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 chart illustrates the results of a survey studied, conducted in 5 cities of Australia to analyse the proportion of residents, based on coffee and tea buying and drinking habits for which they visited several cafes in the past 4 weeks.

Overall, from the five cities including, the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart, the Melbourne cafes remained at the first place to be most visited for tea and coffee, meanwhile the Adelaide holds the last place. In all the cities, instant coffee is being prioritised over the instant one.

Starting from the proportion of people who visited cafes, the Melbourne accounts for 64% as followed by the Hobart and the Sydney, representing a proportion of 62% and 61%. However, in the Brisbane, more than half of the population also seemed to be habitual to buy and drink coffee and tea as compared to the Adelaide, where only half of the total population showed some interest.

Moving towards the individual preferences, people are much habitual towards instant coffee in all the cities. The ratio of proportion lied in between 45% to 55%, where the Hobart's and Brisbane's proportion only rosed above 50%. In contrast, both cities barely reached 35% to 40% in terms of fresh coffee, however, the maximum proportion also remained slightly less than 45% in Sydney followed by Melbourne.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main categories and provide a useful overview: café visits are generally the most popular activity, while fresh coffee is lower than instant coffee in most cities. Several comparisons are also broadly accurate, including Adelaide’s relatively low café figure and Hobart’s high instant-coffee figure. This covers the task, but some details are unclear or inaccurate. The overview says Melbourne’s cafés were the most visited, although Hobart is marginally higher in the chart; likewise, “instant coffee is being prioritised over the instant one” does not clearly compare instant with fresh coffee. The café figures are mostly close, but Brisbane is described vaguely rather than with a clear comparison. More precise overview statements and clearer reporting of the fresh-coffee pattern would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a recognisable four-part structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs covering café visits and coffee preferences. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the information. Linking phrases such as “Overall,” “Starting from,” and “Moving towards” help signal shifts, although some sound formulaic and do not always clarify the relationship between ideas. For example, “In contrast” introduces fresh-coffee figures, but the comparison with instant coffee could be stated more explicitly. The opening sentence is also difficult to follow because several ideas are compressed into one clause. To make progression more effective, group related comparisons consistently and use clear references such as “this figure” only when the antecedent is unmistakable.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of formal and comparative vocabulary, including “proportion,” “representing,” “prioritised,” and “in contrast,” and the reader can generally understand the intended topic. However, several word choices and collocations are noticeably unnatural or imprecise, which limits clarity: “a survey studied, conducted,” “cafes remained at the first place,” and “habitual to buy and drink” do not express the data naturally. “Instant coffee is being prioritised over the instant one” also repeats the same category instead of naming fresh coffee. Use straightforward chart language such as “the survey shows,” “had the highest share,” and “residents bought.” Greater accuracy with common collocations would make your vocabulary more effective than relying on elaborate phrasing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and attempts at longer, more complex sentences, including comparisons introduced by “where” and “as compared to.” The main message is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors and awkward sentence construction remain. For example, “the Melbourne accounts” and “the Adelaide holds” use unnecessary articles, while “the proportion only rosed above 50%” has an incorrect verb form. In “the ratio of proportion lied in between,” the sentence pattern is not well controlled, and the opening sentence contains a confusing sequence of clauses. These issues do not consistently prevent understanding, but they reduce accuracy. Practise forming direct comparison sentences and checking subject–verb agreement, articles, and past-tense forms.

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