Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The bar chart illustrates the outputs of the survey about people's coffee and, tea buying and, their drinking habits in five different cities of the Australia.

Overall, it is clear that Melbourne and Sydney and Hobart has drastic surge in its values while, others had lower than that However, some cities had fluctuated values.

The Sydney and Melbourne had more coffee and tea customers by around 62% to 64% While, Brisbane resulted 55% Adelaide around 47% and Hobart approximately 63%.On the other hand instant Coffee buyers are almost rising city by city starting from sydney around46% Melbourne at 47%, Brisbane at 52%, Adelaide around 49% and Hobart at around 54%.

However fresh coffee buyers resulted around44% in Sydney, Melbourne around 42%, Brisbane at 32%, Adelaide at 33% and Hobart around 36%.

In conclusion, fresh coffee buyers are lower than instant coffee and other in all the cities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response addresses the main task by reporting data from the bar chart regarding coffee and tea habits across five Australian cities, providing an overview and selecting several key features to compare. However, some of the data points are inaccurate or poorly integrated, and the overview is somewhat confused by vague phrasing about cities having a "drastic surge" in static survey values. Furthermore, the length requirement was not met, as the response falls short of the 150-word minimum, meaning ideas remain partially developed and under-supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The text maintains a coherent overall arrangement with a discernible introduction, body paragraphs categorised by habits, and a brief conclusion. However, cohesion is frequently faulty and mechanical due to problematic transitional markers and linking words such as "While," and "However," placed mid-sentence with incorrect punctuation. Referencing and paragraph transitions are sometimes unclear, and the mechanical flow prevents a completely smooth progression of ideas throughout the report.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully conveying basic statistical information, though it remains limited. The student attempts some less common vocabulary, such as "drastic surge" and "fluctuated values," but these choices are inaccurate given that the chart depicts a single-period survey rather than a time-series trend. There are also noticeable spelling and word-choice errors, including unnecessary punctuation within compound words and minor inaccuracies in reporting data terms, though these do not entirely impede communication.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer demonstrates a limited range of sentence structures, relying heavily on simple clauses and basic descriptive patterns. Attempts at more complex sentences are often faulty, featuring frequent errors in article usage, prepositions, pluralisation, and subject-verb agreement, such as "Melbourne and Sydney and Hobart has" and "instant Coffee buyers are almost rising city by city." Punctuation errors are also persistent throughout the text, including misplaced commas and run-on structures that occasionally cause difficulty for the reader.

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