Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-27
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 provides information about the last four weeks results of a survey of people's habits of tea and coffee buying and drinking in five different cities of Australia.
Overall, while most of the city residents of melborne prefer drinking coffee or tea at a cafe. People belong to adelaide city follows the opposite trend. Although sydney people prefer bringing fresh coffee than others, adelaide people prefer this option very less.
To begin with, 63% of Melborne people chose cafe's for coffe or a tea in last 4 weeks. While 47% and 42% of Meloborne prefer bringing fresh coffee and instant coffee. Although Hobart holds second position in prefering cafe with 62%. 38% of city residents brough fresh coffee and 54% people chose for instant coffee.
In Adelaide, while 50% of the city residents interested in instant coffee, 49% of people chose bringing fresh coffee and 34% of people showed interest for going to a cafe. Meanwhile, only 33% of Brisbane residents chose bringing fresh coffee in last 4 weeks, others such as cafe's are choosed by 56% of residents and instant coffee prefer by 53%.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0
The student attempts to address the prompt by summarising the main features of the chart regarding coffee and tea habits across five Australian cities. However, there are several inaccuracies in the data reported, such as claiming that 63% of Melbourne residents chose cafes while misstating other figures, and confusing cities and categories at times (e.g., 'bringing fresh coffee' instead of buying). The overview is simplistic and contains generalisations that do not accurately reflect the overall trends of the visual data. While all three categories are mentioned, the lack of precision in reporting data points and some confusion regarding specific city figures keeps this response at a Band 5.0 level.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The response has a basic structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, and an overall statement, showing some attempt at organisation. However, the progression of ideas is hindered by abrupt transitions and confusing referencing. Cohesive devices are used minimally and sometimes awkwardly (e.g., 'To begin with', 'Although'), and referencing across sentences is not always clear. Paragraphing is attempted, but the grouping of ideas within paragraphs feels disjointed rather than logically sequenced. Overall, the coherence meets the criteria for Band 5.0 due to the mechanical and sometimes inaccurate use of cohesive devices.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student uses a limited range of vocabulary relevant to the topic, such as 'residents', 'survey', and 'coffee'. However, there are frequent word-choice and spelling errors that affect precision and sometimes impede communication. For instance, the recurring confusion between 'bringing' and 'buying' (e.g., 'bringing fresh coffee'), as well as misspelled words like 'melborne' and 'brough', demonstrate a lack of control over word formation and spelling. Less common lexical items are attempted but used inaccurately. This falls under the Band 5.0 descriptor for lexical resource.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, but many of the complex forms contain noticeable grammatical errors. Examples include 'People belong to adelaide city follows the opposite trend' and 'others such as cafe's are choosed by 56%'. There are frequent errors in subject-verb agreement, passive voice formation, and punctuation (such as unnecessary apostrophes in plurals like 'cafe's'). These frequent errors can cause some difficulty for the reader, aligning the grammar with Band 5.0.
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