Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-11-04

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)

Table below describe the result of a survey about people habits in five cities of Australia of tea buying, coffee and drinking.

As we see in Sydney people bought fresh coffee in last 4 weeks from 20 percent to 44 percent. Instead of this people went massievley to cafe for coffee and fresh tea in last 4 weeks as 61 percent from 20 percent. Moreover people bought instant coffee almost 46%. In Melbourne people bought instant coffee near to 50%. There is a huge number of people who buy tea and coffee from cafe almost 63% in last 4 weeks. people bought fresh coffee in Melbourne almost 42%. As compare to Melbourne or Sydney people of Adelaide have small numbers of drinking coffee or tea, not goes up to 50 percent. Hobart people went to cafe in last 4 weeks almost same as Sydney like 62%, and bought instant coffee 54% however very less people bought fresh coffee just 38% in last 4 weeks.

Brisbane people bought instant coffee in last 4 weeks not more than 50% as compared to different cities of Australia. They went to cafe normally like 56% and very less number of people bought fresh coffee just 34%. people bought instant coffee almost 52% in last 4 weeks.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.5

You identify several relevant figures, including café visits in Melbourne and Hobart and fresh-coffee purchases in Brisbane, and you make some comparisons between cities. However, the response does not provide a clear overview of the main patterns, which is central to this task. It also contains inaccurate or unclear reporting: Sydney’s fresh-coffee figure is 44%, not a range “from 20 percent to 44 percent,” and the café figure is 61%, not “61 percent from 20 percent.” Adelaide is described only generally, while its fresh-coffee and instant-coffee results are not reported. The final Brisbane sentence repeats an instant-coffee figure and conflicts with the earlier statement that it was below 50%, although the chart shows about 53%. Select the key highs and lows accurately and summarise them in an overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has some basic organisation: it moves through Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Brisbane, and uses linking expressions such as “Moreover,” “however” and “As compare to.” This gives the reader a rough sense of which cities are being discussed. However, there is no distinct overview or clear grouping of the main trends, so the information reads as a sequence of loosely connected city-by-city comments. Some links are unclear or misleading, particularly “Instead of this,” which does not show the intended contrast, and the repeated Brisbane instant-coffee point disrupts progression. Improve the flow by using a short overview followed by paragraphs comparing related results, and use referencing and transitions that clearly express the relationship between figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use a basic range of task-related vocabulary, including “bought fresh coffee,” “instant coffee,” “went to a cafe” and “percent,” so the subject is generally recognisable. There are also attempts to express comparison and quantity. However, vocabulary is repetitive and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “went massievley,” “huge number,” “small numbers” and “not more than 50%.” “Fresh tea” is also an incorrect label for the chart’s café category, which refers to coffee or tea. Spelling and word-form errors, including “massievley,” further reduce precision. Use standard chart language such as “the proportion,” “accounted for,” “higher than” and “approximately,” and keep category labels faithful to the visual.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple statements and longer sentences with comparisons, and the reader can usually identify the city or category being discussed. However, grammatical control is inconsistent, and errors recur in basic sentence patterns. For example, “Table below describe” lacks an article and has incorrect subject–verb agreement; “people habits” needs a possessive form; and “people of Adelaide have small numbers” has an awkward and unclear grammatical construction. Capitalisation is also inconsistent, as several sentences begin with lowercase “people.” Some longer sentences combine several ideas without clear punctuation, making relationships between figures harder to follow. Practise accurate subject–verb agreement, articles and possessives, and separate each comparison into a complete, clearly punctuated sentence.

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