Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-19

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 chart compares people's coffee and tee buying and drinking habits across the five Australian cities Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart. with percentage of city residents.

In these five citites the point to obsereved is that most of people are prefering to go cafe rather than bringing fresh or instant coffee in previous 4 weeks the data may be different from other weeks. the good thing is that Sydney people are most of them brinf fresh coffe,it is bit a difficult to make coffee compared to prepare coffee from instant coffee.Overally when we compare all those 5 cities people, Brisbane and Adelaide peole drink less coffee compared to other cities people. Sydney, Melborne, hobart peoples buy and drink a lot of coffee and tee, they also go more to cafe rather than buying fresh coffee and instant coffee. This bar chart shows that how people prefer drink coffee and tee like it is difficult or takes time to prepare fresh coffee so people are less when compared to others and for buying instant coffe people are moderate, but for going cafe is easy so most of them prefer going to cafe.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and make a relevant general observation that café visits were common, which gives the response some task focus. However, the summary is only partial because it does not report the main comparisons with supporting figures, and several claims are inaccurate or unclear. For example, Sydney did not have the highest fresh-coffee figure: it was highest there, but Melbourne was close, while Brisbane and Adelaide were lowest. More importantly, Hobart and Melbourne had the highest café attendance, not Sydney, and Brisbane and Adelaide were not simply the lowest across all habits. The explanation that café visits are easier is speculation rather than information shown by the chart. Select key highs and lows, compare the three categories accurately, and support the overview with approximate percentages.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.0

The response begins with an introduction and then attempts to describe overall patterns, so there is some basic organisation. However, ideas are not arranged in a clear progression: the discussion moves from café visits to Sydney’s fresh coffee, then to city comparisons, and back to explanations about preparation. There is no distinct, well-developed overview followed by organised comparisons. Linking is also repetitive, especially the repeated use of “so” and “but,” while the long middle section combines several claims without clear connections. Group the information by category or by notable city comparisons, use separate paragraphs for the overview and details, and make each sentence contribute one clear comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant topic vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “percentage,” “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” and “cafe,” so the reader can recognise the subject. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning difficult to follow. Phrases such as “the point to observed,” “most of people are prefering,” and “people are moderate” are not natural ways to describe chart data. There are also repeated spellings such as “tee” for “tea” and “coffe” for “coffee.” Build a small set of precise reporting expressions, such as “accounted for,” “recorded,” “the highest proportion,” and “was followed by,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt to combine ideas in longer sentences, for example when comparing café visits with buying coffee, but these structures are often faulty and the response relies heavily on simple or loosely joined clauses. Errors in verb forms and agreement appear in “most of people are prefering” and “Sydney people are most of them brinf fresh coffe.” Sentence boundaries and punctuation are also inconsistent: the opening paragraph ends with a fragment-like city list, and the long final sentences run several ideas together. These problems sometimes make the intended comparisons hard to understand. Practise accurate subject–verb patterns and concise comparison sentences, such as “Café attendance was highest in Hobart and Melbourne, at about 63%,” before attempting longer structures.

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