Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

This graph illustrates the buying and drinking habits of tea and coffee of five cities in Australia. These five cities are the most well known cities.

The most significant part is the rate of cafe for coffee or tea is high most of the cities. In Sydney, fresh coffee and instant coffee rates are very close but cafe for coffee and tea rate is very high. In Melbourne, fresh coffee rate is lower than others. Besides that, cafe for coffee or tea rate is the highest among the five cities.The figure of cafe for coffee or tea is around 65%. In Brisbane, instant coffee and cafe for coffee rates are very close. On the other hand, the rate of fresh coffee is very poor. In Adelaide, the lowest rate among five cities. Instant coffee and cafe for coffee or tea are almost same. Besides that, the rate of fresh coffee is very low. it is almost 35%. At last, in Hobart, massive difference amnong three users. Fresh coffee rate is around 40%, instant coffee is around 55% and cafe for coffee or tea is 65%

As a result, I want to say that maximum number of people habituate with cafe for coffee or tea. Few number of people take fresh coffee and instant coffee lover is average

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three activities and make relevant comparisons across the five cities, including the high café figures in Melbourne and Hobart and the relatively low fresh-coffee figures in Brisbane and Adelaide. Several reported values are broadly accurate, such as Hobart’s figures and Adelaide’s fresh-coffee rate. However, the overview is incomplete and some comparisons are inaccurate or unclear: café visits are not highest in Melbourne alone, as Hobart is almost equally high, and Brisbane’s café rate is notably above its instant-coffee rate rather than “very close.” The claim that fresh coffee is lower than in other cities in Melbourne is also incorrect. Focus the overview on the main overall patterns, then support it with accurate comparisons and avoid unsupported claims such as the cities being “most well known.”

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure: an introduction, a sequence of city-by-city comments, and a concluding statement. This gives the reader some sense of how the information is organised, and phrases such as “On the other hand” and “At last” attempt to connect ideas. However, the progression is repetitive and often mechanical, with each city treated in a similar list-like way rather than grouped around the chart’s main patterns. Some links do not express the relationship accurately, and the final “As a result” conclusion repeats a general claim instead of synthesising the comparisons. Use a distinct overview paragraph and organise the details into meaningful comparisons—for example, café attendance versus coffee purchases—while making sure each linking phrase reflects the relationship between the figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant chart vocabulary, including “rate,” “figure,” “highest,” and “lowest,” so the topic is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several expressions are unnatural or imprecise, which makes some comparisons difficult to interpret. Examples include “rate of cafe for coffee or tea,” “fresh coffee rate is very poor,” “massive difference amnong three users,” and “instant coffee lover is average.” “Habituate with” is also not an appropriate way to describe people’s habits. Aim for standard collocations such as “the proportion who visited a café” and “the percentage buying instant coffee.” Check spelling, including “among,” and choose neutral, precise language rather than evaluative terms such as “poor” or “massive.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response communicates its basic meaning through mostly simple statements and some attempts to combine ideas, such as “In Sydney, fresh coffee and instant coffee rates are very close but…” However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and errors recur in sentence structure, articles, agreement, and punctuation. For example, “In Adelaide, the lowest rate among five cities” is a fragment, while “the rate of cafe … is high most of the cities” has an incomplete comparison structure. The sentence beginning “Besides that, cafe…” also needs clearer article use and punctuation. There is little variety beyond repeated “In [city]” openings and short clauses. Practise complete comparative sentences and use a wider range of accurately controlled structures, checking articles and sentence boundaries.

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