Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-15

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 percentage of people in five Australian cities who bought fresh coffee, instant coffee and went to cafe for coffee or tea during previous four weeks.

Overall, visiting cafe wast the most popular choice in sydney, melbourne, brisbane and hobart. However, in adelaide, the figure for buying instant coffee and visiting cafe were almost same. Buying fresh coffee was the least popular activity in most cities.

In sydney, approximately 61% of peoples visit to cafe while 46% bought instant coffee. The figure for fresh coffee was slightly lower, at about 44%. Similarly, melbourne recorded the highest percentage of cafe visitor, at around 64%. In this city approximately 49% peoples bought instant coffee, as compared with 43% who bought fresh coffee.

In brisbane, about 56% residents visited to a cafe for coffee or tea, while 53% bought instant coffee. The figure for adelaide were almost equal for these two activities, at around 50%. Fresh coffee bought approximately 35% in both brisbane and adelaide. Finally, hobart had around 63% of cafe visitor, while 55% bought instant coffee and only 39% purchased fresh coffee.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

The response covers the chart’s three activities and all five cities, and its overview identifies the main pattern: café visits are generally highest, while fresh coffee is usually lowest. The comparisons are mostly accurate, including the near-equal café and instant-coffee figures in Adelaide and the similar fresh-coffee results in Brisbane and Adelaide. The reported figures are also close to the chart. This gives the account a clear, relevant summary. To make the overview more precise and fully developed, note that instant coffee—not café visits—is the highest category in Hobart, and that café visits are also below instant coffee in Adelaide. The current wording that café visits are most popular in four cities overlooks Hobart’s slight reversal, so a more exact comparison would strengthen the overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The information is arranged in a clear sequence: an introduction and overview are followed by city-based details, with Sydney and Melbourne grouped before Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Similarly,” and “Finally” help readers follow the comparisons. However, some connections are mechanical, and the city-by-city listing makes the main contrasts less prominent than they could be. For example, the overview could distinguish the cities where café visits lead from Hobart and Adelaide, where instant coffee is marginally higher or nearly equal. Use clearer grouping by pattern, and ensure each comparison explicitly identifies the relevant city and activity. This would make progression more analytical and reduce reliance on repeated “In [city]” openings.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses enough task-related vocabulary to describe the chart, including “percentage,” “approximately,” “recorded,” and “purchased.” It also varies some expressions for the activities rather than repeating the chart labels throughout. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “cafe visitor,” “peoples,” and “visit to cafe.” The repeated use of “figure” and “around” also limits precision and variety. Choose natural forms such as “café visits,” “residents,” and “visited a café,” and use alternatives like “proportion” or “share” where appropriate. More accurate collocations and a slightly wider range of comparison language would make the description clearer and more fluent.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response includes both simple statements and some more developed comparisons, for example, “In this city approximately 49% …, as compared with 43% …”. Most meanings remain clear, but some grammatical errors recur. These include subject–verb agreement in “the figure … were almost equal,” missing articles in “went to cafe,” and incorrect verb patterns in “residents visited to a cafe” and “Fresh coffee bought approximately 35%.” There are also errors in plural forms and sentence construction, as in “46% of peoples visit to cafe.” Use “the figure was,” “visited a café,” and “about 35% bought fresh coffee.” More consistent control of articles, agreement, and verb forms, alongside varied but accurate sentence structures, would improve accuracy.

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