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 chart clearly illustrate the result of a survey in five australian cities about cofee and tea buying habits.

overall in melbourne and hobart people prefered to visit a cafe for cofee and tea then instant cofee and few people prefer to bought fresh cofee.

However visiting psychically a cofee shops for bought it in these countries in 4 weeks ,Melbourne were on top with almost 67% and hobart were on 66% while sydney 63%brisbane on 55% adelaide on 49.Instant cofee was 2nd choice it had highest purchaser in hobart with 54% in brisbane 53% adelaid 50% melbourne 48%and in sydney 45, Fresh cofee in sydney were on top preference on 44% in melbourne 43% hobart 33% adelaide 33% and brisbame 32% bought fresh cofee .

meanwhile most people visited cofee shop for 4 weaks and bought cofee and tea and instant cofee were 2nd choice ,in sydney people bought fresh cofee .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three survey behaviours and make relevant comparisons across the cities, including the high café figures in Melbourne and Hobart and Hobart’s leading instant-coffee result. This gives the reader a general sense of the chart. However, the overview is unclear and partly inaccurate: fresh coffee was not a preference of “few people” in Melbourne and Hobart, and café visits were highest in Melbourne and Hobart, not simply described as almost 67% and 66% (the chart is about 63–64%). Several fresh-coffee figures are also misreported, particularly for Hobart, Adelaide and Brisbane. The final statement repeats earlier points rather than highlighting a distinct main feature. A clearer overview and more accurate selection of key comparisons would make the report more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

There is an attempt to organise the response with an opening, an overview, and comparisons of café visits, instant coffee and fresh coffee. However, the progression is difficult to follow because the overview and details are mixed together, and the final paragraph repeats the claim that café visits were most common. Linking words such as “However” and “meanwhile” do not always show a clear relationship between the ideas that follow them. The long middle section also strings figures together without clear sentence boundaries, making comparisons hard to track. Use separate paragraphs for the overview and the detailed comparisons, and group information consistently by behaviour or by city. Clearer punctuation and more purposeful transitions would improve the flow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant topic vocabulary, including “survey,” “instant coffee,” “fresh coffee,” “purchaser” and “preference,” so the subject is generally recognisable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, such as “visiting psychically a coffee shops,” “for bought it” and “people prefered to visit a cafe.” Repeated use of “coffee” and “people” also makes the description less precise. Spelling errors, including “cofee,” “weaks,” “adelaid” and “brisbame,” are noticeable and sometimes slow the reader. Aim for accurate, natural phrases such as “went to a café” and “bought fresh coffee,” and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt to communicate comparisons using both simple statements and longer sentences, but control of sentence structure is weak. Agreement errors appear in “The chart clearly illustrate” and “Melbourne were on top,” while verb forms and sentence construction are faulty in “people prefered to visit” and “for bought it.” Articles and plurals are also inconsistent, as in “a coffee shops.” Several clauses run together without full stops or commas, especially in the sequence of city figures, which makes the relationships between ideas unclear. Practise writing complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and use consistent past-tense forms to describe the survey results. More accurate punctuation would make the information easier to understand.

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