Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of residents buying and drinking habits of tea and coffee in five diffrent Australian

cities in last 4 weeks.

Overall, visiting cafe for coffee or tea is most famous trend in four of the five cities, while buying fresh coffee is least popular activity. Melbourne recorded a highest percentage of cafe visitors, whereas Adelaide had almost identical figure for buying instant coffee.

Regarding fresh coffee, Sydney and Melbourne had relatively high proportions, approximately 44% and 43%, respectively.

The figure were lower in Brisbane and Adelaide, at around 34% and 35 %. Hobart recorded slightly higher percentage as compare to this two cities, at about 40%.

The proportion of people who brought instant coffee was highest in Hobart, at roughly 54%followed by Adelaide at 50% .

Brisbane and Melbourne recorded figures of approximately 53% and 49% respectively, while sydney has the lowest peopoetion at around 46%.

Cafe visits was perticularly popular in Hobart and Melbourne, where the figure stood at approximately 65% and 64% respectively. Sydney also reported a high proportion at around 61%. whereas Brisbane and Aldelaide were loer at approximately 57% and 51 % respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three activities and provide a clear overview: café visits lead in four cities, while fresh coffee is generally the least popular. Most figures and comparisons are accurately selected, including the high café proportions in Melbourne and Hobart and Hobart’s leading instant-coffee figure. This meets the task well, with some features reported in useful detail. However, the overview contains an important exception: café visits are not the most popular activity in Adelaide, where instant coffee is slightly higher. The claim that fresh coffee is least popular also does not hold in Sydney, where it is marginally below instant coffee but well below café visits; in Adelaide, fresh coffee is lowest. Clarifying these exceptions and comparing the closest figures more precisely would strengthen the overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response is arranged in a sensible sequence: an introduction and overview are followed by separate paragraphs on fresh coffee, instant coffee and café visits. This makes the information easy to locate, and comparisons such as Sydney and Melbourne’s fresh-coffee figures are grouped appropriately. Some linking is effective, particularly “while” and “whereas,” but transitions and punctuation are not always controlled. For example, “Sydney also reported a high proportion … whereas Brisbane…” begins a new sentence after a full stop with a lower-case “whereas,” and the instant-coffee paragraph has uneven spacing around figures and punctuation. The overview also makes broad claims that are not fully supported by the later comparisons. More consistent sentence boundaries and clearer links between the overview and details would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a relevant range of chart vocabulary, including “proportions,” “recorded,” “figure,” and “approximately,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. There are, however, noticeable spelling and word-choice errors that limit precision: “diffrent,” “peopoetion,” “perticularly,” and “loer” should be corrected, while “brought instant coffee” is the wrong verb for purchasing and “most famous trend” is an unnatural collocation for popularity. “As compare to” is also not idiomatic. These slips do not prevent understanding, but they make the report less fluent and precise. Aim for accurate, conventional language such as “the proportion of residents,” “bought instant coffee,” and “the most popular activity,” and proofread spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use both simple statements and some more developed comparative structures, for example, “Hobart recorded slightly higher percentage as compare to this two cities.” The overall meaning is usually clear, but some grammatical errors recur. In “the percentage of residents buying and drinking habits,” the noun phrase is not formed correctly; write “the percentage of residents who bought…” Also, “The figure were lower” has subject–verb disagreement, and “Melbourne recorded a highest percentage” needs the article “the.” There are sentence-boundary and punctuation problems in “Sydney also reported … . whereas Brisbane…,” as well as inconsistent capitalisation of city names. More accurate articles, agreement and sentence punctuation, alongside varied but controlled complex sentences, would improve grammatical control.

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