Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-28
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 4.0)
The chart provides information about consequence of a survey, who people'spuchasing coffee and tea drinking habits in five Australia's towns suc as Sydney, Melbourne, Bribane, Adelaide, and Hobart.
Overall, there are three types of coffee, those are consumed good item in around last 4 weeks. The fresh item of coffee, it purchased for breakfast in last 28 days around 44% at Sydney. while the people bought instant equipement of coffee was similar high 45% in last 4 weeks. People weant supermarket sold coffee or tea was maximum highest level 61% in this town.
In the Melbourne, a lot of people one item of coffee types, fresh, instant, coffee were bought and consumed in drinking totally different points in last 28 days, 41% lower than 55% and highest utilized this drink iitem 67% in last weeks.
Adelaide and Hobart, the coffees were used to prurchased in last weeks 35%. and 50% while the coffee drinking hanit last in 4 weeks 40% and other was increasd up 70% in Australia.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 4.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 4.0 |
| Overall | 4.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
The response attempts to address the prompt by discussing coffee and tea habits in five Australian cities, but it suffers from severe limitations in data accuracy and interpretation. For instance, the writer states that Sydney residents bought fresh coffee at 'around 44%' (which is correct) and instant coffee at '45%' (close to the actual 45.5%), but the reporting quickly becomes incoherent and garbled, mentioning figures like '67%' for Melbourne which do not accurately reflect the visual data (where cafe visits peaked around 63.5%). The overview is weak, failing to clearly outline the main overall trends or make meaningful comparisons across the five cities. Ideas are underdeveloped and frequently inaccurate, leading to a band score of 4.0.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0
The organization of the response is extremely weak. While paragraph breaks are attempted, the internal progression of ideas lacks logic and coherence. Sentences are disjointed, and the relationships between ideas are often unclear or completely obscured by poor phrasing, such as 'In the Melbourne, a lot of people one item of coffee types...'. Cohesive devices are either missing or misused, and referencing is frequently confusing (e.g., jumping between cities and percentages without a clear structure). Paragraphing does not contribute to a clear overall progression, warranting a band score of 4.0.
Lexical Resource: Band 4.0
The vocabulary used is very basic and often highly inaccurate or inappropriate for an academic task. Examples of awkward word choices and lexical errors include 'consequence of a survey', 'purchasing' spelled as 'puchasing', 'equipement', 'weant supermarket sold coffee', and 'drinking hanit'. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary, but these attempts fail due to severe collocation and spelling errors (e.g., 'prurchased', 'increasd'). The lexical range is limited and frequently strains the reader's understanding, fitting the descriptor for a band 4.0.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0
Grammatical control is weak throughout the response. There is a very limited range of sentence structures, and attempts at complex sentences result in severe structural errors and incomprehensible clauses, such as 'Overall, there are three types of coffee, those are consumed good item in around last 4 weeks.' Punctuation and basic grammar rules are frequently violated, and subject-verb agreement is often ignored. Errors are very frequent and constantly distort meaning, making it difficult for the reader to follow the intended message. This corresponds to a band score of 4.0.
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