Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

This chart illustrate the result of survey about people coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five australian cities.we summarize the information by selecting

and reporting the main features, and make relevent comparison.

overall, here are the table and charts show the how much people buying coffee and tea from the five cities in australia. the table show the percentage of people those who buy coffee or tea from each country. And chart show the results that how many people bought coffee or how much bought the tea.

the fisrt city is sidney, in sidney above 60 percent people went to a cafe and around 45 percent people buy fresh and instant coffee. and second country is melbourne where arround 65 percent people went to cafe in last 4 weeks, above 40 percent people bought fresh cofee and around 50 percent people bought instant coffee, and the 3rd country is brisbane where 55 percent people went to cafe around 35 percent people bought fresh coffee and above 50 percent people bought instant coffee. next one is adelaide in australia where around 50 percent people went to cafe 35 percent people bought fresh coffee and 50 percent people bought instant. and the last one is hobart where around 65 percent people went to cafe they were recorded around 55 percent people bought instant coffee and 40 percent people bought fresh, so it is clear that majority of people bought instant coffee intead of fresh coffee.

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AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You report the three categories across all five cities and include several broadly accurate figures, such as café visits being above 60% in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, and fresh-coffee purchases being lower in Brisbane and Adelaide. However, the response only partially fulfils the task because it lacks a clear, data-led overview of the main patterns. The claim that a “majority” bought instant rather than fresh coffee is too broad: instant coffee is higher in every city, but none of its figures exceeds 55%. The opening also mistakenly refers to a table and separate charts, and describes tea purchases even though the chart shows café visits for coffee or tea. Focus the overview on the strongest comparisons and describe the displayed measures precisely.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response follows a recognisable city-by-city order, moving from Sydney through to Hobart, and uses basic sequencing words such as “second,” “next” and “last.” This gives the reader some structure. However, the progression is repetitive rather than organised around the chart’s main patterns, and the overview is unclear: “here are the table and charts show” does not establish a coherent summary. The long paragraph combines all the city details, while the opening repeats the task wording instead of introducing a useful overview. Use separate paragraphs for an overview and grouped comparisons, for example, comparing café attendance across cities before discussing coffee purchases. Check that linking phrases connect complete, clearly related ideas.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic vocabulary to identify the main categories, including “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” “percentage” and “cafe,” and readers can generally understand which figures you mean. However, the range is limited and several expressions are imprecise or repetitive. “Buy coffee or tea from each country” misrepresents the city-based survey, while “how much people buying” is not a natural way to describe percentages. Spelling errors such as “relevent,” “arround,” “cofee” and “intead” also reduce accuracy. Aim for concise chart language and vary the reporting verbs: for example, say residents “visited a café” or “purchased instant coffee,” and use “proportion” or “share” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences joined with “and,” and the city-by-city details are often understandable. However, the range is limited, and errors occur frequently in sentence construction, agreement, articles and verb forms. For example, “This chart illustrate” needs subject–verb agreement, while “the table and charts show the how much people buying” has faulty structure and an unnecessary article. Several sentences run together without reliable punctuation, particularly the long account of the five cities. Practise forming accurate comparison sentences, such as “In Sydney, 61% visited a café, compared with about 45% who bought either type of coffee.” Use full stops to separate each city or comparison.

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