Coffee and Tea Habits in Five Australian Cities

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.

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Key features: Coffee and Tea Habits in Five Australian Cities

WhyThis is aBar chart — it asks you to compare the most important categories.

SoWe split the points intoOverview(the biggest differences or patterns)andKey features(figures and comparisons worth reporting).

Overview

2 points

Key features

9 points

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Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response presents an accurate, well-selected summary of the chart with a clear overview and precise data referencing across all three habits and five cities. Its main limitation is a slightly mechanical, list-like progression in the body paragraphs, which prevents the organisation from reaching the highest level.

TA

Task Achievement

The response covers all three habits in all five cities with an accurate overview highlighting the cafe trend and Adelaide's exception, and the reported figures match the chart closely.

8.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Progression is logical with a clear overview, sequenced groupings, and effective referencing devices, though some body paragraphs read as somewhat mechanical city-by-city listing.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is flexible and mostly precise, including useful comparisons such as "by a slight margin" and "nearly level". However, "most characteristic of" is vague for reporting a proportion, and "stocking up on" implies buying a supply that the survey does not establish.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A wide range of structures is used with strong accuracy, including complex comparative and appositive constructions, with only very minor awkwardness such as 'bought more instant coffee by a slight margin (50%)'.

8.0

What to work on next

Vary how comparisons are linked between sentences so the body paragraphs read as connected trends rather than city-by-city data listings.

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Useful vocabulary: Coffee and Tea Habits in Five Australian Cities

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