Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The chart demonstrates byuing and drinking habits in five cities in Australia inluding Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. In general having coffee and tea have been increading by people rapidly. The consumption of them is very popular among schools, colleges, universities and corporate office now a days.

The chart demonstrates the figures of consumption of tea and coffee in five large cities in Australia and the data shows from the last 4 weeks in 5 major cities in which Sydney 44% brough fresh coffee, 46% bought instant coffee and 61% went to a cafe for having coffee or tea. Melbourne hits the record of fresh coffee bought with 63%, while instant coffee on 44% and in place coffee on 42%. In Brisbane fresh coffee is on 55%, instant coffee is on 53% and in place cafe coffee is on 34%. While Adelaide fresh and instant coffee are on similar ratio and in person coffee is on 34%. Lastly Hobart, the rising number is of fresh coffee on 63%, instant coffee is on 54% and in person coffee with ratio of 43%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0

The response identifies the five cities and attempts to report figures for all three activities, so it is recognisably about the chart. However, the account only partially fulfils the task because several central comparisons are misreported: Melbourne’s 63% is café attendance, not fresh coffee purchases (about 42.5%); Brisbane’s 55% is café attendance, not fresh coffee (about 34.5%); and Hobart’s 63% is café attendance, not fresh coffee (about 38.5%). The overview that consumption is “increading…rapidly” and popular in schools and offices is not supported by this one-time survey. Give a concise overview grounded in the chart—for example, café visits are highest in most cities, while instant coffee exceeds fresh coffee in every city—and check each figure against its category.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is some organisation: the opening introduces the topic, and the second paragraph moves through the cities, using markers such as “In Brisbane,” “While Adelaide,” and “Lastly Hobart.” This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, the response does not progress clearly from an overview to well-grouped comparisons, and the first paragraph includes unsupported general statements rather than a chart-based summary. The city-by-city sequence also becomes difficult to follow because categories and figures are sometimes mixed up, as in the Melbourne and Brisbane sentences. Group the main patterns first, then compare cities within each category, and use clear references such as “the café figure” to make relationships easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses a basic range of task-related vocabulary, including “bought,” “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” and “ratio,” and the reader can generally recognise the intended topic. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, which sometimes makes the data difficult to interpret. For example, “hits the record” is not a suitable way to describe a percentage, while “in place coffee” and “in person coffee” do not clearly identify café visits. There are also noticeable spelling errors such as “byuing,” “inluding,” and “increading.” Use precise chart language consistently, such as “the proportion who visited a café,” “accounted for,” and “was highest,” and proofread spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and longer sentence forms, including a sentence beginning “While Adelaide…” and a sequence of clauses describing Sydney. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently enough to make some relationships unclear. For instance, “In general having coffee and tea have been increading” has an unclear subject and verb agreement, while “The chart demonstrates the figures… and the data shows from the last 4 weeks” is not formed as a clear grammatical sentence. Several later descriptions omit verbs or use incomplete constructions, such as “instant coffee on 44%.” Practise complete comparison sentences with accurate past-tense reporting, for example, “In Sydney, 44% bought fresh coffee, compared with 45.5% who bought instant coffee.” Check articles, agreement, and sentence boundaries.

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