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 given bar chart provides information about coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities ( Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart) and the percentage of city residents

Overall, most of the residents went to cafe for coffee and tea in the last four weeks in all the cities. However, very few citizens bought fresh coffee in the last four years.

Accordind to the data, residents of Sydney moslty went to the coffee or tea in the last 4 weeks with percentage of approximately 63% and least visited place is coffee shos for fresh coffee with around 48% and almost 46% of residents bought instant cofee in the last 4 weeks. Similarlry in Melbourne a large number of residents wents to a cafe for tea and coffee with about 63% and over 40% of citizens went to the coffee shops and approximately 50% wentout for instant coffee and similarly in Brisbane and Hobart.

However, in Adelaide majority of residents in the last four weeks prefered instant coffee which were 50% and 49% of people prefered both coffee and tea and 34% of residents bought fresh coffee in the last four weeks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and include an overview that café visits were generally popular, which is a relevant main feature. However, the overview is not fully accurate: fresh coffee was not consistently the least popular category, since in Sydney its figure was close to instant coffee. Several details are also misreported or unclear. For example, Sydney café visits were about 61%, not 63%, and the response calls this the “most” while later describing fresh coffee as a place. Melbourne’s fresh-coffee figure is confused with café visits, and Brisbane and Hobart are not meaningfully compared. The final paragraph gives Adelaide figures more accurately. Select the main contrasts across all five cities and report each category consistently.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details, and it uses some linking expressions such as “Overall,” “According to the data,” and “However.” These help signal the broad stages of the report. However, progression within the body is difficult to follow: Sydney and Melbourne are discussed in a long sentence, then Brisbane and Hobart are mentioned without supporting figures, before Adelaide is treated separately. Repeated use of “and” and “similarly” also joins ideas that are not clearly explained. Organise the body by category or by city groups, and use separate sentences to compare the figures. This would make the relationships between the data easier to understand.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “percentage,” “residents,” “bought instant coffee,” and “went to a cafe.” This gives the reader a basic understanding of the chart. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or awkward: “least visited place is coffee shops for fresh coffee” confuses buying coffee with visiting a café, while “wentout for instant coffee” is not a natural description of purchasing it. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “Accordind,” “moslty,” “cofee,” and “prefered,” which reduce clarity. Use precise verbs such as “purchased” for buying and “visited” for café attendance, and check spelling carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with linking words, and the overall meaning can usually be followed. However, the longer structures are often faulty, and sentence boundaries are not consistently controlled. The opening sentence is incomplete, ending after “percentage of city residents,” and the sentence beginning “According to the data” combines several comparisons without clear grammatical structure. There are also errors in agreement and verb forms, such as “a large number of residents wents” and “residents … prefered instant coffee which were 50%.” Articles and prepositions are sometimes missing or awkward, as in “went to cafe.” Build shorter, complete sentences first, then add comparisons with accurate subject–verb agreement and punctuation.

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