Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-13

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)

The bar graph illustrates the reported data of a survey on the beverage buying preference of individuals between tea and coffee in five Australian cities.

Overall, a common trend found in most cities except Adelaide was that people choosing to go to a cafe for coffee or tea in the past 4 weeks. Melbourne had the highest consumption of beverages in a cafe with 63% residents.

Citizens in Sydney can be observed having a preference for going to a cafe as compared to buying instant coffee or fresh coffee. Similarly, in Melbourne, visiting a cafe were followed by buying instant coffee and fresh coffee with approximately 48% and 43% respectively. Brisbane and Adelaide had a significantly lower consumption of fresh coffee as compared to the other cities. Moreover, in Adelaide the proportion of people purchasing coffee or visiting a cafe was nearly the same. Hobart had a clear distinction in terms of purchase preference with 63% of citizens going to a cafe followed by 54% buying instant coffee while 38% buy fresh coffee. Finally the data showed the least preference for fresh coffee in all the five cities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern that café visits were the most popular activity in most cities and note the comparatively low fresh-coffee figures in Brisbane and Adelaide. The city-by-city comparisons, including Adelaide’s near-equal café and instant-coffee proportions and Hobart’s figures, are relevant. However, the overview is not fully accurate: Adelaide’s café figure (about 49.5%) is also slightly below its instant-coffee figure (50%), so it does not clearly stand apart from the general pattern. The claim that fresh coffee had the least preference in all five cities is also too broad: in Sydney, fresh coffee (44%) was marginally below instant coffee (45.5%), but the overall comparison should be stated more precisely. Include the notable high café figures in both Melbourne and Hobart, and report the main comparisons consistently.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph of city comparisons. Sequencing from Sydney and Melbourne to Brisbane, Adelaide, and Hobart helps the reader follow the data, and transitions such as “Similarly,” “Moreover,” and “Finally” signal relationships. However, some links are mechanical or unclear. The overview’s “except Adelaide” is not adequately explained, and “Finally” introduces a broad conclusion rather than a distinct final comparison. The paragraph also moves through cities without grouping the strongest similarities or contrasts, so the main patterns are less prominent than the individual details. Organise the body around comparisons—for example, café attendance versus purchases, then the cities with the highest and lowest figures—and use references that make each comparison explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 7.0

You use a reasonably varied range of task-appropriate vocabulary, including “proportion,” “preference,” “significantly lower,” and “clear distinction.” These choices allow you to describe both comparisons and general patterns, and the meaning is generally clear. Some expressions are less natural or precise for chart reporting: “reported data of a survey” is wordy, “consumption of beverages in a cafe” does not accurately describe attendance, and “preference for going to a cafe” can imply a stated preference rather than reported behaviour. “Buying preference” is also repeated in a context where the chart includes café visits. Choose concise terms such as “survey results,” “visited a café,” and “proportion who bought,” and vary these carefully without changing what the categories measure.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

You use a mix of simple and more complex forms, including the overview clause “a common trend found in most cities…” and comparisons introduced by “as compared to.” Most sentences communicate the intended meaning, but some grammatical errors remain. In “visiting a cafe were followed,” the singular gerund phrase requires “was followed”; “with 63% residents” needs “of”; and “while 38% buy fresh coffee” shifts from past reporting to the present tense. The opening phrase “individuals between tea and coffee” also has an incomplete grammatical relationship. Review subject–verb agreement, articles and prepositions, and keep the past-tense framing consistent when describing what residents did in the previous four weeks. More accurate control of these patterns would strengthen an otherwise understandable response.

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