Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-09-30

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)

In autralia ther are couple of cities who are buying and drinling coffes in large amount there are some cities on top on foirst hobart. now a days hobart is one of the hifghest buying and drinking city inb australis but iot snot only the one city who have to highest ratio for buying the coffe asd i mentione dneforte tehre is a coupke of moire citiesa s well like sydney melbourne brisbane adelaide if we talk about the cities whose people are more goes to cafe for coofe sydeny is on top and if we talk about the peopleswho bought a instamt coffe so hobart is on first number and in last if there was a compition for biught frsh coffe in past 4 weeks so again sydney coke son top so in thi senario if we haev to summerxe the percenrtage so melbourine ois one of the most highest buying and drinking coffe in australia

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The student attempts to address the task by mentioning various cities and categories such as visiting cafés, buying fresh coffee, and buying instant coffee. However, the response fails to provide an effective overview, misinterprets and distorts several data points, and lacks a coherent summary of the main features shown in the chart. For instance, the text claims Hobart is the highest for fresh coffee or instant coffee inconsistently, while the chart shows Hobart actually had the highest percentage for buying instant coffee (54.5%) and going to a café (63%, tied closely with Melbourne), but lower fresh coffee sales. Furthermore, the absence of proper paragraphing and the unstructured, rambling nature of the response prevent the clear development of ideas. Consequently, this falls under Band 4.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The response consists of a single, highly confused run-on sentence without any paragraph breaks, punctuation, or capitalization. Ideas are jumbled together without logical sequencing or progression, making it extremely difficult to follow the writer's train of thought. Cohesive devices are virtually absent, relying instead on repetitive phrases like 'and if we talk about'. Paragraphing is not used at all. This lack of structural organisation strongly reflects the Band 3 or lower descriptors, but given some attempt to link clauses sequentially, a Band 4 is appropriate.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is extremely basic, repetitive, and heavily misspelled throughout the text. Words like 'autralia', 'drinling', 'coffes', 'foirst', 'hifghest', 'inb', 'iot', 'instamt', and 'biught' severely impair readability. While the student attempts to use topic-specific vocabulary such as 'cities', 'percentage', 'cafe', and 'coffee', the constant spelling errors and lack of precision restrict the lexical range to a very basic level. This corresponds to a Band 4.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammar is severely flawed. The entire 157-word response is written as a single giant run-on sentence devoid of capitalisation at the start of sentences and lacking terminal punctuation like full stops. There is a complete lack of control over basic sentence structures, with frequent run-on clauses linked incorrectly by conjunctions. Complex structures are non-existent, and errors in basic syntax and word forms are pervasive, causing constant strain for the reader. This performance aligns with Band 3, but due to meeting the length requirement and attempting clause combination, a Band 4 is assigned.

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