Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

This survey compares people's coffee drinking preferences of 5 Australian cities in the past 4 weeks. For each city, the survey compares what the people prefer between three drinks that are fresh coffee, instant coffee and buying from a cafe.

Melbourne and Hobart have the highest number of residents who drank coffee in the past 4 weeks with over 62% of them bought coffee or tea from a cafe.

Out of all cities Adelaide has the lowest coffee consumption. Additionally it is the only city where more people prefer instant coffee over going to a cafe. In other cities, cafes have the largest market share up to over 60% in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart.

One most common thing to be noted is fresh coffee has least preference between all cities. This is likely for the convinience factor of cafes and instant coffee that making your own coffee has.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify several relevant broad patterns, including café visits being highest in most cities and fresh coffee being the least popular option. However, the response only partially reports the chart: it gives almost no precise comparisons across all three categories and omits key contrasts, such as instant coffee leading in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. The claim that Adelaide has the lowest coffee consumption is too broad, since it is lowest for café visits but not for instant coffee. Also, the opening misdescribes the third category as “buying from a cafe,” whereas the chart records going to a café. The response is one word below the required minimum. To strengthen the report, include a clear overview and select accurate figures to support the main comparisons.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a coherent overall arrangement: it introduces the survey, then presents general comparisons and a concluding observation. Paragraph breaks help separate these points, and linking expressions such as “Additionally” and “One most common thing to be noted” signal relationships between ideas. However, the progression is not fully clear because the second and third paragraphs make broad claims without systematically comparing the three categories or moving through the cities. “In other cities” also leaves the reader to infer which cities are meant. A more deliberate structure—an overview followed by comparisons of café visits and coffee purchases—would make the information easier to follow, while clearer references would reduce ambiguity.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of topic vocabulary, including “residents,” “consumption,” “preference,” and “market share,” and the main meaning is generally clear. There are, however, some inaccurate or awkward choices. “Coffee drinking preferences” does not accurately describe a chart that includes purchases and café visits, while “buying from a cafe” mislabels the café category. “Largest market share” is not a natural description of the survey percentages, and “convinience” is misspelled. The phrase “making your own coffee has” is also unclear and incomplete in meaning. Aim for precise chart language such as “proportion of residents” and “visited a café,” and avoid adding explanations about convenience that the chart does not establish.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple sentences and more complex forms, including the relative clause in “the only city where more people prefer instant coffee over going to a cafe.” Most sentences remain understandable, but some grammatical choices reduce accuracy. In “over 62% of them bought coffee or tea,” the clause needs a construction such as “over 62% bought” or “over 62% of whom bought.” The final sentence, “This is likely for the convinience factor of cafes and instant coffee that making your own coffee has,” is structurally unclear; a complete, direct sentence would be more effective. There is also a tense inconsistency between past survey timing and present-tense claims such as “have” and “prefer.” More controlled sentence construction and consistent tense would improve clarity.

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