Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The chart below compares the outcome of study, about cofee and tea buying and drinking habits in five cities in Australia.

Overall, going to cafe for tea or coffee was the prominent habit in all cities. Buying fresh coffee recorded the smallest percentage among the drinking habit.

In Sydney almost 48% of citizens consumed fresh coffe, which is recorded as 44% in Melbourne and 38% in Hobart. Brisbane and Adelaide accounnted the same share of fresh coffee, which is approximately 34%.

Buying instant coffee was recorded higher then fresh coffee, Which was 46% and 48% in Sydney and Melbourne

63% residence went to cafe for coffee and tea in both cities; Melbourne and Hobart. Sydney recorded 61%, Brisbane 56 and Adelaide 54% for going cafee.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the main pattern that café visits were generally the most popular activity, and you include several relevant city comparisons. However, the overview is not fully accurate: fresh coffee was not the lowest category in every city, since instant coffee was lower in Sydney. Some figures are also misreported: fresh coffee in Sydney was about 44%, not 48%; café visits in Hobart were about 63%, but Melbourne was about 63.5%; and Adelaide’s café figure was about 49.5%, not 54%. The account of instant coffee is incomplete, giving figures for only two cities. The response is 117 words, below the 150-word minimum, so several key comparisons remain undeveloped.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, with an opening, an overview and separate paragraphs for some of the data. This helps the reader identify the topic and broad pattern. However, progression is limited: the instant-coffee paragraph stops after Sydney and Melbourne, while the final paragraph shifts to café figures without a clear link or complete comparison. Cohesive wording such as “which” is sometimes used awkwardly, and the city figures are presented as a list rather than grouped to highlight similarities or contrasts. To improve, organise the details into clear comparisons—for example, fresh versus instant coffee in one paragraph and café visits in another—and use linking phrases to show the relationships between the figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentage,” “share,” “recorded” and “accounted,” and the reader can generally understand the intended categories. However, the range is limited and several choices or spellings reduce precision. “Outcome of study” does not describe a survey chart, while “consumed fresh coffee” is less accurate than saying people bought it. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “cofee,” “coffe,” “accounnted” and “cafee.” Repeated use of “recorded” and “going to cafe” makes the description less natural. Aim for accurate chart language such as “the proportion who bought” and “visited a café,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You produce several understandable simple sentences and attempt longer structures, for example, “Brisbane and Adelaide accounted the same share of fresh coffee, which is approximately 34%.” However, the range is limited, and errors recur in sentence construction, articles, agreement and punctuation. Examples include “going to cafe” (missing an article), “63% residence went” (incorrect plural form), and the fragment-like “Buying instant coffee was recorded higher then fresh coffee, Which was 46% and 48%...” The capital letter in “Which” after a comma is also incorrect. Practise complete comparisons with a clear subject and verb, such as “The proportion buying instant coffee was higher than the figure for fresh coffee in Sydney and Melbourne.”

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