Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-18

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 drinking routines, tea and coffe purchasing of people in five cities of Australia.

Overall, visiting a café to drink coffee or tea was the most popular habit in four out of the five cities, while buying fresh coffee was the least popular activity in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. In addition, instant coffee was more popular than fresh coffee in all five cities, with Adelaide being the only city where the figures were almost equal.

In Brisbane and Adelaide, the fresh coffee percentage rate is almost equal, which is 34%, the instant coffee and visit for coffee or tea proportions are slight different: 53%, 50% and 56% and 49%, respectively.

In Melbourne and hobart, people visiting for coffee or tea propotion is just a bit different, which is 63% and 62%, respectively, followed by Sydney having 61% of residants. Moreover, the Hobart instant coffee proportion is higher than Melbourne and Sydney, which is 54%, as compared to 48% and 46% of them, respectively. Additionaly, Sydney's fresh coffee rate is more than Melbourne, which accounts for 43% in comparison with 42% of Melbourne. In contrast, Hobart has least fresh coffee residants and its percentage is 38%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that café visits were generally the most popular activity and that instant coffee purchases exceeded fresh coffee purchases in every city. You also make relevant comparisons across the cities, including the similar café figures for Melbourne and Hobart. However, the overview is not fully accurate: café visits were not the most popular habit in Sydney, where instant coffee purchases were higher (about 45.5% versus 44% for fresh coffee and 61% for café visits—actually café visits are highest; correction: café visits are highest in Sydney too). The claim that fresh coffee was least popular in Hobart is also incorrect, since it was least popular in Brisbane and Adelaide; Hobart’s café figure is highest. Some comparisons are unclear or incomplete, so select the key highs and lows more precisely and report them consistently.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs comparing groups of cities. This gives the reader a workable progression from general patterns to details. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover,” and “In contrast” help signal relationships. However, the city groupings are not always easy to follow, particularly in the Brisbane and Adelaide paragraph, where several figures are compressed into one sentence without clearly matching each value to its category. The final paragraph also moves between café visits, instant coffee, and fresh coffee, making the comparisons feel somewhat mechanical. Use one sentence or clause per clear comparison, and refer explicitly to each city and measure to improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportions,” “percentage,” “popular,” and “accounts for,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, several word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “drinking routines, tea and coffe purchasing,” “percentage rate,” “visit for coffee or tea proportions,” and “fresh coffee residents.” Spelling errors—including “coffe,” “propotion,” “residants,” and “Additionaly”—also reduce precision. Some wording is repetitive, especially repeated use of “proportion” and “percentage.” Aim for standard chart language such as “the share of residents who bought…” and “the proportion visiting cafés,” and check spelling carefully. This would make your descriptions more precise and natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons with “while,” “which,” and “as compared with,” and the main message can usually be followed. Some grammatical errors remain, however. For example, “the fresh coffee percentage rate is almost equal, which is 34%” has an unclear relative clause, while “the instant coffee and visit … proportions are slight different” has problems with agreement and sentence construction. In “Hobart has least fresh coffee residents,” the article is missing and the comparison is not grammatically formed. Capitalisation is also inconsistent in “hobart.” Build comparisons with complete, parallel clauses—for example, “The figures for fresh coffee were similar in Brisbane and Adelaide, at about 34%”—and check articles, agreement, and punctuation.

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