Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-22

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)

Overall visiting a cafe for tea and coffee was common in is most of the cities of the world.Whereas buying a fresh coffee was not common in dominion cities.But sydney is on the top of list for purchasing fresh coffee incompare to alll the cities in this graph.

Sydney; with 44% bought fresh coffee,45% purchase instant coffee and 61% visited the cafe in last four weeks

Melbourne;with 42% purchase fresh coffee,48% bought instant coffee and 63% with highest ratio of individuals went to cafe in the previous four weeks.

Brisbane;with 42% least obtain fresh coffee,while 53% purchased the instant coffee and 55% visited the cafe in last 4 weeks.

Adelaide;with least percentage of 34% acquire the fresh coffee,50% obtain instant coffee and 49% go to cafe for having coffee and tea.

Hobart;with 38% get the fresh coffee,while 59% bought the instan coffee and 62% visited the cafe within the last 4 weeks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three activities and provide figures for all five cities, so the response contains relevant coverage of the chart. However, the overview is unclear and includes an unsupported generalisation: “in most of the cities of the world” goes beyond the five Australian cities shown. Some key comparisons are also inaccurate. Brisbane’s fresh-coffee figure is about 34.5%, not 42%, and Hobart’s instant-coffee figure is about 54.5%, not 59%. The claim that Sydney leads in fresh coffee is also incorrect; its figure is the highest, but only slightly above Melbourne’s, while café visits peak in Melbourne. To strengthen the response, give a concise, accurate overview of the main patterns and check each comparison against the chart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic structure: an opening overview followed by information for each city. This makes the data reasonably easy to locate. However, there is little progression beyond listing cities in sequence, and the overview does not clearly prepare the reader for the comparisons that follow. The repeated semicolon-and-fragment pattern (“Sydney; with…”, “Melbourne; with…”) is mechanical, while connectors such as “Whereas” and “while” do not consistently create clear relationships between ideas. Grouping cities by a shared pattern—for example, comparing café attendance across the cities—would create a stronger progression. Use complete sentences and a small number of precise linking expressions to connect the overview with the supporting details.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant topic vocabulary, including “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” “percentage,” and “visited the cafe,” so the reader can generally identify the activities being described. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “obtain fresh coffee,” “acquire the fresh coffee,” and “get the fresh coffee.” “Dominion cities” does not fit the context, and “incompare” and “instan” show spelling or word-form problems. Repeating “bought,” “purchase,” and “get” without precise variation also makes the report less fluent. Aim for standard chart language such as “the proportion who bought” or “the share who visited,” and use “residents” rather than broad or unclear terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response attempts to report several figures in connected clauses, including “while 53% purchased the instant coffee,” but most details are presented as sentence fragments rather than complete sentences. For example, “Sydney; with 44% bought fresh coffee…” lacks a main verb, and the same construction is repeated for the other cities. There are frequent problems with articles, verb forms, and sentence boundaries: “visited the cafe in last four weeks” needs an article, while “with 44% bought” does not form a grammatical clause. The opening also contains a faulty construction in “was common in is most.” Practise writing complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and check articles and punctuation before adding more complex clauses.

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