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 demonstarte result of the survey done on people's refeshments (coffee and tea) buying and drinking habits in five different Australian cities.
Overall this triple verticle bar chart represents result of survey done,which includes 5 different cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart) lies in Australia. The "Y axis" points out "percentage of city residents", while "X axis" represents "different cities. Each city has 3 different types of bars, one with dark shaded scopes "fresh coffee" while internal squred bar targets "instant coffee", eventually 3rd bar with light shaded represents both "coffee and tea". Infact these all 3 bars shows timeline of last 4 weeks.
Looking at Sydney people moving to cafe for both coffee or tea surged about 61% while reamining two bars reamin under less than 50%. Same goes with Melbourne, both coffee and tea reamins higher about 63%, in the sense residents prefer to go to cafe for coffe or tea. Going through Brisbane around 34% people prefer fresh coffee, while 48% of population prefer instant coffee and around 51% go with both tea and coffee. Things change when it comes to Adelaide, because he most people prefer instant coffee over other 2. In Hobart 38% go with fresh coffee, 54% with instant coffee and 63% move to cafe.
Hence, it seems that, most of the residents choose cafe for coffee or tea, while instant coffee remains in middle, following fresh coffee is the least preference among others.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 6.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 6.0 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| 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 on the main features and making relevant comparisons across the five Australian cities. The overview touches upon the main trends, noting that most residents visit cafes and outlining the order of preferences. However, some ideas and comparisons are under-developed or imprecise; for instance, the description of data for Brisbane and Hobart lacks a clear comparative structure, and expressions like 'reamining two bars reamin under less than 50%' lack clarity in relating back to the specific categories of fresh and instant coffee. Overall, the selection of data covers the chart adequately, but the depth of reporting remains limited, fulfilling the requirements for this level.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0
The text presents a coherent overall arrangement, with a clear attempt to structure the response into an introduction, an overview paragraph, body details, and a concluding summary. However, cohesion is sometimes faulty or mechanical. The transitional devices and referencing can be repetitive or awkward, such as 'Same goes with Melbourne' and 'Going through Brisbane'. Paragraphing is present, but the organisation within the body paragraph lacks a smooth logical progression, jumping somewhat abruptly between cities and beverage types without guiding the reader clearly through the data set.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
The vocabulary used is adequate for the task, successfully conveying basic concepts related to percentages, preferences, and survey results. The writer attempts some less common vocabulary, such as 'surged' and 'preference', but this is accompanied by noticeable inaccuracies in word choice, form, and spelling. For instance, 'demonstarte' contains a spelling error, 'refeshments' is misspelled, and phrases like 'moving to cafe' or 'scopes' show awkward collocation. While these errors do not completely impede communication, they restrict the vocabulary score, as the range remains limited and imprecise.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response employs a mix of simple and some complex sentence forms, attempting relative clauses and participial phrases such as 'a survey done on people's... habits' and 'residents prefer to go to cafe'. However, there are frequent errors in grammar, articles, and prepositions that recur throughout the text. Examples include 'demonstarte result of the survey' (missing articles and subject-verb agreement), 'lies in Australia' (tense/participle error for 'located'), and 'he most people' (extraneous word). Although these errors do not completely obscure the meaning, they cause some difficulty for the reader and reflect a limited level of grammatical control.
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