing is severely neglected; the entire response is presented as a single, dense block of text, which detracts from effective organisation. Cohesive devices are attempted (e.g., "Comparing this to", "while the numbers for", "It is quite interesting that"), but referencing is sometimes awkward or clunky, such as "With the second highest consumers in cafe are the residents of Sydney". Progression is maintained throughout the body, but the lack of paragraph breaks and mechanical transitions prevents the writing from achieving a higher band. Overall, the structural flow is passable for a Band 6.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, successfully using terms such as "illustrates," "population," "consumers," and "percentage." However, there are several spelling and word choice errors, including "comparituve" instead of comparative, "resisdents" instead of residents, "preffered" instead of preferred, and referring to Australian cities as "countries." Less common vocabulary is attempted with limited success and occasional inaccuracies. While these lexical errors do not completely impede communication, they are frequent enough to restrict the score to Band 5.5 or 6.0. More precision and proofreading are needed to elevate this criterion.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response features a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some variety in structure (e.g., "Around 45% of the population in Sydney preffered instant coffee, while the numbers for Melbourne were approximately 48%"). However, there are notable grammatical errors and awkward phrasing, such as "The List percentage of people in Brisbane and Adelaide are" (subject-verb agreement and spelling) and "With the second highest consumers in cafe are the residents of Sydney" (faulty clause structure). Punctuation is generally acceptable, but frequent minor grammatical inaccuracies persist and occasionally disrupt the flow, placing the grammar performance at a solid Band 6 level.

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