Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-06

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 graph illustrates the information about people's coffee and tea purchasing and drinking habits in five Australian cities. These cities are mentioned below in order as,Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.

Overall,percantage for coffee and tea at cafe is higher in every city while buying fresh coffee is significantly less in all five cities. In Sydney and Melbourne, there are clearly huge difference between number of peolpe having coffee at cafe rather than buying fresh and instant coffee.

In contrast, Melbourne has highest percentage of people who went to cafe for coffee with percentage of 63 following Hobart and Sydeney are close to each other with percentage of 61 to 60. In term of buying fresh coffee Brisbane and Adelaide comparatively equal to each other with 34% while Sydney and Melbourne are close to each other. Hobart has highest percantage of people who bought instant coffee than other cities but we can see the small difference of percantage in rest of the four cities like, Adelaide 50%,Melbourne 48%, Brisbane 52% and Sydney 46%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the three activities and compare several cities, including the high café figures in Melbourne and Hobart and the similar fresh-coffee results for Brisbane and Adelaide. These are relevant features, and the overview correctly notes that café visits generally exceed fresh-coffee purchases. However, the overview is not fully accurate: café-going is not higher than instant-coffee buying in Adelaide, where the figures are about 49.5% and 50%. The claim that fresh coffee is “significantly less” in every city is also too broad, particularly in Sydney, where fresh and instant purchases are close. Some comparisons are incomplete, and the response does not clearly summarise the overall contrast between café visits and instant coffee across the cities. Select the main patterns more precisely and support them with accurate comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction to an overview and then to comparisons, so the reader can follow its general purpose. You also use contrast markers such as “Overall” and “In contrast.” However, the final paragraph combines café attendance, fresh-coffee purchases and instant-coffee figures without a clear organising principle, making the comparisons feel uneven. The opening sentence listing the cities adds little, and the sequence “In term of buying fresh coffee” shifts abruptly between categories. Some linking is mechanical, while punctuation and spacing around commas make the progression less smooth. Group the data by activity or by notable city patterns, and use clear topic sentences to guide each comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “buying fresh coffee,” “instant coffee” and “went to cafe,” which makes the subject clear. There are also attempts to express comparison, such as “close to each other” and “comparatively equal.” However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural: “people having coffee at cafe” is less suitable than a concise description of café visits, and “huge difference” is informal and vague for reporting data. Spelling errors such as “percantage,” “peolpe” and “Sydeney” are noticeable, and “in term of” is not the correct form. Build a more accurate range of chart-reporting phrases and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast introduced by “while” and a sentence comparing several cities. The main meaning is generally understandable, but some grammatical errors remain. For example, “there are clearly huge difference” has a number-agreement problem, and “In term of buying fresh coffee” needs a plural form in the expression. The sentence beginning “Hobart has highest percentage” also needs an article, while “with percentage of 63” is missing an article before the percentage phrase. Commas and spacing are inconsistent, and the long final sentence would be clearer if divided into shorter, controlled comparisons. Review articles, agreement and punctuation while retaining some varied sentence structures.

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