Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-12

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 6.5)

To understand the tea and coffee habits of Australians, as survey was conducted, tracking the tea and coffee drinking and buying trend across five cities in Australia.

Amongst the cities, Sydney has the highest share of fresh coffee buyers, around 44% of the city residents, followed by Melbourne and Hobart. Simultaneously, Hobart leads in the share of instant coffee buyers at almost 55%, followed by Brisbane and Adelaide. This data is retrospective of four weeks prior to the survey.

With the exception of Adelaide, all the other four cities have the highest number of cafe visitors to get tea or coffee. All four cities - Sydney, Melboune, Brisbane and Hobart - show more than 50% of their city residents buying coffee or tea from cafes. Even Adelaide's almost 50% of the residents frequented cafes over 4 weeks. This trend highlights a preference for ready-made coffee and tea for Australians, over home-made drinks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify several relevant comparisons, including Sydney’s leading share of fresh-coffee buyers (about 44%) and Hobart’s highest instant-coffee figure (about 55%). You also correctly note that café visits exceed 50% in four cities and are close to 50% in Adelaide. However, the overview is incomplete: café attendance is the highest of the three activities in every city, including Adelaide, where it is approximately 49.5%, just below instant coffee at 50%. The claim that Adelaide is an exception is therefore inaccurate. The final conclusion about Australians preferring ready-made drinks over homemade ones is broader than the chart supports. More balanced coverage of the main patterns, including the relatively low fresh-coffee figures in Brisbane and Adelaide, would make the summary more complete and precise.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall sequence: it introduces the survey, discusses coffee purchases, and then turns to café visits. Phrases such as “Amongst the cities” and “With the exception of Adelaide” help signal comparisons, and the paragraphs separate the main points. However, the progression is not fully controlled because the second paragraph focuses on selected leaders without establishing the overall pattern, while the final paragraph repeats the café comparison and then adds a broad interpretation. “This data” also has an unclear reference, and “Simultaneously” does not express the relationship between the two figures particularly well. A concise overview followed by organised comparisons across all three activities would create smoother progression and clearer links between points.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “share,” “followed by,” “residents,” and “frequented,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “retrospective of four weeks prior,” but this is not a natural way to describe the survey period. “Highest number” is imprecise when the chart reports percentages, and “buying coffee or tea from cafes” does not accurately describe the café-visiting category. There is a spelling error in “Melboune,” and “tea and coffee habits” is repeated several times. More precise collocations and varied wording would improve control: describe residents as having “visited a café,” and refer to “the proportion” or “percentage” rather than a “number.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, and most of the message remains understandable. Some grammatical errors are present, however. The opening has a missing article and an incorrect construction: “as survey was conducted” should be “a survey was conducted.” In “Even Adelaide’s almost 50% of the residents,” the possessive structure is faulty; use “In Adelaide, almost 50% of residents…” The sentence beginning “With the exception of Adelaide” also has an unclear grammatical relationship between the exception and the claim that follows. In addition, “all the other four cities have the highest number” is awkwardly constructed. Check articles, possessives, and sentence logic, while retaining the complex structures you attempt.

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