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 presented bar graphs depict the comparioson of the drinking habit of the people's about tea and coffe during last 4 weeks in five various citites of Australia- Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. The data is given as percentages.

Overall, the heighest number of people prefered coffe and tea through went a cafe. Conversely, the lease number of Australian population drink fresh coffee. While, instant cofee data were moderate in all cities.

To begin with, thr coffe bought fresh in last 4 weeks by Sydney's people approximately 44%. While 46% of instant coffe prefered by residents and over 55% of citizens went to a cafe for coffe or tea in last 4 weeks. It was the maxmimum number of data were registered. In addition,in Melbourne 43% of city residents bought fresh coffe. The instant coffe figure was went up about 47% and more then 55% of people went out side for drink tea or coffee.

Moving to the rest of the information, Brisbane and Hobart fresh coffe consumption data was approximately 34% and 37% respectively. Furthermore, exact half of the individuals prefered instant coffe in Brisbane. However, nearby 55% of Hobart residents took instant coffe during last 4 weeks. People who went to a cafe for tea and coffe in Brisbane and Hobart. It was around 49% and 55% individually.

In stark contrast, in the city of Adelaide 34% people prefered fresh coffe and nearby 50% of residents drink instant coffe or went outside. Which were remain same.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The student attempts to cover all parts of the task by reporting data from the five cities across the three categories (bought fresh coffee, bought instant coffee, went to a café). However, there are several inaccuracies in quoting the figures from the chart (for instance, stating that Sydney's instant coffee was 46% when it is around 45.5%, and describing Adelaide's figures inaccurately). Furthermore, the overview contains a confusing formulation ('highest number of people prefered coffee and tea through went a cafe'), which misinterprets the cafe category as people consuming coffee and tea *through* visiting a cafe, rather than measuring the percentage of residents who visited a cafe. While the main features are touched upon, the lack of precision in data reporting and the flawed overview keep this criterion at Band 5.5.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay is organized into logical paragraphs with an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs dedicated to specific cities. Cohesive devices such as 'To begin with', 'Moving to the rest of the information', and 'In stark contrast' are employed to guide the reader through the data. However, paragraphing is sometimes awkward, and referencing or sentence boundaries fail in places (e.g., 'People who went to a cafe for tea and coffe in Brisbane and Hobart. It was around 49% and 55% individually.'). This creates jarring fragments and mechanical transitions. Overall coherence is maintained, but the mechanical and faulty use of cohesive structures warrants a Band 6.0.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, but heavily restricted and undermined by numerous spelling mistakes ('comparioson', 'citites', 'heighest', 'prefered', 'coffe', 'lease', 'maxmimum', 'side', 'individuals'). The student attempts less common vocabulary (e.g., 'consumption', 'proportion' implied by percentages), but word choices and collocations are often awkward or non-standard, such as 'drink fresh coffee' instead of 'purchased fresh coffee', and 'through went a cafe'. Because the errors in spelling and word choice are frequent and occasionally impede smooth communication, the lexical resource falls into the Band 5.0 category.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response exhibits a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple sentences with frequent structural errors. There are numerous basic grammatical inaccuracies, missing auxiliary verbs, incorrect prepositions, and incomplete sentences (e.g., 'People who went to a cafe for tea and coffe in Brisbane and Hobart. It was around 49% and 55% individually.'). Sentences like 'Which were remain same' demonstrate a fundamental lack of control over tense and voice. Because attempts at complex structures are often faulty and errors cause frequent difficulty for the reader, a Band 4.5 is appropriate.

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