Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)
The given bar chat illustrates of habits of people of buying or drinking tea and coffee in five Australian cities.
Overall, visiting to a café for drink a coffee or tea was the most popular activity in most cities, while buying fresh coffee is last common.
In Sydney, around 44% of people like to bought fresh coffee compare with 45% of people bought instant coffee. Whereas, 61% of residents want to café for coffee or tea. Similarly, in Malborne bought of fresh coffee and instant coffee stood at almost 43% and 48% ,respectively, by 63% of people went to café which make Melbourne the highest percentage among all cities.
Moving towards the remaining cities, in Brisbane 34% of residents brought fresh coffee, however there was the difference of 2% in people bought instant coffee (53%) and went to a café (55%). Followed by Adelaide almost similar percentage of people bought instant coffee and café visit 50% while, approximately 35% was bought fresh coffee. Although in Hobart almost 63% of people visit to the café, around 33% of residents bought fresh coffee. Finally Almost 54% bought instant coffee.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The student covers all parts of the task by reporting the main features across all five cities and making relevant comparisons. The overview captures the general trend accurately, noting that visiting a café was most popular while buying fresh coffee was generally the least common. Data points are cited with reasonable accuracy, such as noting Sydney's figures (44% fresh, 45% instant, 61% café) and Melbourne's café percentage of 63.5% as the highest. Although there are some minor inaccuracies in reading precise figures (e.g., Hobart fresh coffee being closer to 38.5% rather than 33%), the key trends and comparisons are successfully selected and reported. This satisfies the criteria for Band 6.5 to 7.0, and is best placed at Band 6.0 due to some under-developed details and minor data misreadings.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The response is organized into an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs separated by city groupings. There is a logical overall arrangement. However, referencing and cohesion are sometimes faulty or mechanical. Phrases like 'Moving towards the remaining cities' and 'Followed by Adelaide' are used, but transitions can be awkward ('while buying fresh coffee is last common' and grammatical awkwardness in paragraph transitions). Paragraphing is present, but internal cohesion within paragraphs suffers from run-on phrasing and missing linkers. These issues place the response firmly in Band 6, where cohesion is sometimes faulty and referencing is not always clear.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The student attempts an adequate range of vocabulary for the task, using terms such as 'residents', 'percentage', and 'popular activity'. However, there are numerous word choice, collocation, and form errors throughout the text. For instance, 'bar chat' instead of 'bar chart', 'visiting to a café for drink a coffee' instead of 'visiting a café to drink coffee', and 'bought fresh coffee' used where the noun 'buying' or passive verb forms are required. These lexical errors and awkward formations (e.g., 'last common' instead of 'least common', 'brought' instead of 'bought') restrict the score to Band 5.0, as the errors are noticeable and occasionally cause slight strain for the reader.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting comparative structures ('compare with', 'whereas', 'while'). However, grammatical accuracy is weak, featuring frequent errors in tense, verb forms, and prepositional use. Examples include 'people like to bought fresh coffee', 'people bought instant coffee' (missing relative pronouns or participles), 'want to café' instead of 'went to a café', and 'Malborne bought of fresh coffee'. Punctuation is also problematic in places (e.g., missing conjunctions, comma splices). These frequent errors place the response at Band 5.0, as complex structures are often faulty and errors persist throughout.
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