Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The bar graph staticitics the representation of the habits of people drinking or buying coffee or tea in five different cities of Australia.

Overall, The bar chart depicate the five varipous towns where people buy fresh or instant coffee for last 4 weeks and people who went to cafe for drinking coffee or tea in past 4 weeks.

Firstly,IN Sydney mostly people went to cafe for drinking coffee or tea rather then buying it with the hightest ratio the the way has 62%,Meanwhile other two way has almost same ratio.However, In adelaide the instant coffee selling is more common but drinkng coffee or tea has little differance,Whereas, fresh coffee has least selling which are also same in all other cities.In hobart and melbourne most of the people went to cafe for tea or coffee which has 64 and 65% ratio.In brisbane the drinking tea or coffee has minner upper hand then instant coffee

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s three activities and make relevant comparisons, including café visits being highest in Sydney and Hobart and instant coffee being especially popular in Brisbane and Hobart. However, the overview is unclear and does not consistently identify the main pattern across all five cities. Some details are inaccurate: you say café attendance in Melbourne was 65%, whereas it is about 64%, and describe fresh coffee as having the same lowest level in every city, although it varies and is not the lowest category overall. The comparison of Adelaide is also difficult to interpret. To strengthen the response, give a concise overview of the broad trends, then report accurate comparisons for each activity using clear city-to-city contrasts.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is an attempt to organise the response with an introduction, an overview and a detail paragraph, and sequencing words such as “Firstly,” “Meanwhile” and “However” show an effort to connect points. Nevertheless, the progression is difficult to follow because several comparisons are crowded into one long paragraph and the relationships between them are not always clear. For example, the sentence beginning “However, In adelaide” moves between instant coffee, café visits and fresh coffee without clearly separating the findings. Some linking words are used awkwardly or without suitable punctuation. Group the information by activity or by clear city comparisons, and use shorter sentences with explicit references to the relevant category.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some task-related vocabulary, including “bar graph,” “ratio,” “instant coffee” and “went to cafe,” so the reader can recognise the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or forms make the meaning unclear, such as “staticitics the representation,” “the hightest ratio the the way,” and “minner upper hand.” Spelling errors, including “depicate,” “varipous,” “drinkng” and “differance,” are noticeable and reduce precision. Some expressions, such as “selling” for the proportion who bought coffee, are not well suited to describing survey results. Use accurate chart language such as “the proportion of residents,” “accounted for,” and “was more popular than,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including comparisons introduced by “whereas” and “however.” However, control is inconsistent: several sentences have faulty structure or punctuation, which makes the relationships between ideas hard to understand. For instance, “Firstly,IN Sydney mostly people went to cafe…” has misplaced word order and missing sentence punctuation, while “the way has 62%” does not form a clear grammatical comparison. Capitalisation and comma use are also unreliable, and articles are often missing in phrases such as “went to cafe.” Aim for a clear subject–verb structure in each sentence, use articles consistently, and separate contrasting points with full stops or correctly formed conjunctions.

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