Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart gives the data of survey results about people coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in 5 different australian cities.

Overall, the people choice of drinking is similar is 4 cities as they follow the same trend as going to cafe is popular among these and buying fresh coffee is least favourite. While adelaide have opposite approach of people about their mode of drink.

The people going it cafe for coffee or tea is most popular in 3 different cities like sydney have it around 62% followed by instant coffee at 46% and at last is buying fresh coffee in last 4 weeks. This tajectory is followed by people in melborune as well with cafe coffee increased to 64% and instant coffee at 48% while fresh bought coffee at 43% only. The brisbane people likeness of cafe tea drops to 55% followed by increase in ready made tea whereass freshly bought dcreases to low 34%.

The case for adelaide changes as people prefer to make instant coffee is top with 50% close down by cafe made at 49% but fresh coffee is least there as well at 34%. Finally hobart follows the other 3 cities trend with cafe tea at top around 63% with quickly made coffee at 54% while fresh bought in last 4 weeks is at modest 38% among residents.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three measures across the five cities and give a clear overall comparison: café visits are generally highest, while fresh coffee is usually lowest, with Adelaide as the exception to the café-led pattern. Most reported figures are close to the chart, including Sydney’s café figure, Melbourne’s café and instant-coffee results, and Hobart’s values. The overview is useful, though “opposite approach” is not quite accurate: Adelaide still has fresh coffee as its lowest category, and instant coffee only narrowly exceeds café visits. Brisbane is also described less fully, with no precise comparison between its instant-coffee and café figures. To strengthen the response further, make the overview more exact and compare the main highs and lows across cities rather than relying mainly on city-by-city reporting.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs that group the city comparisons. Sequencing with “Overall,” “While,” “Finally,” and “followed by” helps readers track the information. However, some links are mechanical or unclear, particularly “The people going it cafe” and “The case for adelaide changes,” which make the relationships between ideas harder to follow. The overview’s claim that Adelaide has an “opposite approach” also conflicts with the later point that fresh coffee is still least popular there. Consider grouping cities with similar patterns, then using clear comparisons between them, and ensure each paragraph develops one consistent point. This would make progression more controlled and cohesion less dependent on repeated sequencing phrases.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary such as “survey,” “popular,” “followed by,” and “residents,” and you attempt more varied expressions, including “opposite approach” and “modest.” However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, sometimes obscuring the intended meaning: “people choice of drinking,” “ready made tea,” “cafe made,” and “quickly made coffee” do not clearly describe the chart categories. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “melborune,” “tajectory,” and “dcreases.” Use the chart’s precise labels—fresh coffee, instant coffee, and going to a café—and practise natural collocations for describing proportions and preferences. This will improve clarity and control without requiring unnecessarily elaborate vocabulary.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “while” and “as,” and the main message is generally understandable. However, errors in sentence construction and agreement recur. For example, “the people choice of drinking is similar is 4 cities” has an unclear structure, while “adelaide have opposite approach” lacks correct subject–verb agreement and article use. In “The brisbane people likeness of cafe tea drops,” the sentence does not form a clear grammatical pattern. Punctuation and capitalisation also need attention, especially at sentence openings and around longer comparisons. Practise building accurate sentences with a clear subject and verb, such as “In Brisbane, café visits were more common than fresh-coffee purchases.” Greater control of these patterns would make your comparisons easier to read.

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