Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-04
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 proportion of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.
Overall, it is evident that people went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last four weeks represented the largest proportion in all five cities except Adelaide, while individuals who purchased fresh coffee accounted for the smallest proportion in all cities.
Looking first at Sydney, the figure for people's who visited the caffee stood at 61%, who purchase instant coffee had 46% and who bought fresh coffee accounted for 44%. Furthermore, In Melbourne the figure for visitors stood at 64%, approximately. Instant buyers made up 48% and who purchased fresf coffee represented 42%. the figure in Brisbane stood at 55.5% who went to caffe , 53% for instant buyers, and 34% who purchased fresh coffee.
Turning to remaining countries, Adelaide accounted for 49.5% for visitors, 50% for insant buyers and 34% for fresh buyers. Finally, Hobart accounted for 63% who visited the caffee, 49% for who bought instant and 38% for fresh coffee buyers.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.5 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.5 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0
The response addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features and making relevant comparisons across the five Australian cities. Note that eleven words copied from the task prompt were not counted towards the minimum length. An overview is successfully presented in the second paragraph, highlighting the main trends such as the dominance of cafe visits and the lower popularity of fresh coffee. However, some parts are developed more fully than others, and there is a slight lack of precision when reporting specific data points. For instance, the overview correctly captures general patterns, but details for individual cities could be extended more thoroughly to reach a higher level of performance.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
The response has a coherent overall arrangement with a clear attempt to structure the data city by city. Information is generally organised logically, starting with an overview and moving into detailed city comparisons. However, cohesion is sometimes mechanical or faulty, such as the awkward transition 'Turning to remaining countries' to describe Australian cities rather than countries. Referencing and paragraphing are present, but the progression between sentences occasionally feels disjointed, which prevents the essay from achieving a more fluid and seamless structure.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.5
An adequate range of vocabulary is used for the task, with appropriate terms such as 'proportion', 'residents', and 'fresh coffee'. The writer attempts less common vocabulary, but this leads to some inaccuracies in word choice and spelling, such as 'caffee' and 'fresf'. Additionally, phrases like 'instant buyers' and 'fresh buyers' are slightly unnatural collocations in the context of consumer habits. These minor lexical errors do not impede communication, but they reflect a limitation in precise word choice and control over spelling.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response employs a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, demonstrating some variety in structure. However, there are frequent grammatical errors and awkward phrasing, such as 'people went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last four weeks represented' (missing relative pronouns and articles), 'people's who visited', and 'the figure in Brisbane stood at 55.5% who went to caffe , 53% for instant buyers'. Punctuation errors, such as missing commas or misplaced spacing before punctuation marks, are also present. These errors require some effort to decode, though they rarely completely impede communication.
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