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The chart below shows the results of a survey about people's coffee

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 — Cambridge IELTS 15, Test 1

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The task

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows the results of a survey about people's coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five Australian cities.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

What the chart shows

Bar chart, 'Coffee and tea buying and drinking habits in five cities in Australia' (percentage of city residents), with three bars per city: bought fresh coffee in the last 4 weeks / bought instant coffee in the last 4 weeks / went to a café for coffee or tea in the last 4 weeks. Sydney: fresh ≈44%, instant ≈45%, café ≈61%. Melbourne: fresh ≈42%, instant ≈48%, café ≈63%. Brisbane: fresh ≈34%, instant ≈53%, café ≈55%. Adelaide: fresh ≈34%, instant ≈50%, café ≈49%. Hobart: fresh ≈38%, instant ≈54%, café ≈62%. Going to a café was the most common activity in every city except Adelaide; buying fresh coffee was consistently the least common.

How it is marked

Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy — the four official IELTS criteria, each with its own band and a written reason. Write at least 150 words.

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