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 illustrates the proportion of people purchasing coffee and tea and drinking habits in five cities in Australia. Overall, the percentage of people who bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks remained the lowest across all five cities. In contrast, the proportion of people who went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks were highest among all the five cities except Adelaide.

According to the chart, the Melbourne and Hobart has the highest number of people going to a cafe for coffe or tea with figure going a little over 60% for both. Adelaide has a little under 50% of people visiting cafe's which is the lowest among all the five Australian cities. It is the only city where instant coffee sales are more than cafe visits.

The proportion of people buying fresh coffee remained the lowest among all the five cities with figures for Sydney and Melbourne going upto 44% and 42% , respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify a relevant overall pattern: café visits are generally the most popular activity, while fresh coffee purchases are comparatively low. You also make useful comparisons, including Adelaide’s café figure being below instant-coffee purchases. However, the overview is not fully accurate: fresh coffee is not the lowest category in every city, since in Adelaide café visits (about 49.5%) are slightly below fresh coffee purchases (about 34.5%)? More importantly, fresh coffee is indeed below the other categories in all cities, but the response does not report the key variation across the chart. Several important figures and comparisons are omitted, including the high instant-coffee proportions in Hobart and Brisbane and the café peak in Melbourne and Hobart. The final paragraph gives only Sydney and Melbourne fresh-coffee figures, leaving the report underdeveloped.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by details about café visits and fresh-coffee purchases. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “In contrast,” and “According to the chart” help signal the purpose of each section. However, progression is limited because the report moves between categories without a consistent comparison pattern, and the final paragraph ends abruptly after two fresh-coffee figures. The overview also repeats the claim that fresh coffee was lowest, rather than setting up a fuller account of the main contrasts. Organise the body paragraphs by category or by city, and use clear references to connect each comparison—for example, contrast café attendance with instant-coffee buying across all five cities.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “purchasing,” and “sales,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts at more precise descriptions such as “a little over 60%” and “a little under 50%.” However, some word choices and collocations are imprecise or repetitive: “people purchasing coffee and tea and drinking habits” does not clearly describe the chart, and “highest number” is less suitable when the data show percentages. “Cafe” and “coffe” also contain spelling or accent errors, while “cafe’s” uses an unnecessary apostrophe. Use consistent terms such as “residents,” “proportion,” and “visited a café,” and vary the language used to describe increases, peaks, and comparisons.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast structure “In contrast, the proportion…” and the relative clause “where instant coffee sales are more than cafe visits.” Most sentences remain understandable, and errors do not generally obscure the intended comparisons. Some grammatical inaccuracies are present, however. For example, “the Melbourne and Hobart has” has incorrect subject–verb agreement, and “the percentage … were highest” also mismatches a singular subject and verb. Articles and prepositions need attention in phrases such as “in last 4 weeks” and “visiting cafe’s.” Punctuation is inconsistent, including spacing before commas and a missing full stop at the end. Check agreement and article use, then proofread sentence endings and punctuation.

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