Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The chart below provides information about a results of survey concerning tea and coffee purchasing and consumption habit of different people in Australian cities

Overall, the intake of coffee and tea have the hgihest figure in all four countries. While the ratio of buying instant coffee has lower percentage as compared to intake. Furtherore, the purchasing of fresh coffee has the lowest ration in all countries.

As we see, in Sydney, the percentage of people going to cafe is 60%. Meanwhile, people who paid for instant coffee are 45% in Sydney, followed by purchasers of instant coffee is approximately 48%. Whereas, Melbourne also has the biggest ratio of people who went to cafes are around 64%, where the percentage of instant coffee buyers are 445 lower then the people going to cafe. Moreover, 42% of people are intrested in fresh coffee. In Brisbane, the fresh coffee buyers are very low, with ratio of only 34%, 53% are buying instant coffee and roughly 51% people went to cafe. Adelaide have the same propoion as compared to Brisbane, but it has low rate of people visiting cafe, rest of the numbers are equal to that of Brisbane. if we talk about Hobart, arounf 61% indivuduals are dinning in cafe, 54% are having instant coffee, and 38% people have bought fresh coffee.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You report figures for all five cities and identify the broad pattern that café visits are generally high while fresh-coffee purchases are lower. However, the overview contains major inaccuracies: café visits are not the highest in all four countries (there are five cities, and Adelaide’s café figure is below its instant-coffee figure), and fresh coffee is not the lowest in every city. Several details are also confused or incorrect: Sydney’s 48% is presented as another instant-coffee figure, Brisbane’s café rate is given as roughly 51% rather than about 56%, and Adelaide is said to match Brisbane despite notable differences. The response therefore only partially summarises the chart. Select the main comparisons accurately and distinguish the three survey categories throughout.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure: an introduction, an attempted overview, and a city-by-city account. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised. However, progression is limited because the body moves through cities without grouping or clearly comparing the categories, and several linking expressions are repetitive or confusing. For example, “Meanwhile,” “followed by,” and “Whereas” do not make the Sydney figures easy to follow, while “rest of the numbers are equal” leaves the Adelaide comparison unclear. Use one paragraph for the overview and organise the details into meaningful comparisons, such as café attendance versus purchases or cities with similar patterns. Clearer referencing would also help readers track which figure belongs to which category.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You attempt a range of vocabulary related to the chart, including “percentage,” “purchasers,” “ratio,” and “intake,” and the topic is generally recognisable. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive, which sometimes makes the data difficult to interpret. “Intake” does not describe the chart’s measures, which are purchases and café visits, and “paid for instant coffee” is less precise than “bought instant coffee.” There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “hgihest,” “Furtherore,” “intrested,” and “arounf.” Some expressions, such as “biggest ratio” and “lowest ration,” are not natural in this context. Prefer precise chart language and check spelling and word forms before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including clauses introduced by “while,” “whereas,” and “if we talk about.” However, the range is limited in practice because several complex sentences are faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some comparisons hard to follow. Examples include “the intake of coffee and tea have” (subject–verb agreement), “Melbourne also has the biggest ratio … are around 64%” (inconsistent sentence structure and agreement), and “Adelaide have” (agreement). Articles and plurals are also unreliable, as in “going to cafe” and “all four countries.” Use a consistent pattern such as “In [city], X% of residents bought…” and check agreement, articles, and sentence boundaries. This will make the figures easier to understand.

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