Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The given chart shows the people's habbits of buying and drinking related coffee and tea by a survey of five different cities of Australia.

Overall, the graph shows the high proportion of people went to a cafe for coffee or tea , second high proportion of people bought instant coffee and lower percentage of all time is of those people who bought fresh coffee.

The highest proportion of people in Melbourne went to a cafe for both and its consitently lies in high in others four cities as well , in compared to instant fresh coffee falls on high in Sydney while fell down in Brisbane. On the other hand , demand of fresh coffee was fell continusely while in Sydney rise with minimum proprtion difference of instant coffee.

The comparison is in both chart is between fresh or instant coffee because instant coffee rise contiusely while fresh coffee fells down consistently. And the most clear thing in graph is high numbers of people went to a cafe for both coffee and tea from every city.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s three activities and give a broad overview that café visits were generally most popular, while fresh coffee purchases were often lower. However, the overview is not consistently accurate: café attendance was highest in Melbourne, but Hobart was almost equal, and fresh coffee was not the lowest activity in every city. Several comparisons are unclear or incorrect, such as saying fresh coffee “fell down consistently” and instant coffee “rise continuously”; the figures instead show variation across cities, not a trend over time. The response also gives few precise, reliable comparisons between cities. To improve, report the main patterns accurately and support them with selected figures, for example, noting that instant coffee was highest in Hobart and café visits were lowest in Adelaide.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has an introduction, an overview and two further paragraphs, so there is some basic organisation. However, the ideas do not progress clearly: the final paragraph repeats the claim that café visits were high and restates the fresh-versus-instant comparison without adding useful detail. Linking phrases such as “On the other hand” and “And” are used, but the relationships they signal are sometimes unclear, and references such as “both chart” and “its” make it difficult to follow which activity or city is meant. Organise the report around a clear overview followed by grouped comparisons, and use explicit references to the activities and cities. This would make the progression easier to follow and reduce repetition.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “proportion,” “percentage,” “comparison” and “consistently.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations make the meaning unclear, such as “the people's habbits,” “high in others four cities,” “demand of fresh coffee,” and “minimum proprtion difference.” Spelling errors, including “habbits,” “consitently” and “continusely,” are noticeable and reduce precision. Some expressions also suggest a trend over time, although the chart compares cities. Aim for accurate, conventional chart language and check spelling carefully. Phrases such as “the share of residents,” “was higher than,” and “varied across the cities” would help you describe the data more precisely.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, but control is inconsistent, and errors frequently make comparisons difficult to understand. For example, “the high proportion of people went to a cafe” needs a grammatical structure such as “the highest proportion of people went”; “its consitently lies in high” has problems with agreement and sentence construction; and “demand of fresh coffee was fell” combines incompatible verb forms. The sentence beginning “The comparison is in both chart” also lacks a clear grammatical structure. Use straightforward comparative sentences first, checking articles, subject–verb agreement and verb forms. Then add complex clauses only when you can maintain accurate structure and punctuation.

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