Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-21

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 illustrates the percentages of residents in five cites of Australia who bought fresh coffee, instant coffee or went to a cafe for coffee or tea in previous four weeks.

Overall, visiting to a cafe was the most popular activity in five cities of Australia, while buying fresh coffee was generally the least popular as compare with buying instant coffee in last 4 weeks.

At the beginning, lookind at fresh coffee which percentage around 44%. Similarly, there was buying instant coffee appoximate 45% while went to a cafe for coffee or tea was highest like 60% in Sydeny. In Melbourne, there was most highest which went to a cafe for coffee or tea around 63%, as compare to bought fresh or instant coffee almost 43 to 58 percent. Whereas, there was lower percent in Hobart which is 39% fresh coffee.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify the chart’s subject and give a broad overview that café visits were generally popular and fresh coffee was often less popular than instant coffee. However, the report is only partially developed: it gives figures mainly for Sydney and Melbourne, then mentions only Hobart’s fresh-coffee result, leaving Brisbane and Adelaide largely unreported. Some comparisons are also unclear or inaccurate: in Melbourne, instant coffee was about 48.5%, not “almost … 58 percent,” and the claim that fresh coffee was generally the least popular overlooks cities where café visits were lower than instant-coffee purchases but fresh coffee was not always the lowest. The response is also 8 words below the required minimum. Add a concise comparison covering all five cities and report the main highs and lows accurately.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic structure: an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph with selected city details. The overview helps the reader understand the intended main pattern. However, the body does not progress systematically through the cities or categories, and the opening phrase “At the beginning” does not clearly signal what is being compared. The shift from Sydney to Melbourne and then Hobart leaves Brisbane and Adelaide out, so the information feels incomplete and uneven. Linking expressions such as “Similarly” and “Whereas” are attempted, but their relationships are not always clear. Organise the details by a consistent pattern—for example, compare café attendance across cities, then compare fresh and instant coffee—and use transitions that accurately show contrast or similarity.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses relevant chart vocabulary, including “percentages,” “residents,” “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” and “most popular,” so the topic remains understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “visiting to a cafe,” “as compare with,” and “there was most highest.” Spelling slips including “cites,” “lookind,” “appoximate,” and “Sydeny” also reduce precision. These issues do not prevent the reader from identifying the general subject, but they make the report less clear and controlled. Use standard reporting phrases such as “the proportion who visited a café” and “compared with,” and check spelling carefully before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer comparisons, and the introduction and overview communicate their basic meaning. However, the range of sentence structures is limited, and attempts to build more complex sentences often contain errors. Examples include “In Melbourne, there was most highest,” where the sentence structure and comparison are faulty, and “as compare to bought fresh or instant coffee,” where the comparison is not grammatically formed. There are also missing or misplaced articles and verbs, as in “in previous four weeks” and “there was buying instant coffee.” These errors sometimes make relationships between figures difficult to follow. Practise complete subject–verb sentences and comparison patterns such as “the figure for X was higher than that for Y.”

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