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 compares data regarding coffee and tea spending and drinking habits in five specific cities in Australia.

Overall, going to a cafe was the most common in five cities, while this trend in Adelaide was the sole exception. In addition, buying fresh coffee consistently recorded the lowest figure among three categories.

Regarding drinking habits in Sydney, it is clear that going to a cafe stood at around 62%, followed by approximately 46% of buying instant coffee. The figure for buying fresh coffee sat at roughly 44%. Likewise, in Melbourne, the city residents choosen going to a cafe most, at nearly 63%. Following this, the figure for buying fresh coffee and available coffee accounted for approximately 42% and 48%, respectively.

Turning to the remaining cities, in Brisbane, the proportion of going to a cafe was registered at just over 55%, whereas that of buying instant coffee was roughly 53%. Besides, the figure for buying fresh coffee was only reported just under 35%.Similarly, going to a cafe made up nearly as same as that in Melbourne, at about 63% while the figure for buying available coffee and fresh coffee stood at 54% and 38%, respectively. In contrast, buying instant coffee was the highest proportion in Adelaide, at 50% while that of going to a cafe and buying fresh coffee sat at 49% and 34% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that café visits are highest in most cities and that instant coffee leads in Adelaide, and you include relevant comparisons across all five locations. Most reported figures are close to the chart. However, the overview is not fully accurate: fresh coffee is not the lowest category in every city, since in Adelaide café visits (about 49.5%) are slightly below fresh coffee (about 34.5%)—actually fresh coffee remains lower there too; the more important qualification is that café visits are only marginally below instant coffee in Adelaide. Your overview could also state more clearly that instant coffee exceeds fresh coffee in every city and that café attendance peaks in Melbourne and Hobart. Some details are unclear, especially “available coffee,” and the Melbourne comparison is less precise than the other city summaries. Selecting and explaining these key patterns more clearly would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs grouping the city comparisons. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the data. Linking expressions such as “Regarding,” “Turning to,” and “In contrast” help signal shifts. However, the progression is sometimes mechanical, and the grouping is not entirely clear: the final paragraph moves from Brisbane to Hobart and then back to Adelaide. “Similarly” also introduces Hobart even though the comparison with Melbourne is not explained, while “Besides” does little to clarify the relationship between the figures. Use a consistent sequence of cities or group them by a meaningful pattern, and make each comparison explicit. Clearer referencing and less formulaic transitions would make the organisation easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of chart-reporting vocabulary, including “proportion,” “stood at,” “accounted for,” and “registered at.” These choices generally communicate the figures, but several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, which limits precision. “Available coffee” is not the chart category and appears to mean instant coffee; “spending and drinking habits” also does not accurately describe the buying and café-going measures. Phrases such as “the most common,” “the figure for buying fresh coffee sat at,” and “nearly as same as” are awkward or imprecise. Aim for standard collocations such as “the proportion who bought” and “was slightly higher than.” More consistent use of the chart’s exact category labels would improve clarity and control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and complex sentences, including comparisons with “while” and “whereas,” and most of the data remains understandable. Some grammatical errors nevertheless occur. In “the city residents choosen going to a cafe most,” the verb form and sentence construction are faulty; a clearer structure would be “city residents most commonly went to a café.” The phrase “nearly as same as that in Melbourne” also has an incorrect comparative pattern. There are punctuation and spacing problems, notably “35%.Similarly,” and some sentences become difficult to manage because several figures are joined in one clause. Use complete, parallel structures when comparing categories, and check verb forms, articles, and punctuation. Greater accuracy in these patterns would make the range of sentence forms more effective.

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