Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The illustration sumarizes the residents routine of purchasing and having coffee and tea in five different cities across Austrialia.

Overall, majority of citizens have purchased fresh coffee in the past month across all five cities. In all five cities, almost half of residents have bought instant coffee in the last 4 weeks. The majority of people have not had a tea or coffee at a cafe in the last month.

The bahviour of purchasing fresh coffee at least once in a month has been obeserved in the majority of residents in all five cities. More than 60% of residents of Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney have shown this behaviour along with almost majority in remaining cities.

One the other hand around 35% to 45% of the residents of all cities have experienced a coffee or tea at a cafe in the last month. It is also the habit of lot of residents of buying instant coffee once a month.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.5

The response identifies the topic and attempts an overview, but its main claims repeatedly conflict with the chart, so it does not accurately summarise the key features. Fresh coffee was not bought by a majority in any city: the figures are about 35–44%, rather than “the majority” or more than 60% in Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney. Café visits were the highest category in four cities and reached about 63% in Melbourne and Hobart, so the claim that most people did not visit a café reverses the overall pattern. The final paragraph also swaps the café and instant-coffee ranges. To improve, compare the three categories accurately, identify café visits as generally most common, and support the overview with a few correct city figures.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview and two detail paragraphs. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “On the other hand” attempt to signal relationships. However, there is little clear progression from the overview to well-organised comparisons. The third paragraph repeats the claim about fresh coffee, while the final paragraph shifts between café visits and instant coffee without clearly distinguishing the categories. “One the other hand” also introduces a contrast that is not developed logically. Group the data by category or by notable city comparisons, and use linking phrases only when they accurately describe the relationship between ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “residents,” “purchasing,” “instant coffee” and “cafe,” and it makes an effort to vary expressions with phrases such as “behaviour” and “habit.” However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive: “residents routine,” “experienced a coffee or tea at a cafe,” and “almost majority” are not natural ways to describe the chart. Spelling errors such as “sumarizes,” “Austrialia,” “bahviour” and “obeserved” also reduce control. Use precise reporting language and the chart’s own categories, for example “the proportion who visited a café” and “bought fresh coffee,” rather than describing these as habits or experiences.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

There is a mix of simple and more extended sentence forms, and the main message is generally understandable. For example, the opening sentence and “In all five cities, almost half of residents have bought instant coffee” show attempts to form complete statements. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement and sentence construction. “Overall, majority of citizens” needs an article, while “almost majority” is not a grammatical construction. The phrase “One the other hand around 35% to 45%...” is missing “On” and would benefit from punctuation after the linking phrase. Aim to check articles and fixed expressions, and build comparisons in complete, clearly structured sentences.

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