Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-11

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 outcomes of a survey about people habits of purchasing tea and coffee in Australian five cities.

Overall, the individuals who went to a cafe for taking tea and coffee depicted the highest ratio in Melbourne, while the citizens of Brisbane who bought fresh coffee in the last four weeks contributed less in numbers in this survey.

To begin with, the individuals who liked to buy fresh coffee in the last four weeks amounted to 44% of the total in Sydney and later it started slumping to a considerable extent, amounting to less than 35% in Brisbane and Adelaide. Furthermore, this ratio surged to 38% in city Hobart.

In addition, the residents who went to a cafe for coffee or tea contributed above 60% for three cities including Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, while the remaining two cities had lower ratios accounted for 55% of the total.

Finally, the inhabitants who bought instant coffee over a period of four months revealed an upward trend starting with 41% in Sydney and ending with over 45% for two cities including Melbourne and Brisbane. Moreover, the rest of the cities had higher ratios of 50% and 54% in total.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the chart’s three activities and provide an overview, noting that café visits are high in several cities and fresh-coffee purchases are relatively low in Brisbane and Adelaide. However, the overview misidentifies the café leader: Melbourne is highest, but Hobart is almost equal, and the response does not clearly compare the three categories overall. Some figures and details are inaccurate or unclear. For example, instant coffee in Sydney is about 45.5%, not 41%, and the phrase “over 45% for two cities including Melbourne and Brisbane” overlooks that Brisbane is about 53% and Hobart is the highest at about 54.5%. The café figures for the two lower cities are also not both around 55%, since Adelaide is about 49.5%. Select the main highs and lows more precisely and support the overview with accurate comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for fresh coffee, café visits, and instant coffee. This makes the information easy to locate, and transitions such as “Furthermore” and “In addition” help connect points. However, the progression is somewhat mechanical, with “To begin with,” “In addition,” and “Finally” functioning mainly as repeated paragraph markers. Some comparisons are difficult to follow, particularly “the remaining two cities had lower ratios accounted for 55% of the total,” which does not clearly identify the cities or distinguish their different values. Grouping cities by meaningful similarities and using clearer references would improve cohesion and make the comparisons more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of vocabulary for describing survey data, including “amounted to,” “surged,” “upward trend,” and “ratios.” These attempts to vary your wording show adequate flexibility, and the intended meaning is generally understandable. However, several choices are unnatural or imprecise for chart reporting: “people habits,” “for taking tea and coffee,” “contributed less in numbers,” and “in city Hobart.” “Slumping” also suggests a sharp or dramatic fall that is not necessary for these figures, while “revealed an upward trend” is inaccurate because the city values do not form a chronological trend. Prefer direct, conventional expressions such as “the proportion of residents,” “visited a café,” and “was highest in Hobart.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple and more complex sentence forms, including clauses introduced by “while” and “who,” and most sentences communicate the intended comparisons. Some grammatical errors remain, but they rarely prevent understanding. For example, “people habits” needs a possessive form (“people’s habits”), and “in Australian five cities” has an incorrect word order; write “in five Australian cities.” In “the individuals who went to a cafe … depicted the highest ratio,” the subject and verb are awkwardly matched, and “the citizens of Brisbane … contributed less in numbers” also creates an unclear grammatical relationship. Check articles and prepositions in phrases such as “in city Hobart,” and make sure each sentence clearly identifies what its percentage refers to. More consistently controlled sentence patterns would strengthen accuracy.

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