Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-20

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 demonstartes the outcomes of a survey about individual's coffee and tea purchase and consumption habits in last month in five australian cities (sydney, melbourne, brisbane, adelaide and hobart).

Overall, the proportion of people having coffe or tea at cafe is higher across all cities, except at adelaide city, where it is almost equals to the percentage of people buying instant coffee. Likewise, purchasing fresh coffee was going downtrend across all cities.

Regarding cafe visit, more number of people visit cafe at the cities sydney, melbourne and hobart where percentage rates were above 60%. Meanwhile at adelaide city, proportion of people prefer instant coffee and visiting a cafe are close to 50% respectively. There was a least proportion of people chose fresh coffee in all five cities and came within the range 33% - 43%, while brisbane stood with least percentage 33%, sydney remained with largest proportion in purchasing fresh coffee at 43%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern that café visits were generally the most popular option, and you note the close figures for café visits and instant coffee in Adelaide. You also make relevant comparisons, including the high café figures in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart and the relatively low fresh-coffee figures. This covers the key features, with the overview and selected details mostly accurate. However, “purchasing fresh coffee was going downtrend across all cities” is not supported: the chart compares cities, rather than showing a downward trend over time. The account would be stronger with more precise comparisons across all three categories—for example, instant coffee was the leading option in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart, while café visits led in Sydney and Melbourne.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph giving selected details. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Meanwhile” and “while” help signal relationships between points. The progression is generally understandable, but some connections are imprecise or mechanical. In particular, “Likewise” does not clearly introduce the claim about fresh coffee, and the final sentence combines the range, Brisbane’s low figure and Sydney’s high figure in a crowded structure. The overview also moves quickly between general patterns without clearly separating the café, instant-coffee and fresh-coffee comparisons. Grouping details by the leading category or by city would make the comparisons easier to follow, while clearer references would improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “purchasing,” and “survey,” and the reader can understand the main comparisons. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “the proportion of people.” However, several word choices and collocations are unnatural or imprecise: “having coffe or tea at cafe,” “more number of people,” and “stood with least percentage” do not express the data naturally. Spelling and capitalisation slips, including “demonstartes,” “coffe,” and “australian,” also reduce accuracy. Aim for standard chart language such as “the share of residents who visited a café” and “the lowest proportion,” and check spelling and city-name capitalisation.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of sentence forms, including a complex overview sentence with “except” and a comparison introduced by “while.” The main meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “in last month” needs an article or a different time expression, “where it is almost equals” has an incorrect verb construction, and “There was a least proportion” uses an incorrect article and structure. The phrase “more number of people visit cafe” also has problems with the comparative construction and article use. These errors do not generally prevent understanding, but they limit control. Practise accurate comparative patterns, articles, and subject–verb forms, and use past tense consistently when describing the survey results.

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