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 given diagram shows the peoples's coffee and tea buying and drinking habit accross five Australian cities in last 4 weeks.

In sydney most of the people wen to a cafe for coffee or tea, which is more than 60%. Other people usually bought fresh or instant coffee which is 45% and more than 40% of the people.

Same trend can be noticable in Mlebourne too. Almost more than 60% of the people went to cafe for coffee or tea, which is the most. More than 40% of people bought the fresh coffee and more than 50% people Bought the instant one.

In Brinsbane most People usually bought instant coffee or went to a cafe. Which is more than 50 and 55%. Only more than 30% people bought fresh coffee.

In Adeliade almost 50% of the people went to a cafe and Bought instant coffee, which indiacates the popularity of both of them. And in Hobart we can observe that most poeple like to usually go to cafe for coffee or tea which is more than 60%. Instant coffee is less popular than going to cafe which is almost 55%. And Fresh coffee is the least popular.

Overall, we can see that most people tends to going to a cafe and fresh coffee is the least wanted thing among the people across the cities.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You cover all five cities and all three survey categories, and your main comparisons are generally grounded in the chart: café visits are highest in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, while instant coffee leads in Brisbane and is close to café visits in Adelaide. The overview also identifies fresh coffee as the least popular option overall. Some details, however, are imprecise or unclear. For example, saying that in Hobart fresh coffee is “the least popular” is true within that city, but the comparison would be stronger with its approximate figure or a clearer contrast. The Adelaide sentence groups café visits and instant coffee together without explaining that their levels are similar. A more precise overview and fuller support for selected comparisons would strengthen the report.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: it introduces the chart, describes the cities in sequence, and ends with an overview. This makes the information easy to follow at a basic level. City-based paragraphing or grouping cities with similar patterns would make the progression more deliberate, however. Several links are mechanical or unclear, such as “Same trend can be noticeable in Melbourne too” and the sentence fragment “Which is more than 50 and 55%.” The repeated use of “And” to begin a new point also weakens the flow. Use complete sentences and clearer comparisons between cities, with linking phrases such as “By contrast” or “Similarly,” to make the relationships between details more explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main categories, including “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” and “went to a café.” There are also attempts to describe patterns with phrases such as “most popular” and “least popular.” However, the range is limited and several expressions are awkward or imprecise, including “the least wanted thing” and “most people tends to going.” Spelling errors such as “accross,” “Mlebourne,” and “indicates” (written as “indiacates”) also reduce accuracy. Aim for more precise chart language, for example “accounted for,” “was the most common choice,” or “recorded a higher proportion,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt some complex sentences, including clauses with “which,” and the reader can generally understand the comparisons. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and sentence structures are often simple or joined awkwardly. For example, “In Brisbane … Which is more than 50 and 55%” is a fragment, while “most people tends” has a subject–verb agreement error. In the opening, “the peoples's … habit” also shows problems with possessive form and number. Articles and prepositions are sometimes missing, as in “went to cafe.” Practise writing complete sentences and checking agreement, articles, and verb patterns; for example, “most residents tended to visit a café” is grammatically clearer.

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