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 compares the data collected about public coffee and tea purchasing and drinking habits in five cities in australia.

Overall, the proportion of people bought coffee or tea in last 4 weeks was higher than intant and fresh coffee buyers in all five cities. In Sydney and Melbourne, the individuals who bought fresh coffee were closed to instant coffee buyers, in contrast, the ratio was dramatically low in other three cities.

Melbourne was the city containing the highest proportion of around 63% of people, while the lowest ratio was in Adelaide, recording 49% approximately. The second highest precentage of coffee and tea buying in last 4 weeks was recorded in Hobart, while Sydney was at 61% and Brisbane was at 55%, respectively.

The proportion of fresh and instant coffee buyers in Sydney was very close, recording around 43% and 45% respectively, while, in contrast, ratio for both entities notably far from each other, showing 33% and 52% respectively. Hobart and Adelaide followed nearly same trend, and ration was quite different recorded 44% for fresh coffee and 50% for instant, and 33% for fresh coffee and 53% for instant, respectively. Mlebourne had a moderate difference in ratio, displaying 42% for fresh coffee and 47% for instant.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the chart’s main pattern: café visits were the most common activity in every city, and fresh-coffee purchases were close to instant-coffee purchases in Sydney and Melbourne. The overview and comparisons are relevant, and most reported figures are broadly consistent with the chart. However, the overview’s claim that the gap between fresh and instant coffee was “dramatically low” in the other cities is unclear; in fact, instant coffee was notably more popular there. Some details are also imprecise, such as giving Hobart’s instant-coffee figure as 53% rather than about 55%, and the final comparisons are difficult to follow. This covers the task well overall, but clearer interpretation and more precise selection of comparisons would strengthen it further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs comparing café visits and coffee purchases. This gives the reader a coherent route through the information. However, progression within the final paragraph is less controlled: the sentence beginning “Hobart and Adelaide followed nearly same trend” combines two cities and several figures in a way that makes the comparisons hard to track. Connectors such as “while, in contrast” are also used awkwardly, and “respectively” does not always make the city-to-figure links clear. Use one comparison at a time, group cities by a shared pattern, and make references explicit. The organisation is sound overall, though cohesion is sometimes mechanical or unclear.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “recording,” “highest,” and “moderate difference,” and the meaning is generally understandable. There are, however, several inaccurate or unnatural choices: “intant” appears to mean instant, “closed to” should be “close to,” and “ratio” is repeatedly used where “proportion” or “percentage” is more suitable. “Coffee and tea buying” is also an imprecise description of café visits. Spelling errors such as “precentage,” “ration,” and “Mlebourne” reduce accuracy. Aim for consistent, precise terms for the three chart categories and check spelling; this would make the adequate range more flexible and reliable.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including comparisons with “while” and “in contrast,” and the main message can usually be understood. Some grammatical errors remain, however. For example, “the proportion of people bought” needs a relative clause (“the proportion of people who bought”), while “in last 4 weeks” needs an article (“in the last four weeks”). The phrase “the city containing the highest proportion” is an awkward construction, and “ratio was quite different recorded” lacks a clear grammatical link between the comparison and the figures. Punctuation also makes some long comparisons difficult to follow. Build accuracy by checking clause structure and articles, and divide multi-city comparisons into shorter sentences.

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