Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The bar graph illustrates a survery results about individuals' on buying and drinking routine of coffee and tea in five cities(Sydney, Melbourne, Bisbane, Adelaide and Hobart) in Australia.

Overall, the maximum proportion of people in 4 out of 5 cities, went to a cafe for coffee or tea in last 4 weeks. Also, The minimum percentage of people in all cities, brought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks.

Sydney, Melborne and Harbart are the significant amout of people prefer went to cafe for coffee or tea. The people living in Melborne went to a cafe aproximately 63%. Also, brought instant coffee and fresh coffee in last 4 weeks nearly 48% and 43% respectively. In sydney, these values are almost 45%. In Horbart, shows same pattern as Melborne, aproximately 62%, 54% and 38% respecively, went to a cafe, brought instant coffee and brought fresh coffee.

Brisbane and Adlaide show different pattern from the other cities. the people in Brisbane went to cafe almost 55% , brough instant coffee nealy 53% and brought fresh cofee almost 34%. Additionally, the people in Adekaide these percentages are nealy 49%,50% and 34% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main categories and make relevant comparisons across the five cities. The overview correctly notes that café visits were the highest figure in four cities, and that fresh coffee purchases were generally the lowest; your city-by-city details also capture several key values, such as Melbourne’s café figure of about 63% and Hobart’s instant-coffee figure of roughly 55%. This covers the task well, with some detail more fully reported than others. However, the overview’s claim that fresh coffee was the minimum in all cities is inaccurate: in Adelaide, café visits (about 49.5%) were slightly below fresh coffee purchases (about 34.5%)—actually fresh coffee remains lower, but the overview could be more precise about the comparison. More importantly, Sydney’s three figures are compressed into “almost 45%,” omitting the notably higher café rate of about 61%. Include this contrast to make the overview and comparisons more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs grouping the cities. This makes the information easy to locate, and phrases such as “Also” and “Additionally” help signal additions. The grouping of Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart before Brisbane and Adelaide is also a reasonable organising choice. However, progression within the first detail paragraph is uneven: Sydney is reduced to “these values are almost 45%,” so the reader cannot tell which categories are being compared or follow the café figure. Some linking is mechanical, and the repeated “Also” does not always show the precise relationship between points. Use explicit category references and transitions such as “By contrast” or “Meanwhile,” and keep each city’s three figures in a consistent order.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “cafe,” and the labels for fresh and instant coffee, so the topic is generally understandable. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “illustrates” and “significant amount.” However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems are noticeable: “survery results,” “brought” for “bought,” “significant amout,” “routine of,” and “went to cafe” are inaccurate or unnatural. City names are also repeatedly misspelled, including “Bisbane,” “Melborne,” and “Adlaide.” These errors sometimes make the intended meaning harder to follow. Build a reliable set of chart-reporting collocations and check spelling carefully; for example, use “the proportion who visited a café” and “purchased fresh coffee.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentence forms, and the overall meaning can usually be recovered. The overview and the final comparison show an effort to report several figures in connected sentences. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, particularly with articles, verb forms and sentence construction. For example, “a survery results” has a number/article mismatch, while “people … prefer went to cafe” combines incompatible verb forms. “In Horbart, shows same pattern” is an incomplete clause, and “the people in Adekaide these percentages are…” lacks a clear grammatical connection. Capitalisation after full stops is also inconsistent. Practise complete subject–verb clauses and use a consistent past-tense reporting pattern, such as “In Hobart, 63% visited a café, while 54.5% bought instant coffee.”

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