Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · 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 4.0)

The bar chart illustrate the percentage of city residents who buy coffee, tea and drinking habits in five cities of Australia

Overall, the most higest counsuption people went to a cafe to buy coggee or tea and it almost same in five cities without brisbane , while the lowest the percentage is bought fresh coffee in last four weeks

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response identifies the chart’s general subject and attempts an overview, noting that café visits are high and fresh-coffee purchases are comparatively low. However, it does not adequately summarise the data: there are no city-by-city figures or specific comparisons, and the claim that café-going is “almost same in five cities without brisbane” overlooks the lower results in Adelaide and Brisbane. The overview also does not identify the clear pattern that café visits are the highest category in every city. The response is only 59 words, so it falls substantially short of the required 150 words and leaves the task largely incomplete. To improve, report the main highs and lows with selected figures and compare the cities across the three categories.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: a sentence introducing the chart is followed by a separate paragraph beginning “Overall,” which signals an overview. This gives the reader a simple starting structure. However, the response ends after that overview, so there is no developed sequence of details or comparisons. The relationship between the ideas in the second paragraph is also unclear, particularly in “the most higest counsuption people went to a cafe” and “while the lowest the percentage is bought fresh coffee.” Use a clear overview followed by one or two paragraphs grouping relevant city comparisons, and connect those comparisons with straightforward linking phrases such as “by contrast” or “whereas.”

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The response uses a few relevant terms, including “percentage,” “city residents,” “cafe,” and “fresh coffee,” so the topic is recognisable. However, the vocabulary range is very limited for describing a chart, and several choices or forms make the meaning difficult to follow. “Most higest counsuption” is not a natural way to describe the leading category, while “buy coffee, tea and drinking habits” does not accurately express the chart’s subject. There are also spelling errors such as “coggee” and “counsuption.” Build a small set of precise chart phrases, including “the proportion of residents,” “visited a café,” and “purchased instant coffee,” and check spelling before finishing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts two sentence forms, including an overview sentence with a contrast introduced by “while.” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and the sentences are difficult to interpret. In “The bar chart illustrate,” the singular subject requires “illustrates”; the opening also lacks a clear grammatical structure for describing what the chart shows. The second sentence has problems with word order and sentence construction, especially “the most higest counsuption people went” and “the lowest the percentage is bought.” These errors obscure the intended comparisons. Practise accurate simple reporting patterns first, such as “The chart shows the percentage of residents who…” and “Café visits were highest in…,” then combine them using a controlled contrast clause.

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