Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-24

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 bar chart illustrates the percentage of people buying and consuming tea and coffee in five Australian cities.

Overall, People prefer going to the cafe for their beverage in all cities except Adelaide where instant coffee is more popular. Brisbane and Adelaide has the least amount of coffee and tea consumer whereas Melbourne and Hobart have the most.

cafes are most peoples preferable spot to get their drink with above 60% of people showing up to them in Sydney , Melbourne and Hobart. But surprisingly less than 50% of the people in Adelaide go to cafes for their drinks. instant coffees popularity is dominant in this city.

Instant coffee is always consumed more than fresh coffee among all the cities with Hobart, Adelaide and Brisbane having higher disparity about 15% to 20% and Sydney and Melbourne having a small gap of less than 5% between them. Brisbane and Hobart have the highest instant coffee consumer at above respectively 50% and Brisbane and Adelaide have the lowest fresh coffee customers at less than 35% each.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern that café visits were highest in most cities and that instant coffee led in Adelaide, and you make relevant comparisons across the five locations. The overview also notes that Brisbane and Adelaide had relatively low figures, while Melbourne and Hobart were strong for café visits. However, some claims are imprecise or not fully supported: “Brisbane and Adelaide has the least amount of coffee and tea consumer” is too broad, since Adelaide’s café figure is low but its instant-coffee figure is 50%, and Hobart’s fresh-coffee figure is higher than Brisbane’s and Adelaide’s. The comparison of gaps is also inaccurate: the fresh/instant difference is about 16–20 points in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart, but Sydney’s gap is around 1.5 points and Melbourne’s around 6. The main features are present, but need more precise reporting.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall shape: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs comparing café visits and coffee purchases. This gives the reader a generally logical route through the information, and contrast markers such as “whereas” and “But” help signal comparisons. The progression is not fully smooth, however. The second paragraph repeats the café point from the overview, while the final paragraph combines several comparisons without a clear order. Some references, such as “this city,” are understandable but could be more explicit, and the opening of the final paragraph would connect better if it named the comparison being made. To strengthen the organisation, group the data consistently by behaviour or by city and avoid repeating overview points.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use a relevant range of task vocabulary, including “percentage,” “dominant,” “disparity,” and “popularity,” and the meaning is generally clear. There are also attempts to describe comparisons rather than simply list figures. Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or awkward, such as “people showing up to” cafés, “preferable spot,” and “highest instant coffee consumer.” “Coffee and tea consumer” is also an imprecise way to describe the chart, which reports purchasing and café visits rather than consumption alone. These choices do not prevent understanding, but they limit precision and naturalness. Use standard chart language such as “the proportion who visited a café” and “the highest share buying instant coffee,” and check spelling and capitalisation consistently.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast clause in “Overall, People prefer going to the cafe … except Adelaide where instant coffee is more popular.” Most ideas remain understandable, but some grammatical errors recur. Subject–verb agreement is incorrect in “Brisbane and Adelaide has,” and the phrase “the least amount of coffee and tea consumer” has problems with number and sentence structure. The sentence beginning “Brisbane and Hobart have the highest instant coffee consumer at above respectively 50%” is also difficult to parse because the comparison and placement of “respectively” are not controlled. Punctuation and capitalisation are inconsistent, including “cafes” at the start of a paragraph and spaces before commas. Aim for shorter, accurately formed comparisons before adding more complex structures.

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