Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-16

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 proportion of people's habit of buying and drinking coffee and tea through the survey carried out in five Australian cities in last four weeks.

Overall, the tea and coffee from a cafe was the most preffered choice of the citizens in most of the cities. Buying fresf coffee, however, was on the least of the trend.

Looking at the habit of residents going to cafe for coffee or tea, the figure shows dominant of other two categories in most of the cities, with almost 63% in Melboune and Hobart. Followed by, Sydney shows just above 60% and Brisbane at approximate 55%. However, Adelaide was the only city which have residents less preference as compared to instant coffee with just under half of the population.

On the other hand, the small proportion of population of all cities were interested in buying fresh coffee with figures between 40% to 45% of people in Sydney and Melbourne, followed by around 38% in Hobart and almost same percentages (34%) in Brisbane and Adelaide. While, the sale of instant coffee was remained moderate through out the period,with over half of the population buying in Brisbane and Hobart and under half was Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern that café visits were generally the most popular category and fresh coffee purchases the least, and you compare the five cities across all three activities. Most reported figures are consistent with the chart: café attendance is about 63% in Melbourne and Hobart, while fresh coffee is around 34–44%. The comparison that Adelaide was the only city where café visits fell below instant coffee is also accurate. However, the overview says café-going was the top choice in “most” cities without noting that it was highest in every city except Adelaide, and the final comparison of instant coffee could be more precise: Sydney and Melbourne were below half, Adelaide was about 50%, and Brisbane and Hobart were above it. These omissions and less-developed comparisons limit fuller coverage.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for café visits and coffee purchases. This gives the reader a sensible route through the information, and phrases such as “Overall” and “On the other hand” signal the intended relationships. Some linking is mechanical or awkward, however. “Followed by” begins a fragment-like transition, while “While” introduces a final clause that is not properly connected to the preceding sentence. The two purchase categories are also grouped together without a clear contrast between their different patterns. Improve progression by using complete comparison sentences and grouping information around the main contrasts—for example, café visits versus purchases, then fresh versus instant coffee.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “proportion,” “population,” “figures,” and “categories,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. However, several noticeable spelling and word-choice errors reduce precision: “preffered,” “fresf,” and “Melboune” should be corrected, while “the tea and coffee from a cafe” is an imprecise description of going to a café for either drink. Some collocations are unnatural, such as “was on the least of the trend,” “shows dominant,” and “the sale of instant coffee.” Prefer concise chart language such as “was the least popular,” “was higher than,” and “the proportion buying instant coffee.” More accurate collocations and careful proofreading would make the vocabulary more effective and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex structures, including the contrast in “Buying fresh coffee, however…” and the clause beginning “However, Adelaide…”. The main comparisons remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “the figure shows dominant of other two categories” lacks a suitable grammatical construction, and “Adelaide was the only city which have residents” has an agreement error and an awkward relative clause. In “the small proportion of population … were interested,” the subject and verb do not agree, and “the sale of instant coffee was remained” uses an incorrect verb form. Articles and sentence boundaries also need attention. Practise building accurate comparison clauses and checking subject–verb agreement, verb forms, and punctuation in longer sentences.

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