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 bar graph illustrates the result of a survey about people buy coffee and tea buying and taking habits in five australian cities.
Overall, the fresh coffee have bought a less that instant coffee and visited cafe for take coffee as well as people bought a coffee by visit cafe was highest over the all time period.
Getting into details, In Sydney people bought fresh coffee only 44% and instant coffee percentage was slight more just 1% than fresh coffee percentage as well as people visited cafe for tea or coffee percentage was 63% which was much more that others and on the other side In melbourne this percentage was almost same with sydney. In Brisbane people buy fresh coffee percentage was only 34% and others instant coffee and people visited cafes percentage was almost same near 55% .
Further more, In Adelaide fresh coffee percentage was same with brisbane and instant coffee or individuals visited cafe for coffe percentage is almost same 50% as well as in the end in hobart , it percentage is 38% of fresh coffee and instant coffee and people visited cafe percentage is between 55 to 65% .
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The response attempts to cover all parts of the prompt by discussing the survey data for the five Australian cities. However, the overview is difficult to understand due to poor phrasing, and the reporting of data contains inaccuracies and lacks clear, structured comparisons. For instance, the writer states that in Sydney 'fresh coffee only 44%' and 'instant coffee... was slight more just 1%', whereas the chart shows 44% for fresh and 45.5% for instant, but misses the key trend that café visits were the highest category across most cities. The data points are occasionally misread or vaguely stated, such as Hobart's percentage being described as 'between 55 to 65%'. Consequently, the task is only partially addressed, earning a Band 5.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response is divided into paragraphs, but the overall progression lacks clarity and logical flow. The overview paragraph is extremely confusing ('the fresh coffee have bought a less that instant coffee...'). While the writer attempts to use cohesive devices such as 'Getting into details', 'Further more', and 'on the other side', these transitions feel mechanical and do not effectively link the ideas. Referencing is frequently unclear, particularly with the pronouns and phrases used to describe the data categories (e.g., 'this percentage', 'others instant coffee'). Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion is weak, corresponding to a Band 5.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is very limited and repetitive, with frequent word-formation errors and awkward collocations. Examples include 'people buy coffee and tea buying and taking habits', 'visited cafe for take coffee', and 'individuals visited cafe for coffe percentage'. The writer struggles with basic word forms (e.g., using 'buy' instead of 'bought', 'take' instead of 'drinking'). While the response contains an adequate range of basic words to convey the topic of coffee and tea, the noticeable errors and lack of precision restrict the score to Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 for adequate task-related lexis.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
The grammatical range is severely limited, relying mostly on simple or heavily flawed complex structures. There are persistent, major errors in verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, and sentence construction. Examples include 'the fresh coffee have bought a less that instant coffee', 'In Sydney people bought fresh coffee only 44%', and 'it percentage is 38%'. Punctuation is also problematic, with run-on sentences and missing commas. These frequent errors cause considerable difficulty for the reader and impede comprehension, matching the descriptors for Band 4.0.
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