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 results of a servey about individuals habits to purchase tea and coffe and their drinking habits in five different cities.

Overall, mostly people bought tea and coffee at cafe in four cities except Adelaide, fresh coffe had lowest sale in all five cities during the 4 weeks. In contrast, instant coffee sale fluctuated in all cities.

In Sydney, people went to cafe for coffee had the highest proportion, followed by instant coffee purchase which was almost 45% whereas fresh coffe sale remained lowest at 43%. In Melbourne and Brisbane visit to cafe had the highest figures about 63 and 55% respectively. Fresh coffe sales were lowest in both cities about 42 and 33%.

In Adelaide and Hobart, freshly prepared coffee ranked lowest which was overtaken by cafe visits in Adelaide and instant coffee in Hobart. In Adelaide instant coffe had highest percenatge about 50% while in Hobart cafe visits for coffee were highest about 63%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that café visits were the leading activity in most cities and that fresh coffee purchases were generally lowest, and you support this with relevant city comparisons. The overview also correctly notes Adelaide as the exception to the café-leading pattern. However, “fresh coffee had lowest sale in all five cities” is inaccurate: in Sydney, instant coffee purchases were slightly higher than fresh coffee, but fresh coffee was not the lowest in every city only if café visits are considered; more importantly, your later comparisons do not consistently clarify the ranking. Some figures are also imprecise, such as Brisbane fresh coffee at about 33% rather than approximately 34.5%. To strengthen the response, report the key contrasts more precisely and make the overview distinguish the highest and lowest categories across all five cities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, a summary of the main trends, and two paragraphs comparing groups of cities. This gives the reader a sensible route through the information, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “In contrast,” and “whereas” help signal relationships. The city grouping is understandable, although the final paragraph combines Adelaide and Hobart despite their different leading categories, so the comparison could be more explicit. Some references are also unclear, as in “which was overtaken by cafe visits in Adelaide and instant coffee in Hobart”; the reader has to infer that “which” refers to fresh coffee. Use clearer category names and organise comparisons around shared patterns or contrasts to make progression more precise.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of chart vocabulary, including “proportion,” “figures,” “ranked lowest,” and “fluctuated,” and the meaning is generally recoverable. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “fresh coffee sale,” “instant coffee sale,” and “people went to cafe for coffee had the highest proportion.” The repeated use of “coffee” and “sale” also limits flexibility, while spelling errors such as “servey,” “coffe,” and “percenatge” reduce accuracy. Choose precise terms such as “purchases,” “share of residents,” and “café visits,” and check spelling carefully. This would make the vocabulary more natural and better suited to describing survey data.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of sentence forms, including comparisons with “whereas” and clauses beginning “which,” and most of the intended meaning can be understood. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, sentence construction, and agreement. For example, “individuals habits” needs a possessive form, while “people went to cafe for coffee had the highest proportion” lacks a grammatical link between the clauses. “In Melbourne and Brisbane visit to cafe had the highest figures” also needs articles or plural forms to make the structure complete. The sentence patterns are often similar, and the relative-clause construction in the final paragraph is unclear. Practise building accurate comparison sentences, including “the proportion of residents who…” and “visits to cafés were…”.

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