Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart illustrates the survey of five cities in Australia for their people's purchasing and consuming coffee and tea for over a four week. It clearly shows that Australian citizen prefer to go to cafe either for coffee or tea. My further views are discussed below.

To start with, everyone in Australia likes to go to cafe for their hot beverages. Four out of five cities has coffee or tea consumption in cafe which is above 55% on average. The people of Melbourne and Hobart has same ratio around 64% who prefer to go to cafe, followed by Sydney and Brisbane around 61% and 55% respectively. Meanwhile Adelaide city has only 49% of people going to cafe.

Furthermore, purchase of instant coffee exceeds the purchase of fresh coffee in every city. The highest instant coffee consumption is in Hobart is around 54% followed by Brisbane and Adelaide standing at 53% and 50% respectively. Other cities instant coffee purchase average is below 50%. Other than that the purchase of fresh coffee in every city is between 45% and 30%.

To summaries, the people in Australian country likes to go to cafe for coffee or prefers instant coffee over a freshly made coffee.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that café visits were the most popular activity in most cities and that instant coffee purchases exceeded fresh coffee purchases everywhere. You also include relevant comparisons, such as Melbourne and Hobart having the highest café figures and Adelaide the lowest. However, some details are inaccurate: Melbourne and Hobart were about 63.5% and 63%, not the “same ratio around 64%,” and Sydney’s café figure was about 61%, rather than being grouped with Brisbane at around 55%. The statement that four cities were above 55% is also inconsistent with Adelaide’s figure of about 49.5%. Fresh coffee is only described broadly, and the conclusion repeats the overview rather than adding a precise summary. Check each comparison against the chart and report the fresh-coffee pattern more clearly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, two paragraphs covering café visits and coffee purchases, and a concluding summary. This gives the reader a generally clear route through the information. Linking phrases such as “To start with” and “Furthermore” help signal the shift between topics, although the sequence within the café paragraph becomes confusing when Sydney and Brisbane are grouped together despite their different figures. “Meanwhile” and “Other than that” are used somewhat mechanically, and the final paragraph largely repeats earlier points. To improve progression, organise each paragraph around a clear comparison, use accurate references to the cities, and make the overview distinct from the detailed comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “purchase,” “instant coffee,” and “fresh coffee,” so the topic is generally clear. There is some repetition of “people,” “coffee,” and “go to cafe,” and several expressions are imprecise or unnatural for describing survey data. For example, “consumption in cafe” does not clearly describe the proportion who visited cafés, while “hot beverages” is broader than the chart’s categories. “My further views are discussed below” is also an unsuitable, formulaic phrase for an objective report. Aim for concise data-reporting language such as “the proportion of residents who visited a café” and vary verbs like “accounted for,” “recorded,” and “purchased.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, and the main message is usually understandable. However, some errors in agreement, articles, and sentence construction remain. For example, “Four out of five cities has” should use a plural verb, while “The people of Melbourne and Hobart has” also needs agreement with its subject. The construction “The highest instant coffee consumption is in Hobart is around 54%” contains a duplicated verb, and “To summaries” uses the wrong form after “To.” There are also missing or inconsistent articles in phrases such as “go to cafe.” Review subject–verb agreement and build comparisons in complete, controlled sentences; this will make the data easier to follow.

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