Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-26

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 graph below illustrate the conclusion of research in five Australian cities on consumption of tea and coffee.

It demonstrate that in previous month, the fresh coffee consumer were less in number than instant coffee users. However, there were most people who had liked to take tea or coffee in cafe.

It elaborate that individuals in Adelaide and Brisbane had almost similar percentage of poppulation taking fresh tea while there were less number of individuals in Adelaide than Brisbane who had instant coffee last month. Nevertheless, adults who had coffee in cafe were greater in number in Brisbane than Adelaide. It may be due to the reason that these two cities are the business hub of Australia and people like to do meetings in cafe.

In Hobart nd Melbourne, coffee or tea consumers were seen in greater extent in cafe in contrat to all other cities. Whereas, consumption of instant coffee in almost all countries show small fluctuation.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The response attempts to cover the main features of the chart, noting general patterns such as café visits being the most popular activity and instant coffee generally exceeding fresh coffee. However, there are significant inaccuracies in data interpretation. For example, the student states that Adelaide and Brisbane had a similar percentage taking 'fresh tea' (the chart shows fresh coffee) and mentions that 'consumption of instant coffee in almost all countries show small fluctuation' when the data actually varies between 45.5% and 54.5%. Furthermore, the inclusion of speculation about business hubs and meetings introduces irrelevant outside information that is not supported by the visual data. This places the response in Band 5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response is organized into paragraphs, though they are somewhat disjointed. While some cohesive devices are attempted ('However', 'Nevertheless', 'Whereas'), their use is sometimes awkward or inaccurate. Paragraphing is attempted to separate introduction, body points, and comparisons, but the overall progression lacks seamless logical flow. Referencing is occasionally unclear, such as the sudden mention of 'countries' instead of cities in the concluding sentence. Overall, the structural arrangement meets the requirements for a Band 5.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is basic and repetitive, with several lexical inaccuracies and awkward collocations, such as 'fresh tea' instead of 'fresh coffee' and 'poppulation'. Other phrases like 'consumers were seen in greater extent in cafe in contrat to all other cities' demonstrate limited control over word choice and spelling. The range is minimally adequate to convey basic concepts, but frequent lexical errors restrict the score to Band 5.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response shows an attempt at complex sentence structures, but these are frequently marred by grammatical errors. Examples include subject-verb agreement errors ('The graph below illustrate', 'consumer were less', 'there were most people'), missing articles, and incorrect prepositions ('in cafe' instead of 'at cafes'). While simple sentences are generally understandable, the high frequency of errors in complex forms creates difficulty for the reader at times, aligning with Band 5 descriptors.

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