Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The bar chart illustrates the results of a survey regarding the consumption and buying behaviour of people residing in five different cities of Austrailia.

Overall, having coffee at the cafes was the most popular habbit among residents of all cities while consumption of fresh coffees were the least.In addition, instant coffees account for an proportion higher than fresh coffee sales.

Looking at the details,as regard coffee sales by cafes were reported the highest in all cities of Austrailia nearly at 60% in Sydney followed by Melboorune around 62%.This figure for the Hobart and Brisbane were 65% and 55% approximately.Moreover, in Adelaide the coffee sales by cafes were nearly equal to instant coffee sales in the previous four weeks.

What stands out of the graph is that the figure for instant coffee sales slightly increased across all cities starting from 45% in Sydney,followed by 46% in Melbourne and then showed an considerable increase ending up at 55% in Brisbane, 50% and 55% for Adelaide and Hobart respectively.Lastly, fresh coffees were the least reported across given cities of Austrailia hovering between 45% 35% in Adelaide and then ending up at nearly 40% in Hobart.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You provide an overview identifying café visits as the most popular activity and fresh coffee as generally the least popular, and you include comparisons across the five cities. However, some key details are inaccurate or unclear: café figures are not highest in every city, since instant coffee slightly exceeds café visits in Adelaide, and the café figure in Hobart is about 63%, not 65%. The statement that fresh coffee was least popular in all cities also overlooks Adelaide, where fresh coffee and café visits are almost level. Several figures are reported, but the discussion of fresh coffee is incomplete and the comparison between categories is not consistently precise. A more accurate overview and clearer selection of the main highs, lows, and exceptions would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting details. This gives the reader a coherent overall route through the information, and phrases such as “Overall” and “Looking at the details” signal the stages of the report. However, progression within the detail paragraphs is sometimes difficult to follow. The café figures are listed in an unusual order, and the final paragraph moves from instant coffee to fresh coffee without a clear comparison linking the two. Some linking phrases, including “What stands out of the graph” and “Lastly,” feel mechanical or do not clearly show the relationship between points. Grouping cities or categories consistently and using clearer references would make the comparisons easier to track.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use a reasonable range of task-related vocabulary, including “survey,” “residents,” “reported,” “figure,” and “approximately,” and the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, noticeable spelling and word-choice problems reduce precision: “Austrailia,” “Melboorune,” and “habb it” (written as “habbit”) are errors, while “coffee sales by cafes” does not accurately describe the chart’s measure of café visits. Some expressions are awkward or repetitive, such as “fresh coffees” and “showed an considerable increase.” Aim for accurate collocations and use the chart’s categories directly—for example, “went to a café” and “bought instant coffee.” This would make the vocabulary more natural and the data descriptions more exact.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a comparison with “while” and a sequence using “starting from… followed by…”. The main message is usually understandable, but errors in agreement, articles, plurals, and sentence construction are frequent enough to make some sentences awkward. For example, “consumption of fresh coffees were” has a subject–verb agreement problem, and “the Hobart and Brisbane were 65% and 55%” lacks a grammatical subject for the figures. The sentence beginning “Looking at the details, as regard…” is also poorly formed. Punctuation spacing and comma use are inconsistent. Practise building complete sentences around each comparison, checking singular/plural agreement and articles, and separating long lists into clearer clauses.

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