Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart illustrates the results of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.

Overall, going to the cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks was the most popular habit among all in all the cities except Adelaide, where buying instant coffee in last 4 weeks was the most popular habit among all three. In addition to this, buying fresh coffee in last 4 weeks was the least popular habit among all three in all the five cities.

With just over 60 % of city residents in Sydney and almost 63 % of Melbourne residents choosing to go to cafe in last 4 weeks, this habit was the most popular in these two cities by some distance as the second best habit which was to buy instant coffee recorded almost 45 % and 48 % respectively. Although just below 50 % of city residents in Adelaide opted for going to cafe in last 4 weeks, the habit of buying instant coffee was the most popular in this city with 50 % of city residents opting for it.

Among all cities, Brisbane had the least percentage of residents who bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks which was only about 34 %. This city recorded almost 52.5 % of residents who bought instant coffee in the last 4 weeks and therefore this city recorded the highest percentage points gap between the least and the second best habit among all cities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern accurately: café visits lead in four cities, while instant coffee is highest in Adelaide, and fresh coffee is the least popular option in every city. Several figures are also reported appropriately, including café visits in Sydney and Melbourne and instant coffee in Adelaide. However, coverage is uneven: Hobart is omitted, and the comparison of Brisbane’s “highest percentage points gap” is not clearly defined or fully supported. The chart also shows that Hobart has the highest instant-coffee figure and a café-attendance rate close to Melbourne’s, both useful comparisons for a fuller summary. Develop the overview and select key contrasts across all five cities more consistently.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure, with an introduction, an overview and two detail paragraphs. Information generally progresses from the broad pattern to city-specific figures, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Although” and “therefore” help connect ideas. However, the final paragraph focuses on Brisbane without bringing the discussion back to the other cities, and the phrase “the least and the second best habit” makes the comparison difficult to follow. Some repeated wording, especially “in last 4 weeks” and “habit,” also makes the progression feel mechanical. Grouping cities by shared patterns and using clearer references to the three survey categories would make the organisation more cohesive.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “residents,” “percentage,” “most popular” and “recorded,” and the meaning is generally clear. There is also some variation in how figures are described, such as “just over,” “almost” and “just below.” However, several phrases are repetitive or imprecise: “habit” is used repeatedly for survey categories, and “second best habit” is not a natural way to describe the next-highest result. “Percentage points gap” is potentially useful but needs a clearer comparison. The response therefore communicates the data but does not yet show consistently precise, flexible collocation. Use terms such as “proportion,” “category” and “rate” selectively, and vary the language used to compare rankings.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a concessive clause beginning “Although” and a longer sentence explaining the Brisbane comparison. Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical errors and awkward constructions are present. For example, “in last 4 weeks” is missing an article, and “the most popular habit among all in all the cities” has an unclear, repetitive structure. In “the second best habit which was to buy instant coffee recorded,” the relative clause does not attach naturally to the intended subject. Check articles and prepositions in time expressions, and simplify sentences when several comparisons are being combined. More consistently controlled complex sentences would improve accuracy.

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