Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-07

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 bar chart depicts the results of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.

As and overall assessment, it can clearly be seen that highest people went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks in the mebourne city.

Getting back to the detials, the citie of sydney people bought fresh coffee,instant coffee as well as went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks total ratio is the 44%,46%,61%.As compare to melbourne city fresh coffee decline 2% ,instant coffee climb 2% and people went to cafe for a coffee or tea ratio plummet 3%.After That Brisbane City dip ratio of the people bought fresh coffee 34%, Instant coffee bought people 56% as well as People went to cafe for coffee or tea ratio dip 55%.

Based on the bar chart,Adelaide city ratio of the fresh coffee people bought 34%,Instant coffee ratio decline 50% and people went to cafe ratio is 49%. as compare to Hobart city people bought fress coffee 34%,Instant coffee rise 54% as well as People went to cafe 63% in last 4 weeks

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and make an attempt at an overview by noting that café visits were highest in Melbourne. However, this is not accurate: the highest figure is Melbourne at about 63.5%, closely followed by Hobart at 63%. The response also gives several figures that do not match the chart, such as Brisbane instant coffee at 56% rather than about 53%, and Hobart fresh coffee at 34% rather than about 38.5%. Comparisons are attempted, but the overview is limited and the main patterns are not clearly selected or summarised. To strengthen the report, state the broad trends accurately—for example, café visits lead in every city, while instant coffee exceeds fresh coffee in most cities—and support them with reliable comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has a basic paragraph structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs of city-by-city details. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised. However, progression is difficult to follow because the details are packed into long, loosely connected sentences, and transitions such as “After That” and “Based on the bar chart” do not clarify the comparisons. The sequence also shifts between cities without consistently explaining how their figures relate. Use separate, clearly organised comparisons—for example, group café attendance figures together, then compare fresh and instant coffee—and use linking words accurately and sparingly. Clearer sentence boundaries would also make the information easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-related vocabulary, including “survey,” “ratio,” “decline,” “climb,” and “plummet,” and the reader can generally identify the three activities being reported. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing chart data. “Ratio” is repeatedly used where “percentage” or “proportion” is needed, while “plummet” suggests a dramatic fall that the small change from Sydney to Melbourne does not support. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “detials,” “citie,” “mebourne,” and “fress.” Aim for precise reporting verbs and collocations, and check spelling carefully; this will make the comparisons clearer and more appropriate to an academic report.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer comparative structures, such as “As compare to melbourne city…” and “After That Brisbane City…,” but these are often faulty, and most sentences rely on similar basic patterns. Errors in articles, word order, agreement, and sentence construction sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow. For example, “it can clearly be seen that highest people went to a cafe” needs an article and a more natural structure, while “the citie of sydney people bought…” has unclear word order. Punctuation is also inconsistent, with missing spaces after commas and sentence boundaries that are hard to identify. Practise accurate simple sentences first, then build comparisons using patterns such as “The proportion in X was higher than in Y.”

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