Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The graph compares the results of a survey about people habit of buying coffee and tean in five different cities in Australia.

Overall propotions of huge number of people visited a cafe in last 4 weeks, Hobart city recorded highest numbers sales of tea and cofee in all categories. while the lowest number of people bought fresh coffee.

Hobart and melbourne welcomed approximately 64% people in their cafe.while sydney marginally 62%,brisbane 55% and adelaide were on the lowest 49%. Purchasing instant cofee remains the second choice in Hobart it was on 54% .In Brisbane 53% people purchased it, Melbourne 47% and lowest sale in sydney 46%.

Meanwhile fresh coffee was the least preference of people in all five countries, highest number in sydney 44% and 43% people bought in melbourne While hobart 38% and brisbane and adelaide stayed on same 34%.

Visiting a cafe was the favourite choice of people in Australia.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the three survey activities and make relevant comparisons, including the high café figures in Melbourne and Hobart and the lower fresh-coffee figures in Brisbane and Adelaide. However, the overview is not fully accurate: Hobart does not have the highest café attendance (Melbourne is marginally higher), and fresh coffee is not the least-preferred category in every city, since café visits are lower than fresh-coffee purchases in Adelaide. Some reported figures also differ from the chart, such as Melbourne instant coffee and Sydney café visits. The final statement that café visits were the favourite choice is a useful general point, but the overview needs to distinguish the Adelaide exception and describe the main patterns more precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable sequence: an introduction, an overview, comparisons of café visits and coffee purchases, and a concluding statement. This gives the reader some organisation, and words such as “Overall” and “Meanwhile” signal shifts between points. However, progression is weakened by the abrupt, fragmented overview (“Overall propotions…”), and the final sentence repeats the café preference rather than adding a new comparison. Several details are crowded into long sentences, while punctuation and spacing make boundaries unclear, for example “cafe.while sydney…” and “melbourne While hobart…”. Grouping the data into clearer paragraphs and using consistent comparison links would make the relationships easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “purchasing,” “preference,” “highest,” and “lowest,” and the reader can generally understand that the chart concerns buying coffee and visiting cafés. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “welcomed approximately 64% people in their cafe” does not clearly express the proportion who visited, while “highest numbers sales” confuses attendance with sales. “Countries” is also used where the chart compares cities, and spelling errors such as “tean,” “cofee,” and “propotions” are noticeable. Aim for precise chart language such as “the proportion of residents who visited a café” and “bought instant coffee,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts both simple and more extended sentences, and the main comparisons are usually understandable. However, grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes make relationships difficult to interpret. Examples include the missing possessive in “people habit,” the incomplete construction “Overall propotions of huge number of people visited,” and the faulty clause “while sydney marginally 62%.” Articles, agreement, and sentence boundaries also need attention, as in “Hobart city recorded highest numbers” and the run-on sequence beginning “In Brisbane 53% people purchased it.” Use complete clauses with a clear subject and verb, for example, “In Sydney, 61% of residents visited a café,” and punctuate each comparison as a full sentence.

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