Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The bar graph here illustrates the result of the survey about people's coffe and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian Cities.

Here we compare coffee and tea buying habits between 5 major Australian cities which are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. In sydney more than of the population went to cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks whjile about 45% of population bought fresh/instant coffee in Past four

weeks.Melbourne follows the same trend with more than 60 percentage of population visiting a cafe in last month.

In Brisbane and Adelaide people are not more interested in buying fresh cofee and are almost equally interested in purchasing instant coffee and spending time at a Cafe. Hobart also has about 60 percentage of its population interested in visiting a cafe.

From this Bar graph we can consider that more and more number of people are intersted in Visiting a cafe and spending their time therewith their friends and colleuges. May be people with busy lifestyle choose to get their coffee directly prepared from cafe rather than making them at home.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response covers the main features of the chart by discussing café visits and coffee purchases across the five cities, such as noting that over 60% of people in Sydney, Melbourne, and Hobart visited a café. However, there are several inaccuracies and omissions. For instance, the student states that in Sydney 'more than of the population went to cafe', omitting a number, and claims that about 45% bought fresh or instant coffee, whereas the chart shows distinct percentages for fresh (44%) and instant (45.5%). Furthermore, the final paragraph includes personal speculation about why people visit cafés ('May be people with busy lifestyle choose to get their coffee directly prepared'), which is less appropriate for an Academic Task 1 summary. Overall, the task is addressed, but data precision and objective reporting are lacking.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The text is organized into four paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs discussing the cities, and a concluding paragraph. However, logical progression is hindered by poor paragraph transitions and incomplete sentences, such as 'In sydney more than of the population went to cafe... whjile about 45% of population bought fresh/instant coffee in Past four weeks.' Cohesive devices are minimal or misused, and referencing is sometimes unclear. Paragraphing is attempted, but the internal structuring of sentences creates a choppy and disjointed reading experience. Overall, the organization meets the criteria for Band 5 due to basic structure accompanied by mechanical and inaccurate cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for basic communication but lacks precision and range. The student successfully uses terms like 'population', 'trend', and 'café', but makes numerous spelling errors, including 'coffe', 'whjile', 'cofee', 'intersted', and 'colleuges'. There are also awkward word choices and phrasing, such as 'are not more interested in buying fresh cofee'. Less common lexical items are attempted with frequent inaccuracies in spelling and word form. While the meaning remains mostly clear despite the errors, the lexical control restricts the score to a Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response demonstrates a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with occasional attempts at complex forms that are often faulty. There are several noticeable grammatical errors, such as missing articles ('more than of the population', 'went to cafe', 'at Cafe'), incorrect prepositions, and incomplete sentence fragments. Punctuation and capitalization are also inconsistent, as seen in 'In sydney' and missing punctuation before conjunctions. These frequent errors cause occasional difficulty for the reader and reflect a Band 5 level of grammatical control.

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