Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · 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 6.5)

This is bar chart that shows the conclusion of a survey done in five different cities in Australia regarding people's coffee and tea buying and also their drinking habits in the span of previous 4 weeks.

The five major cities that are taken in reference for the survey are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. From the first glance the amount of residents who visited cafe for coffee or tea in the previous 4 weeks is comparatively more than those of people who bought fresh coffee or instant coffee.

Melbourne peaks highest in the amount of people who went to a cafe or tea followed closely by Hobart and Sydney with percentages a little more than 60. Meanwhile Adelaide had the lowest percentage of people who visited cafe for coffee or tea. Brisbane had a little more than 55% of locals visiting cafe.

Residents who bought fresh coffee in these 5 cities are the lowest. The most percentage of residents who bought fresh coffee are from Sydney at approximately 44%, then closely followed by Melbourne at around 43%. Brisbane and Adelaide ranks the lowest at around 34% for both and Hobart had approximately 38% recidents who bought fresh coffee.

For the locals who bought instant coffee in these 5 cities, Hobart ranks the highest with 54% of the residents preferring instant coffee more than fresh coffee, followed by Brisbane with 53%. Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney closely follows them with 50%, 48% and 46% respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You cover all three measures and identify several important comparisons: café visits are generally highest, fresh coffee purchases are lowest, and Hobart leads instant coffee purchases. Most figures are consistent with the chart, including Sydney’s fresh-coffee figure and the low results for Brisbane and Adelaide. This meets the task well, with some overview and relevant detail. However, the overview is broad rather than fully precise: café attendance is not higher than both purchase categories in every city, since Adelaide’s café figure is slightly below its instant-coffee figure. Also, saying residents who bought fresh coffee “are the lowest” is unclear as a comparison. A more exact overview and clearer comparisons between categories would strengthen the response further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 7.0

The response is organised in a clear sequence: an introduction, a general comparison, then separate paragraphs on café visits, fresh coffee and instant coffee. This gives the reader a logical route through the chart, and linking expressions such as “Meanwhile,” “then,” and “followed by” help show comparisons. The progression is generally easy to follow. Some connections are less precise, however: “From the first glance” introduces a generalisation that needs qualification, and the final paragraph lists instant-coffee figures without explicitly linking them back to fresh coffee or café attendance. More deliberate comparisons within paragraphs, rather than treating each series in isolation, would make the cohesion more flexible and the overall account more integrated.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of chart vocabulary, including “percentage,” “approximately,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “followed closely by,” so the main information is communicated clearly. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “in reference for the survey.” However, several choices are unnatural or imprecise: “the conclusion of a survey” should be “the results of a survey,” and “Melbourne peaks highest in the amount” is an awkward way to describe a proportion. “Preferring instant coffee more than fresh coffee” also suggests a preference that the chart does not directly measure; it records purchases. Spelling errors such as “recidents” and “cafe” without an accent are noticeable. More accurate collocations and consistent chart terminology would improve precision.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You use a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons introduced by “while” and “followed by,” and most sentences remain understandable. Some grammatical errors occur, but they rarely prevent the reader from following the data. For example, “This is bar chart” is missing an article, while “Brisbane and Adelaide ranks” has a subject–verb agreement error; “Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney closely follows” has the same issue. There are also awkward sentence constructions, such as “Melbourne peaks highest in the amount of people,” and inconsistent article use in references to “a cafe.” Check articles, plural subjects and verb agreement, and revise sentence patterns so that comparisons are expressed in complete, controlled clauses.

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