Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-02
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 5.0)
The illustration gives information about the survey of Australian different five cities humans routine of buy and drinking both coffee and tea. Overall, in the one city of Australia humans the percentage of went to cafe and instant had same.
It is quite evident from the bar chart that the percentage of bought both coffee and tea in last four weeks. In the city of Sydney almost 43% of citizens bought fresh coffee, 45% people bought instant coffee and almost 60% people went to a cafe for coffee or tea in the last 4 weeks. In the both cities Brisbane and Adelaide the same number of humans bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks but the percentage of bought instant coffee and went to cafe for coffee and tea had different in the previous 4 weeks.
Furthermore, in the city of Melbourne the percentage of both fresh coffee and instant coffee had not a big difference but the biggest changed in the percentage of people went to cafe for coffee or tea in the recent 4 weeks. In Hobart city almost 38 % people bought fresh coffee, almost 54% bought instant coffee and almost 63% went into cafe for coffee or tea.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5
The response attempts to address the task by reporting information from the chart, but it does so only partially. While it selects some data points, such as Sydney and Hobart figures, the overall selection is disjointed and lacks a clear overview or fully realised comparisons. The introduction and overview attempt are extremely vague, stating only that 'humans routine of buy and drinking' and mentioning that one city had similar figures for visiting cafes and instant coffee without specifying which. Key features across all five cities are not adequately synthesised or compared, leading to an underdeveloped response that misses significant trends in the data.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0
The text demonstrates some organisation with paragraph breaks used to separate cities, but there is no clear overall progression or logical structure guiding the reader through the data. Cohesive devices are frequently inadequate, inaccurate, or repetitive, as seen in phrases like 'In the both cities' and 'In Hobart city almost 38 % people'. Referencing is also confusing at times, such as 'In the one city of Australia humans the percentage of went to cafe and instant had same', making it difficult to follow which city or category is being discussed. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within sentences and paragraphs remains faulty and mechanical.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is limited and repetitive, with noticeable errors that cause difficulty for the reader. The student relies heavily on basic phrasing and awkward lexical choices such as 'humans routine', 'bought both coffee and tea', and 'went into cafe'. There are frequent word formation and collocation errors, including 'biggest changed' instead of 'biggest change' and 'percentage of bought instant coffee'. These lexical inadequacies restrict the precision required for an academic task, though the general topic of coffee and tea habits remains recognisable despite the awkward phrasing.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The writing displays a very limited range of sentence structures, with frequent basic errors throughout. The student attempts some complex structures, but these attempts are almost always faulty, resulting in ungrammatical clauses such as 'the percentage of bought both coffee and tea in last four weeks' and 'the percentage of bought instant coffee and went to cafe for coffee and tea had different'. Frequent errors in verb forms, missing articles, incorrect prepositions, and non-standard word order cause considerable difficulty for the reader and impede clear communication.
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