Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · 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 5.5)

The bar chart illustrate a survey results of people's coffee and tea purchasing and drinking habits in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.

Overall, Austalian peoples mostly prefer to go to a cafe for having coffee or tea. And the parcentage of buying fresh coffee is nearly half of it.

In all five cities, at least half of the resident's preferable option is to go to a cafe. In Melbourne and Hobart it is almost 65% and in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide the percentage is 62%, 56% and 49% respectively. In all five cities it is very common and preferable for all the residents to go to a cafe for having coffee rather than buying instant or fresh coffee.

Nearly 50% of the residents purchase fresh coffee and instant coffee similarly in Sydney, Melbourne. But In Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart the percentage of buying fresh coffee is very low compare to the instant coffee. It is less than 40%, wheres the purchasing of instant coffee is 50% or avobe.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the chart’s main pattern: café visits are the highest figure in most cities, while fresh-coffee purchases are generally lower than instant-coffee purchases. Several comparisons are also broadly accurate, including the café figures for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. However, the overview is imprecise: café attendance is not at least half in Adelaide, where it is about 49.5%, and fresh coffee is not “nearly half” in every city. The statement that residents prefer cafés over both types of coffee purchases is too broad, since the chart records reported activities, not preferences, and instant coffee exceeds café visits in Adelaide. Develop the overview around the highest and lowest patterns, and compare the three categories more consistently across the cities.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details about café visits and coffee purchases. This gives the reader a basic route through the information. However, progression is limited because the second and third paragraphs repeat the claim that café visits are common, and the final paragraph shifts to fresh and instant coffee without a clear comparison framework. Linking phrases such as “Overall,” “In all five cities,” and “But” help connect ideas, but some are repetitive or do not accurately signal the relationship. Group the details by category or by city, and use comparisons to guide the reader from the overview to the supporting figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “bar chart,” “percentage,” “purchase,” and “residents,” so the topic is generally clear. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which makes parts of the report awkward. For example, “preferable option” and “for having coffee” do not naturally describe survey participation, while “very low compare to” and “wh eres” (intended as “whereas”) weaken clarity. There are also spelling errors such as “Austalian,” “parcentage,” and “avobe.” Aim for precise, neutral reporting language and check spelling; alternatives such as “proportion,” “visited a café,” and “compared with” would make the comparisons more natural.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more developed sentences, and the main message is usually understandable. However, errors occur in basic sentence construction and agreement, as in “The bar chart illustrate a survey results” and “Austalian peoples mostly prefer.” The sentence beginning “In all five cities, at least half…” is also inaccurate in its construction and meaning, and the repeated “In all five cities” clauses make the syntax cumbersome. There are some attempts to connect ideas with “But” and “whereas,” though the final comparison is not fully controlled. Work on subject–verb agreement, articles, singular and plural forms, and sentence boundaries, then use a wider range of accurate comparison structures.

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