Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-14
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 illustrate the reults of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in fiv Australian cities.
The pecentage of people who went to a cafe for coffee or tea is comparetively high. whereas, percentage of people who bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks is low in these cities. Least number of people bought fresh coffee.
In Melbourne city the pecentage of people who went to cafe for coffee or tea is highest which is 63 percent. People of this city who bought instant coffee are 48 percent. People who bought fresh coffee are 42 percent. Whereas, least percentage of people who went to cafe are in city Adelaide which are 49 percent least percentage among all these cities. Highest percentage 54 percent of people who bought instant coffee live in Hobart city. Least percentage 45 percent people who bought instant coffee are from sydeny city. Whereas, people living in this city have a highest percentage 43 percent people who bought fresh coffee. Least percentage 33 percent people who bought fresh coffee are from Brisbane city. 52 percent people of this city bought instant coffee and 55 percent people went to cafe for coffee or tea.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the main categories and make several relevant comparisons, including café visits being high and fresh-coffee purchases being relatively low. You also report useful figures for Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane. However, the overview is not sufficiently clear or accurate: Melbourne, not the highest, has the second-highest café figure, narrowly below Hobart, and Sydney—not Melbourne—has the highest fresh-coffee figure. The claim that Brisbane has the lowest fresh-coffee figure is also incorrect; Brisbane and Adelaide are approximately equal. Some figures are imprecise, and the response does not consistently compare the three habits across all cities. A clearer overview of the main highs, lows and patterns, supported by accurate comparisons, would strengthen the report.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5
The response contains relevant information and moves from a general statement to city-specific details, but the progression is difficult to follow. The second paragraph combines several cities and categories in long sequences, so readers must work out which figures belong together. Linking words such as “Whereas” are repeated and sometimes used where a contrast is not clearly established; for example, the shift from Adelaide’s café figure to Hobart’s instant-coffee figure is abrupt. There is also no clear paragraph break separating an overview from the detailed comparisons. Organise the report into a concise overview and logically grouped details, and use linking expressions only when they clarify the relationship between points.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the survey’s subject, including “bought instant coffee,” “went to a cafe,” and “percentage.” However, the range is limited and several expressions are repetitive or imprecise, such as repeated use of “people” and “percentage of people.” Some word choices and collocations are awkward, including “Least number of people” and “live in Hobart city”; more natural phrasing would be “the lowest proportion” and “residents of Hobart.” Spelling errors such as “reults,” “fiv,” “pecentage,” and “sydeny” are noticeable and reduce accuracy. Build a wider set of precise terms for describing proportions, rankings and comparisons, and proofread spelling carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response communicates its basic meaning, but grammatical control is uneven and the sentence patterns are mostly simple, with some longer sentences that become difficult to manage. Errors include subject–verb agreement in “The chart illustrate” and “percentage … is comparetively high,” as well as missing articles in phrases such as “went to cafe” and “in last 4 weeks.” The sentence beginning “Whereas, least percentage…” is not a complete, well-connected sentence, and punctuation around “whereas” is often faulty. These errors recur and sometimes make relationships between ideas unclear. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles and complete sentence construction, then use a wider range of structures while checking punctuation.
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