Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-09

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 graph illustrates the result of a survey about tea, buying and drinking habits of people in cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and hobart in Australia.

Overall, the bar graph shows the percentage of city residents who are buying drinking items. The peak value is of those citizens who went to a cafe or tea in last 4 weeks in all cities. However, the fluctuation was represented by the peolpe who bought fresh coffee in 28 days. Moreover, the moderate percentage was recorded of those residents who used instant coffee in last month.

The people who served fresh coffee in 28 days showed the percentage above 40 in Sydney and Melbourne. But they showed the fall in percentage in Brisbane and in Adelaide to almost 33%. However, It takes the bit rise in Hobart to about 37%.

The citizens who bought instant coffee in last month was 45%,48% and 53% in Sydney, Melbourne and in Brisbane respectively. In addition, it represented a fall in Adelaide again bit rise to about 50% and 55% respectively.

The percentage of residents who went to a cafe was above 60% in Sydney and in Melbourne. It showed a decline in Brisbane and Adelaide to about 50%. However, it again rises to above 60% in Hobart.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all three survey categories and all five cities, and your overview identifies café visits as generally the highest measure and fresh coffee as lower in several cities. The main comparisons are mostly grounded in the chart: for example, you note fresh-coffee figures above 40% in Sydney and Melbourne, lower results in Brisbane and Adelaide, and a rise in Hobart. However, the overview is not fully clear: “the peak value” does not identify the highest city result, and describing instant coffee as “moderate” is vague. Some details are also imprecise or misleading: café visits in Brisbane are about 56%, not around 50%, and the fresh-coffee figures in Brisbane and Adelaide are about 34.5%, rather than almost 33%. State the key highs and lows more precisely and compare the series directly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for fresh coffee, instant coffee, and café visits. This makes the information easy to locate, and linking expressions such as “However” and “In addition” help signal relationships. At times, though, the progression within paragraphs is mechanical or unclear. In the instant-coffee paragraph, “it represented a fall in Adelaide again bit rise” does not clearly identify the figures or the direction of change. The repeated “However” and “It showed” also make the connections feel formulaic. Use clearer references to the relevant category and organise each paragraph around a direct comparison across cities, rather than relying mainly on transition words.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “decline,” “rise,” and “residents,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, which limits precision: “buying drinking items” does not describe the survey categories, “went to a cafe or tea” confuses the activity with the drink, and “served fresh coffee” changes the meaning of buying it. “Peak value” and “moderate percentage” are also vague where specific comparisons would be more effective. There are spelling and form slips such as “hobart” and “peolpe.” Aim to use the chart’s category labels accurately, and choose verbs such as “bought,” “visited,” and “accounted for” according to what the data measures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple statements and more complex sentences, including contrasts introduced by “However” and “Moreover.” The main message is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors affect clarity. For example, “The people who bought instant coffee … was” has subject–verb disagreement, while “it again rises” shifts tense in a description of past survey results. The construction “It showed a decline in Brisbane and Adelaide to about 50%” also leaves the relationship between the decline and the figure unclear. Article use and sentence punctuation are inconsistent, as in “in last 4 weeks.” Use consistent past-tense reporting, check singular and plural agreement, and make sure each comparison has a clear subject and verb.

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