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 provided bar graph illustrates the results of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities: Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,Adelaide and Hobart over a period of 4 weeks. Overall, majority of the residents in all five cities visited a cafe for tea or coffee in the last 4 weeks.However,instant coffee is preferred more than fresh coffee in all cities,with Hobart recording the highest consumption of it among all cities. In addition, Sydney and Melbourne account for the highest consumption of fresh coffee among other cities, with Brisbane and Adelaide having the least consumption of fresh coffee.

To begin with, interms of cafe visits Melbourne and Hobart lead with 64%and 63% of their residents visiting a cafe for tea or coffee. Sydney stood at 61%,whereas Brisbane and Adelaide recorded a lower proportion of its residents visiting a cafe of 56% and 49.5% respectively. Furthermore, Sydney and Melbourne record the highest consumption of fresh coffee with approximately , 445 and 43%

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main overall patterns: café visits are the most common activity in each city, instant coffee purchases exceed fresh coffee purchases, and fresh coffee is relatively popular in Sydney and Melbourne. Several comparisons are also relevant, including the high café figures for Melbourne and Hobart and the lower figures for Brisbane and Adelaide. However, the report is unevenly developed: it gives no figures for instant coffee, and the final comparison of fresh coffee is cut off and contains unclear values (“approximately , 445 and 43%”). The overview also calls these figures “consumption,” although the chart records whether residents bought coffee. Develop the missing comparisons and report the data accurately and clearly to make the account more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction and overview are followed by a paragraph on café visits and a move towards fresh-coffee figures. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “To begin with,” and “Furthermore” help signal this progression. However, the final paragraph ends abruptly, so the comparison is not completed and the report lacks a clear concluding development. Some transitions also feel mechanical, and the overview combines several claims without clearly separating the main patterns. Organise the body into complete comparisons—for example, café visits in one section and the two purchase categories in another—and use references such as “these proportions” only where their meaning is unmistakable.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

You use a suitable range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “recording the highest,” “account for,” and “approximately,” and the meaning is generally clear. The half-band performance reflects this adequate range and some attempts at more precise reporting, but several choices are not natural or exact for the chart. “Consumption” is used for survey responses about purchases, while “lead” is less precise than saying that a city had the highest share. “Cafe” is understandable, but the standard spelling is “café”; “interms” and “445” also show spelling or typing problems. Prefer accurate collocations such as “the proportion who bought instant coffee” and proofread figures and spacing.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

There is a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast in “However, instant coffee is preferred more than fresh coffee” and the clause beginning “with Brisbane and Adelaide…”. Most of the intended meaning can be followed, but some grammatical and punctuation errors remain. For example, “Overall, majority of the residents” needs an article (“the majority”), and “Brisbane and Adelaide recorded a lower proportion of its residents” has a plural–singular agreement mismatch (“their residents”). Commas and spaces are often missing after sentence openings and around percentages, and the final sentence is incomplete. Check articles, agreement, punctuation, and sentence completion while retaining the range of structures you attempt.

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