Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-29

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 6.0)

The bar chart eloborates information about a survey about residents buying coffee and tea in five different cities of Australia.

Overall, people buying fresh coffee remained lowest in all cities. The portion of people who were having instant coffee remained second to those went to cafes for coffee or tea in all cities, except for Adelaide where it was slightly low.

As shown in chart, Brisbane and and Adelaide's people were least interested in buying fresh coffee , figures for both were close to 35%, while Sydney and Melbourne were close to 45%, followed by Hobart at around 40%.

Moreover, Melbourne can be seen on top of category of people going to cafes for their tea or coffee, at almost 65%, followed by Sydney and Hobart at around 60%. The group of people who bought instant coffee was largest in Hobart, at approximatly 55%, followed by a close lead by Adelaide and Brisbane. at around 50%. Inspite of more populated and big metropolitan cities Sydney and Melbourne remained lowest in instant coffee category, at almost 40%.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify several relevant comparisons, including the lower fresh-coffee figures in Brisbane and Adelaide and the high café attendance in Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart. However, the overview is not fully accurate: fresh coffee is not the lowest category in every city, since café visits are lower in Adelaide (about 49.5%) than fresh-coffee purchases (about 34.5%)—actually fresh coffee remains lower there too, but the overview’s claim that instant coffee is second in all cities except Adelaide is unclear and misleading. In Adelaide, instant coffee is slightly higher than café visits. The final comparison also misreports Sydney and Melbourne’s instant-coffee figures as around 40%, when they are about 45.5% and 48.5%. Select the main patterns more precisely and check each comparison against the chart; several details are currently underdeveloped or inaccurate.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview and two paragraphs of supporting comparisons. This gives the reader a recognisable progression, and phrases such as “Overall,” “As shown in chart” and “Moreover” help signal the stages of the report. The comparisons are generally grouped by category, which is effective. However, some linking and reference are awkward or unclear, particularly “the portion of people who were having instant coffee remained second to those went to cafes,” where the comparison is difficult to follow. The final paragraph also shifts between café attendance and instant-coffee purchases without a clear transition. Use more precise links between categories and ensure each sentence’s subject is explicit to make the cohesion more natural and less mechanical.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “residents,” “figures,” “category,” “followed by” and “approximately,” so the main information is usually understandable. There are also attempts at more formal reporting language. However, some choices are inaccurate or unnatural: “eloborates information about a survey about” is repetitive and not idiomatic, while “people who were having instant coffee” does not accurately describe the chart’s measure of buying instant coffee. “Close lead” is also an unsuitable collocation, and “big metropolitan cities” is imprecise. Spelling errors such as “eloborates,” “approximatly” and “Inspite” reduce accuracy. Aim for concise, precise chart language, and distinguish clearly between purchasing coffee and visiting cafés.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex structures, including the overview sentence beginning “The portion of people…” and comparisons introduced with “while” and “followed by.” Meaning is generally recoverable, but grammatical control is uneven. For example, “those went to cafes” needs a relative structure such as “those who went to cafés,” and “Brisbane and and Adelaide’s people” contains a repeated conjunction and an awkward possessive construction. The sentence beginning “The group of people who bought instant coffee was largest…” is followed by a fragment after the full stop: “at around 50%.” There are also punctuation and spacing problems, including spaces before commas and inconsistent sentence boundaries. Build accuracy by checking clause structure, agreement and punctuation, especially in longer comparisons.

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