Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart depicts the outcome of a survey about people's choice of buying coffee and tea and drinking habits in five Autralian cities, namely Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Hobart.

Overall, it is clear that the proportion of people buying a fresh coffee is very less. While, the percentage of people went to cafe for tea or coffee is significant.

From the graph, melbourne is the city which has highest share of cafe visits for a tea or a coffee in last 4 weeks, standing at 63 percent and that is followed by Hobart with 62 percent of city residents. Similarly, the highest proportion of residents in hobart opted for an instant coffee, which is around 49 percent. The urban people of sydeny bought a fresh coffee, accounting for 44 percent of fresh coffee consumption in last 4 weeks.

In contrast, brisbane and adelaide have the lowest ratio of customers buying a fresh coffee, standing at 33 and 34 percent respectively. The buyers in sydney and melbourne had showed least interest in buying a fresh coffee as compared to other cities of Australia. Adelaide city has the lowest customer visits to cafe for a tea or coffee at 49 percent, less than its instant coffee customers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The student covers all parts of the task by reporting data across the five Australian cities and making relevant comparisons. An overview is attempted, stating that fresh coffee purchases are low while café visits are significant. However, there are some inaccuracies in data reporting; for example, the student states that Hobart's residents opted for instant coffee at around 49 percent, whereas the chart shows Hobart at 54.5% for instant coffee. Similarly, Melbourne's café visits are cited as 63 percent (actually around 63.5%) and Hobart at 62 percent (actually around 63%). Despite these minor misreadings of the exact figures, the main trends and comparisons are adequately identified and presented.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response is arranged logically into four paragraphs, including an introduction, an overview, and two body paragraphs detailing specific city data. Cohesive devices are used to connect ideas, such as 'Overall', 'While', 'Similarly', and 'In contrast'. However, referencing and transitions are at times slightly awkward or mechanical, as seen in 'While, the percentage of people went to cafe for tea or coffee is significant.' Paragraphing is appropriate for a task of this length, and there is a clear overarching progression from general trends to specific data points.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

The student demonstrates an adequate range of vocabulary suitable for describing graphical data, using terms such as 'proportion', 'percentage', 'highest share', and 'respectively'. There are some spelling and word-choice errors, such as 'Autralian' (Australian), 'very less' (very low), 'people went to cafe' (people who went to a café), and 'sydeny' (Sydney). Less common vocabulary is attempted with occasional inaccuracies, but communication is not impeded.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The writing exhibits a mix of simple and complex sentence structures, such as relative clauses ('melbourne is the city which has highest share...') and participial phrases ('standing at 63 percent'). There are several grammatical errors and awkward phrasings, including 'people buying a fresh coffee is very less' (subject-verb agreement and unnatural adjective choice) and 'The buyers in sydney and melbourne had showed least interest' (unnecessary past perfect tense). Punctuation and capitalization errors also occur, such as lowercase city names ('melbourne', 'hobart', 'sydeny'). Nevertheless, these errors rarely impede overall communication.

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