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 provided bar chart illustrates the results of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habitis in distinct cities of Australia.
Overall, people buy instant coffee more than fresh coffee in all cities. Melbourne has among five dithe highest proportion of city resisdent who visit, conversely Adelaide has lowest perecentage.
Melbourne has a highest number of people that went ot cafe among five different cities, accounting for 64%, in which 47% of persons bought the instant coffe and 42% bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks. Hobart is the second most popular city with 62% of people visit the cafe, 54% who get instant coffee and 38% get fresh coffee. Sydney is on the third rank, has 61% of people that went to cafe, 45% people bought instant coffe and 43% bought fresh coffe.
In remain two countries, instant coffee is very common account for 52% in Brishbane and
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the main features of the chart regarding coffee and tea habits across five Australian cities. An overview is attempted (noting that instant coffee is popular), but the response is severely truncated and cuts off mid-sentence ("In remain two countries, instant coffee is very common account for 52% in Brishbane and"). Furthermore, there are several data inaccuracies and contradictions, such as stating "in which 47% of persons bought the instant coffe and 42% bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks" (repeating instant coffee twice while omitting fresh coffee) and confusing cities and countries ("In remain two countries"). Because the response is incomplete and contains significant factual errors and underdeveloped ideas, it falls under Band 4.5.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response shows some basic structural organisation with an introductory sentence and paragraph breaks, but the overall progression is disrupted by abrupt cut-offs and poor cohesion. Referencing is frequently unclear or incorrect, such as referring to Australian cities as "countries" ("In remain two countries"). The abrupt ending of the text prevents any logical conclusion or completion of the second city in the final sentence. Cohesive devices are minimal and sometimes inaccurate. Paragraphing is initiated but poorly executed due to the incomplete nature of the response. This performance aligns closely with Band 5.0 descriptors.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student demonstrates a limited range of vocabulary relevant to the task (e.g., "proportion", "survey", "café"). However, there are frequent spelling errors ("habitis", "dithe", "resisdent", "perecentage", "coffe", "Brishbane") and inaccurate word choices ("remain two countries" instead of remaining cities). The repetition of words like "instant coffe" and the inability to precisely name categories indicate a restricted lexical repertoire. While the vocabulary is minimally adequate to convey the basic topic, errors in spelling and word choice cause some strain for the reader, fitting the Band 5.0 criteria.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writer attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but control is weak. There are frequent grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement issues ("Adelaide has lowest perecentage", "Sydney ... has 61% of people that went to cafe, 45% people bought instant coffe"), missing articles, and preposition errors ("went ot cafe"). Because the response cuts off mid-sentence, complex structures are often left incomplete or faulty. Frequent errors in grammar and punctuation cause some difficulty for the reader throughout the short text, supporting a Band 5.0 score.
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