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 give bar chart illustrate the comparison of buying and drinking coffee and tea between the different people of different cities of Australia in last 4 weeks.

overall , almost in all cities most of people went to cafe for coffee and tea . And a few percent people bought fresh coffee and the rate of buying instant coffee is moderate.

In sydney the number of people of buying instant and fresh coffee is nearly same around 45% but the trend of buying coffee or tea from cafe is quite high around 60%.

In melbourne , there is a quite noticeable difference in buying fresh coffee and instant of around 7-8%.Buying fresh coffee is around 40% and instant is 48%. while the trend of going cafe and buying coffee or tea is high approximately 63%.

while on the othe hand in Brisbane and adelaide the ratio of buying instant coffee and going to cafe for tea and coffee is same around 50% and around one third of people like to buying fresh coffee.

And in hobart all three categories have different ratios 37% like buying fresh coffee , 54% prefer to take instant coffee and and most of like to go to cafe

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that café visits are high and compare several cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. Most figures you give are broadly consistent with the chart: for example, fresh coffee is around 40% in Melbourne and café visits are about 63%. However, the overview is imprecise: “a few percent” bought fresh coffee is misleading when the figures are roughly 35–44%, and “moderate” does not clearly summarise instant coffee, which is the leading purchase in four cities. Some comparisons are also incomplete. In Brisbane and Adelaide, café visits are not the same as instant-coffee purchases in both cities, and Hobart’s café figure is omitted. A clearer overview and more precise city comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic overall structure, moving from an introduction and overview to city-by-city details. This makes the information reasonably easy to follow, and phrases such as “In Sydney” and “In Melbourne” signal the comparisons. However, progression becomes less clear in the final paragraph, where Brisbane and Adelaide are grouped together despite differences in their café figures, and the Hobart sentence ends without reporting its café result. Linking words such as “while” and “on the other hand” are repeated or used awkwardly, and some sentences run together without clear punctuation. Organise the details into more deliberate comparisons—for example, cities with the highest café attendance versus those with lower attendance—and use transitions only where they clarify the relationship.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “ratio,” “categories,” and “approximately,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. However, several word choices and collocations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “the trend of buying coffee or tea from cafe,” “the ratio of buying,” and “like to take instant coffee.” “A few percent” also understates the fresh-coffee figures. Repetition of “buying,” “coffee,” and “high” limits the range, while errors such as “othe” and “cafe” without an accent or plural marking reduce polish. Aim for precise reporting verbs and comparison language, such as “the proportion who purchased” and “accounted for,” while keeping the wording natural and accurate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including comparisons with “while,” and the main meaning is usually recoverable. However, grammatical control is uneven. The opening has subject–verb agreement and article problems (“The give bar chart illustrate”), and several noun phrases are incorrectly formed, as in “the number of people of buying.” There are also errors with articles and plurals (“went to cafe,” “most of people”), verb patterns (“like to buying”), and sentence boundaries, particularly where a new clause begins after a full stop or comma. Capitalisation and spacing around punctuation are inconsistent. Practise accurate basic sentence frames for describing percentages, then add subordinate clauses only when you can control their grammar and punctuation.

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