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 bar chart illustrates the percentage of the inhabitants from 5 major cities in Australia and their habit of buying and drinking tea.

It's evident that, people are more incliend to go to cafe for coffee than bring fresh coffee or instant coffee for the last 4 weeks. Adelaide is the only city where people bought instant coffee more than going to cafe for coffee.

In Melbourne, the number of people who went to cafe for coffee are doubled of the people who bought fresh coffee.

The rate of bringing fresh coffee and instant coffee in Brisbane and Adelaide were almost similar.

The rate of going cafe in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart was very high than two other rates. Bringing instant coffee were almost similar to Brisbane and Hobart cities.

Brining fresh coffes's rate was very low to Brisbane and Adelaide.

In every city, the rate of bringing fresh coffee was low, the rate of bringing instant cofee was medium and going to a cafe's rate was high compareatively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s broad pattern: café visits are generally the highest category, while fresh coffee purchases are often lower. You also note Adelaide as the exception where instant coffee purchases exceed café visits. However, several comparisons are inaccurate or too vague. In Melbourne, café visits (about 63.5%) are not double fresh coffee purchases (about 42.5%). Fresh and instant coffee rates in Brisbane and Adelaide are not almost similar, with gaps of roughly 18–16 percentage points. The response also lacks a clear, data-supported overview of the main highs and lows across all five cities. Select a few key comparisons and support them with approximate figures to make the summary more complete and reliable.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The ideas are relevant, and the response moves from a general statement to city comparisons and then a concluding generalisation. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the comparisons are presented as a series of short, loosely connected statements rather than grouped by a clear organising principle. For example, the discussion shifts from Melbourne to Brisbane and Adelaide, then to three cities’ café rates, without consistently comparing the same categories. Repeated openings such as “The rate of…” also make the flow mechanical, while “In every city” introduces a summary that is not fully supported by the figures. Organise the report into an overview followed by focused comparisons, and use clear references to connect related data.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “rate,” “bought,” and “went to cafe,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning unclear. “Bringing fresh coffee” does not describe purchasing it, and “going cafe” needs a more natural expression such as “visiting a café.” There are also spelling errors, including “inclined,” “cofees,” and “cofee,” and repeated use of “rate” and “high.” Use precise verbs such as “purchased” and “visited,” and vary expressions for proportions and comparisons. Check spelling and choose collocations that match the chart’s categories.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response includes simple statements and attempts some more complex structures, such as “Adelaide is the only city where…” and “In every city…,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in agreement and sentence construction occur in examples such as “the number of people … are doubled” and “The rate … were almost similar.” The opening also has an awkward construction: “the percentage of the inhabitants from 5 major cities … and their habit.” Articles and prepositions are sometimes missing or incorrectly used, as in “go to cafe” and “going cafe.” These errors do not prevent the reader from understanding the general topic, but they make several comparisons less clear. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement and build complete, direct comparison sentences.

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