Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-08

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 graph illustrates a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits among different cities in Australia.

Overall, the report shows most of the people prefer to go cafe rather than buying which is over 60 percentage among all cities.

In Sydney, there are almost equivalent people loving fresh coffee and instant coffee which is approximately 45 percentage. It can be seen from the chart that the instant coffee in Brisbane and Adelaide is quite popular than the fresh coffee whereas people loving fresh coffee is exactly same in both cities.

But, the Melbourne has the highest number of people going out for coffee nearly about percentage of 65. Some of them like instant coffee while very few of them go for fresh coffee. And, the Hobart where half of the people went out for coffee, some buy instant and rest of them like fresh coffee.

The whole diagram shows the number of people going out for coffee is higher than the people buying instant and fresh coffee.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s subject and give a broad overview that café visits are generally more common than either type of coffee purchase. You also make relevant comparisons, such as the similar fresh- and instant-coffee figures in Sydney and the equal fresh-coffee proportions in Brisbane and Adelaide. However, the overview is not accurate for every city: café attendance is below 60% in Adelaide, and Hobart’s figure is about 63%, not merely “half.” The claim that Melbourne has the highest café attendance is also incorrect; Sydney is slightly higher. Several comparisons are vague, including “some” and “very few,” and the response does not clearly summarise the main highs and lows across all three categories. More precise, consistently accurate reporting would strengthen coverage of the key features.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing city-level details. This gives the reader some organisation, and phrases such as “Overall” and “But” signal relationships between ideas. However, the progression is not consistently clear. The final sentence repeats the overview rather than adding a useful comparison, while the middle paragraph moves from Melbourne to Hobart without a clear organising principle. Some links are awkward or unclear, particularly “And, the Hobart,” and “Some of them” does not specify which residents are meant. Grouping the cities or categories more systematically, and using references that clearly identify the data being discussed, would make the report easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the general subject, including “survey,” “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” and “going out for coffee.” There are also attempts to vary expression with phrases such as “quite popular” and “approximately.” However, the range is limited and several choices are imprecise or unnatural for describing chart data. “People loving fresh coffee” and “the number of people” do not accurately express proportions, while “percentage” is repeatedly used in an awkward form. “Buying and drinking habits” is appropriate in the introduction, but the response does not consistently use precise terms such as “proportion” or “share.” Broader, more accurate chart vocabulary and natural collocations would improve clarity and flexibility.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some complex sentence forms, for example, “It can be seen from the chart that…” and a contrast introduced by “whereas.” However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make several sentences awkward or difficult to interpret. Examples include “most of the people prefer to go cafe,” “the instant coffee in Brisbane and Adelaide is quite popular than,” and “the Melbourne has the highest number.” There are also problems with articles, agreement, and sentence construction in “And, the Hobart where half of the people went out for coffee.” The final sentence’s comparison between “the number of people” and “the people” is not grammatically well formed. Practise accurate comparative structures and simpler sentence patterns before adding complexity.

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