Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-26

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 4.0)

The bar graph illustrate the information about the outcomes of a survey abhout individual's coffe and tea purchaseing and drinking habits on five various australian cities.

By having a quick glance, it is evident that consumption of coffee at a cafe is maximum where as bringing fresh coffee percentum id low.

On anaslying it,in

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

You identify the chart’s general subject and attempt an overview by noting that café visits are high and fresh-coffee purchases are lower. However, the response does not provide a meaningful summary of the main features: it gives no city-by-city comparisons or supporting figures, and the overview is too vague to show the key patterns accurately. The unfinished phrase “On anaslying it,in” leaves the report incomplete. The response is also 96 words below the required minimum, which severely limits the information reported. To improve, complete the report and compare the series across cities—for example, café visits are highest in Melbourne and Hobart, while instant coffee purchases are highest in Hobart.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

There is a basic attempt to organise the response: an opening sentence introduces the chart, followed by a brief overview. This gives the reader a starting point, but the report has no developed progression because it stops after the incomplete phrase “On anaslying it,in”. There are no body paragraphs, comparisons, or linking expressions to guide the reader through the data. The phrase “By having a quick glance” signals a shift, but it does not lead into a complete explanation. To make the organisation clearer, use an introduction, a concise overview, and one or two paragraphs grouping relevant city comparisons; ensure each sentence is complete and connected to the next.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

You attempt some task-related vocabulary, including “bar graph”, “survey”, “coffee”, “drinking habits” and “cities”, so the topic is recognisable. There are also attempts at more formal phrasing, such as “it is evident” and “On anaslying”. However, spelling and word-choice problems are frequent enough to weaken clarity: “abhout”, “coffe”, “purchaseing” and “anaslying” are inaccurate, while “percentum” is not a natural way to describe a percentage. “Consumption of coffee at a cafe” is also less precise than describing the proportion who visited a café. Build accuracy with standard chart language such as “proportion”, “percentage”, “purchased” and “visited a café”, and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The response includes a simple introductory sentence and an attempted comparative overview, showing some ability to form more than isolated phrases. However, grammatical control is inconsistent. In “The bar graph illustrate”, the singular subject requires “illustrates”; “on five various australian cities” has an incorrect preposition and article pattern; and “consumption … is maximum where as bringing fresh coffee percentum id low” does not form a clear, well-controlled comparison. The final fragment, “On anaslying it,in”, is incomplete and has faulty punctuation. These errors make parts of the message difficult to interpret. Practise complete sentences with accurate subject–verb agreement and clear comparative structures, then proofread punctuation and sentence endings.

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