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)

Overall, By looking at the chart,we can examine the differences between tea and coffe lovers.Coffee and tea is a drinking habit of most of Australians. Most of the Australian living the major cities prefer to drink Coffee or tea in a Cafe while the ratio of purchasing instant coffee is comperitively less than going to cafes. Only few Australian bought fresh coffe in last 4 weeks.

Initialy, if we take a look at the chart ,Australian people love to have coffe or tea in the Cafe,the main reason can be cheaper coffee or a good environment. The average Australian makes his own coffee and prefer his coffee to be made by him and comprehensively its ratio is low than the Cafe lovers. Some old-school Australian individual loves nature and always looking for fresh and natural incridients. A very low number of population prefer this but still people buy fresh coffee from the stores and import it from other countries.As we look at the chart, we can say that most of the Australian people went to a cafe for a coffe or a tea in the last 4 weeks.Only few percentage of people bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks and average people bought instant coffee in the last 4 weeks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

The response attempts to summarise the data, but it fails to report specific data points or make meaningful comparisons across the five cities, relying instead on vague generalisations like "most of the Australian living the major cities." Crucially, the text includes unfounded speculation and outside knowledge that is not shown in the chart, such as claims about "cheaper coffee or a good environment," how "the average Australian makes his own coffee," and importing coffee from other countries. While an overview is attempted, the lack of accurate data reporting and the inclusion of irrelevant personal commentary prevent the response from achieving a higher band score.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The organisation of the text is weak. Although some basic cohesive devices and transition words are used (e.g., "Overall," "Initialy"), the paragraphing is poor, featuring a brief opening followed by one very long, rambling second paragraph. There is no clear logical progression of ideas; instead, the writing jumps between café visits, fresh coffee, and instant coffee without structuring the data clearly. Referencing is also problematic, with pronouns like "it" and "his" lacking clear antecedents.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary is quite basic and repetitive, with frequent misspellings and lexical errors such as "coffe" instead of "coffee", "Initialy" instead of "Initially", "comperitively" instead of "comparatively", and "incridients" instead of "ingredients". There are also unnatural collocations, such as "the ratio of purchasing instant coffee" and "comprehensive its ratio is low than the Cafe lovers." The lexical range is barely adequate for the task, resulting in noticeable errors that distract the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. There are numerous punctuation and spacing errors, such as missing spaces after commas (e.g., "chart,we", "Cafe,the"). Subject-verb agreement errors are common (e.g., "most of the Australian living", "individual loves"), and articles are frequently misused or omitted (e.g., "in a Cafe", "a very low number of population"). These frequent errors cause some difficulty for the reader.

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