Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-27

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 Bar chart display's the consumption and purchasing of the coffee and tea in five Australian Cities.OverAll, it shows the date of 4 week in which is divide in three categrator, for example bought fresh coffee or instant coffee and went out to a cafe for a cafe for coffee or tea.

In three cities Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, people are seem to like go to cafe and enjoying there coffee or tea in the last 4 weeks where they had 61 percent, 64 percent and 56 percent. Whereas purchase of instant coffee in last 4 weeks had 46 percent roughly, 48 percent around and 53 percent. The Purchase of fresh coffee in last few weeks had low percentage like 44 percentage, 42 percentage and 34 percentage.

In Adelaide and Hobart, the purchase of fresh coffee had roughly 34 percent and around 48 percentage, whereas the people bought the instant coffee more in last few week, 50 percentage and 54 percentage around. Some people perfer to go to the cafe for the tea or coffee and people who went to the cafe in the last 4 weeks, 49 percentage and 63 percentage roughly.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the three activities and report several relevant comparisons, including café visits being high in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, and instant coffee purchases being relatively high in Brisbane and Hobart. However, the response only partly fulfils the task because it lacks a clear, concise overview of the main patterns across all five cities. Some figures are also inaccurate: Hobart’s fresh-coffee figure is about 38.5%, not “around 48%,” and Melbourne’s café figure is about 63.5%, rather than 64% (a small approximation). The opening describes the chart but does not state its key findings. To strengthen the report, give an overview that highlights the highest and lowest results, then support it with accurate comparisons across the cities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction followed by two paragraphs grouping Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, then Adelaide and Hobart. This makes the information reasonably easy to follow. You also use contrast markers such as “Whereas” to connect comparisons. However, the progression is not fully clear because the first paragraph mixes café attendance, instant coffee and fresh coffee without a consistent comparison pattern, and the second shifts between purchases and café visits. Some linking is mechanical, and the repeated “in the last 4 weeks” interrupts flow. Organise the body by a clear principle—for example, compare café attendance across all cities, then compare the two purchase types—and use concise references to avoid repetition.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “purchase,” “percentage,” “instant coffee” and “went to the cafe,” so the reader can generally understand the categories being compared. However, the range is limited and several word-choice, collocation and spelling problems reduce precision. “The consumption and purchasing of the coffee and tea” is awkward for describing the chart, while “people are seem to like go to cafe” is not a natural way to report survey results. There are also noticeable spelling errors such as “categrator,” “perfer” and “OverAll.” Use standard chart-reporting language and check spelling carefully. More precise verbs such as “accounted for,” “recorded” and “visited” would help you describe the data clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some longer sentences and use contrast clauses, as in “Whereas purchase of instant coffee…” and “In Adelaide and Hobart… whereas…”. This shows an effort to connect related information, but the structures are often faulty, and the range remains limited. Examples include “The Bar chart display's,” where the subject and verb do not agree, and “people are seem to like go,” which combines incompatible verb forms. Articles and sentence boundaries are also inconsistent, as in “went out to a cafe for a cafe for coffee or tea.” These errors sometimes make the intended comparison harder to follow. Practise accurate simple comparison sentences first, then add subordinate clauses while checking verb forms, articles and punctuation.

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