Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-05

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The table gives information about the average hours spent on the Internet by European people of different age groups.

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

Student answer (Band 5.5)

The table depicts the information about European both genders of different ages spend their time on internet.

Overall, late teenage male and female spend most of their time on internet and oldage people spend least time.

From the age of eleven to fifteen years, male who watches internet was 8 people and females 6 people which is significantly two-fold when it reached to next age group by 19 men and 18 women. Later, the amount of viewers reduced to half to 7 male and 6 female in twenties.

In between twenty six to thirty the number of people engaged with internet were equal from both genders that is 4. Number of females remained same in early thirties to fifty but slight decreased number of males. People above fifty spent very less time using internet males were only 2 number and females are 3 in number. The usage of internet by young males is high when compared with females.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern accurately: the 16–20 group records the highest figures for both sexes, while the 51+ group records the lowest, and you compare several age groups. However, some details are inaccurate or unclear. For example, females aged 21–25 recorded 5 hours, not 6, and the figures are hours spent online rather than numbers of people or viewers. The statement that the 11–15 figures are “significantly two-fold” the next group is also incorrect: the next group’s figures are higher, not double the earlier ones. Your overview is relevant, but the gender comparison could be more precise: males are higher in most groups, while females exceed males in the 31–50 and 51+ groups. Select and report the data more carefully to develop the summary fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by details about the age groups, with the youngest and oldest groups helping frame the comparisons. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Later,” and “In between” make the sequence understandable. However, progression is sometimes mechanical, and the final comparison about young males repeats a point already suggested by the figures rather than adding a distinct feature. Some references are also unclear, particularly “which is significantly two-fold,” where the reader has to infer which figures are being compared. Grouping the age bands into a clearer sequence and using more precise links between comparisons would make the cohesion smoother and the paragraph development more effective.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some relevant vocabulary for describing the table, including “reduced,” “remained,” “equal,” and “usage.” However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for this task. “Number of viewers” and “people engaged with internet” describe people, whereas the table reports hours; “spend their time on internet” is also an awkward collocation. “Oldage people” and “very less time” are not natural expressions, and “two-fold” is misused for the comparison. These choices sometimes make the data harder to interpret, even though the general meaning is usually recoverable. Aim for precise terms such as “hours spent online,” “the oldest age group,” and “fell to” when describing the figures.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more developed sentence forms, including a relative clause in “male who watches internet” and a comparison introduced by “when it reached to next age group.” The overall meaning is generally understandable, but errors in agreement, tense, articles, and sentence construction are noticeable. For example, “male and female spend” needs a plural subject or a singular construction, while “number of females remained” needs an article. In “males were only 2 number and females are 3 in number,” the tense shifts and the sentence pattern is faulty. The opening sentence also lacks a clear grammatical structure. Practise building accurate sentences around the table’s subject—hours—and keep verb tense consistent when reporting the figures.

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