Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-03

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 bar chart illustrates habits of drinking and buying coffee and tea among people in five Australian cities.

overall, most of the people were interested to went to a cafe for drinking coffee or tea, and few people were bought fresh coffee in last four weeks.

However, drinking tea and coffee in a cafe was highest in Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane and Hobart, and their percentage were 61,64,51and 63 respectively. whareas, in Adelaide most people bought instant coffee rather then went to a cafe which was 50%.

furthermore, least number of people bought fresh coffee and that percentage was highest in Sydney, which was 44% and lowest in Adelaide with 34%.

According to the chart, highest number of people like to go to a cafe for coffee or tea and least number of people bought instant coffee in four cities except Adelaide.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the chart’s subject and report several relevant comparisons, including café visits being high in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart, and fresh-coffee purchases being relatively low. However, the overview is not fully accurate: café attendance is highest in Melbourne, not Sydney, and Adelaide’s café figure is about 50%, rather than the claim that instant coffee was the most popular there without a clear comparison. The final sentence also incorrectly says instant coffee was the least popular in four cities; it was generally more popular than fresh coffee. Several figures are misreported, notably Brisbane café visits (about 56%, not 51%). The response is also 10 words below the required minimum. Include a clearer, accurate overview and select the main contrasts more carefully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable sequence: an introduction, an overview, and further comparisons. This gives the reader some sense of organisation, and phrases such as “However” and “furthermore” attempt to connect points. However, the progression is weakened by unclear or contradictory statements. For example, the overview says café visits were highest in several cities, while the later comparison does not clearly distinguish the actual leaders. The final sentence repeats an earlier generalisation and introduces an inaccurate claim. Paragraphing is limited, and transitions such as “However” do not always express the relationship between ideas. Group the information into a clear overview followed by comparisons, and use linking words only where their logical function is clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the general subject, including “bar chart,” “percentage,” “fresh coffee,” “instant coffee” and “cafe.” There is some variation in how you describe the data, such as “highest” and “lowest.” However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are unnatural, including “interested to went,” “least number of people,” and “rather then.” Spelling and written forms also need attention: “whareas” and “then” for “than” reduce accuracy. Repeated use of “people” and “bought” makes the account less precise. Build a small set of accurate chart-reporting expressions, such as “the proportion of residents,” “accounted for,” and “was higher than,” and check spelling before submitting.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences, including a comparison introduced by “whereas,” but control is inconsistent. Errors occur frequently in verb forms and sentence construction: “most of the people were interested to went” should use a structure such as “most people were interested in going,” while “few people were bought” incorrectly combines a quantifier with a passive form. Agreement is also faulty in “their percentage were,” and punctuation is missing after “overall” and between several city names and figures. These errors sometimes make the intended comparison difficult to follow. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and comparison structures, and check subject–verb agreement, articles and sentence boundaries. Shorter, well-controlled sentences would help make the data clearer.

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