Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

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

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 outcomes of a survey conducted on public's coffee and tea purchasing and consumption patterns in five Australian cities during 4 weeks.

Five famous cities of Australia have been discussed including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. The statistical data reported that Melbourne and Hobart showed almost same pattern involving the highest proportion of inhabitants in terms of going to a cafe for buying and consuming coffee and tea. Whereas Brisbane showed a slightly different pattern as depicted to be the lower in percentage among all.

Three categories were mentioned to make a comparison based on the percentage of city residents buying coffee in last 4 weeks, buying of instant coffee and the percentage of people going to cafe for coffee and tea in last 4 weeks. Sydney was seen to be in highest percentage as 44% in terms of buying fresh coffee and Brisbane was reported as lowest to 34%. On the other hand, the trend of purchasing instant coffee was highest in Hobart as 54% as the lowest percentage was reported in Sydney as 46%. The third discussed category was of the residents who preferred to go a cafe for coffee or tea and its was seen to be raised in Melbourne and Hobart. In contrast, Adelaide showed a decline in the pattern.

Hobart and Melbourne's residents were somehow similar in the consumption pattern, whereas other cities of Australia were reported a fluctuating trend.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three survey categories and report several relevant comparisons, including Sydney’s relatively high fresh-coffee figure and Hobart’s high instant-coffee figure. Your overview also recognises that café visits were prominent in Melbourne and Hobart. However, some key information is incomplete or imprecise: café visits were highest in Melbourne and Hobart, but Brisbane was not the lowest; Adelaide was. The claim that Brisbane was “lower in percentage among all” is unclear, and the final statement about a “fluctuating trend” does not explain the city-by-city pattern. Develop the overview around the main contrasts across all five cities and report the café figures or rankings more accurately to make the summary more complete and clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs describing the categories and comparisons. This gives the reader a general route through the information. However, progression is weakened by repetition and unclear links. The second paragraph repeats the overview’s point about café visits, while “Whereas Brisbane showed a slightly different pattern” does not specify what the difference is. The final sentence introduces “fluctuating trend” without showing how the data fluctuate. Some linking phrases, such as “On the other hand” and “In contrast,” signal comparison, but the relationships they introduce are not always precise. Grouping the data by the clearest contrasts and using references that explicitly name the relevant category or city would make the organisation more coherent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of vocabulary for describing survey data, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “purchasing,” and “consumption pattern.” These choices help communicate the topic, and the meaning is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “statistical data reported,” though some expressions are unnatural or imprecise: “the lower in percentage among all,” “the third discussed category,” and “showed a decline in the pattern.” “Famous cities” is not an appropriate description in this context, and “raised” is not the natural verb for a higher survey result. Aim for standard chart language and accurate collocations, such as “the lowest proportion,” “the third category,” and “the figure was higher.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “whereas” and “as,” and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors persist, particularly with articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “public’s coffee” needs a determiner or plural form, “almost same pattern” requires an article, and “its was seen” has an incorrect pronoun and verb form. The sentence beginning “The third discussed category was of the residents…” is also awkwardly constructed, making the relationship between the category and the result less clear. Review articles before singular countable nouns, subject–verb agreement, and pronoun forms. More consistently controlled complex sentences would improve accuracy without sacrificing range.

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