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 outcome of survey happen in five Australian citites who bought fresh coffee, bought instant coffee or visited cafe for coffee or tea during four weeks.
Overall, going to the cafe for coffe and tea was the most popular choice in most of the cities. While buying fresh coffe is genreally least popular in citites. Melbourne have the highest number of people who go to the cafe and buy their coffee. While Adelaid is the only city where people prefer instant coffee over going to cafe.
Looking at the figures of sydney, approximately 61 percent of individuals perefer cafe and 40-45 percent of people bought fresh and instant coffee which make it least popular. Adelaid records for the lowest visit of cafe and slightly more popular in buying fresh coffee in comparison to Brisbane which has the lowest number of people who bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks.
Regarding, Hobart's people really enjoy to bought instant coffee which leads them to the highest figures.
In Brisbane, Buying instant coffee is also pupular, which makes them second highest poupular choice among the people.
In conclusion, Melbourne and Hobart record for the highest figures in visiting a cafe for coffee and tea.
Where Brisbane and Adelaid hold the lowest percent of people who bought fresh coffee. Meanwhile Instant coffee is most famous in Hobart.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 5.5 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 4.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.0 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5
You identify the three activities and give a broad overview, noting that café visits are generally popular and fresh coffee is often the least popular. Several comparisons are relevant: Adelaide has the lowest café figure, Brisbane and Adelaide share the lowest fresh-coffee figure, and Hobart has the highest instant-coffee figure. However, some claims are inaccurate or unclear. Melbourne does not have the highest café figure; Hobart is marginally higher, while Melbourne has the highest fresh-coffee figure. The statement that Adelaide is the only city where instant coffee is preferred over café visits is also incorrect, as this is true in Brisbane and Hobart too. The report gives few precise figures and does not consistently compare all five cities, so the main features are only partly and unevenly developed.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5
The response has an introduction, an overview, and paragraphs that attempt to group details, so the reader can recognise its general structure. However, the progression is not consistently logical: the final paragraph repeats points already made, and the conclusion introduces another summary rather than completing a clear comparison. Linking words such as “While,” “Regarding,” and “In conclusion” are sometimes awkwardly attached or used mechanically. The discussion also jumps between cities without a consistent grouping or comparison, and references such as “which makes them” are not always clear. Organise the body around meaningful patterns—for example, café visits, then coffee purchases—and use concise comparisons to connect the figures rather than repeating them.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “survey,” “figures,” “popular,” and “percent,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited and several expressions are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “survey happen,” “records for the lowest visit,” and “enjoy to bought instant coffee.” Repetition of “popular” and “figures” also makes the report less precise. Spelling errors—including “citites,” “coffe,” “Adelaid,” and “pupular”—are noticeable and reduce the accuracy of the vocabulary. Aim for standard chart-report collocations such as “accounted for,” “recorded,” and “the proportion of residents,” and check spelling carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0
The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, including clauses beginning with “While” and “which,” but control is inconsistent. Errors in verb forms and agreement appear in examples such as “Melbourne have” and “people really enjoy to bought.” Some sentence boundaries and clause structures are also faulty: “While Adelaid is the only city…” is left as a fragment, and “Regarding, Hobart’s people…” uses an incomplete introductory construction. Articles and prepositions are sometimes missing or misplaced, as in “visited cafe” and “records for the lowest visit.” These problems can make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise complete sentence structures and check subject–verb agreement and verb patterns when editing.
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