Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-13

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)

Wifi mean time consumed in hours by inhabitants of the European countries is illustrated in the table. Different age groups with their mean time is tabulated in two different categories.

Overall the categorization is between the two genders that is male and female. Age group is discussed from eleven years old upto more than fifty years old. It can be clearly seen that the age group near to adult state has large number of internet usage, numerically nineteen hours for male and eighteen hours for female. However, a decline has been shown in the rate of internet consumption with the increase of age and is the least for years higher than fifty. Interestingly, mean tends more towards wifi data than women.

The number is 8 for boys and 6 for girls when they get a little bigger and closer to teenage i.e. 11 to 15 years old and reaches to spike for upto 20. After that, the rate slowly become decreasing upto 7 and 5 for males and females respectively. At 26 age bkth have the same consumption rate.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main pattern: internet use peaks among 16–20-year-olds (19 hours for males and 18 for females) and is lowest among people over 50. You also report several figures accurately, including the 11–15 and 21–25 groups. However, the summary is only partial: it does not give the figures for the 31–50 and 51+ groups, and the statement that use declines as age increases overlooks the rise from ages 11–15 to 16–20. The claim that the average “tends more towards wifi data than women” is unclear and not supported by the table; males are higher in most groups, but females are higher in two. A clearer overview and more complete, precise comparisons would strengthen the response.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic structure, moving from an introduction to an overview and then to selected details. Linking expressions such as “Overall,” “However,” and “After that” help signal relationships between ideas. Nevertheless, progression is uneven: the overview repeats information that is then revisited in the final paragraph, while the final sentence stops at the 26–30 group and leaves the older categories unreported. Some connections are also difficult to follow, particularly “when they get a little bigger and closer to teenage” and “reaches to spike for upto 20.” Organise the body by age ranges, report each key comparison in sequence, and use clearer references so the reader can follow the data without interpreting vague phrases.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You attempt a range of vocabulary related to the topic, including “categorization,” “decline,” “consumption,” and “spike.” However, several choices are inaccurate or unnatural for describing a table: “Wifi mean time consumed,” “large number of internet usage,” and “mean tends more towards wifi data” make the meaning unclear. “Mean” is also used where the table simply reports average hours, and “rate” is not the most precise term for these figures. There are spelling and form issues such as “upto” and “bkth.” Aim for accurate, natural collocations such as “average time spent online,” “hours of internet use,” and “the figure peaked,” and avoid adding “Wi-Fi” when the table does not specify connection type.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “However” and a clause beginning “when they get…”. However, grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes make the intended meaning difficult to interpret. Examples include “Age group is discussed,” “the rate slowly become decreasing,” and “At 26 age bkth have the same consumption rate.” The response also has problems with articles, agreement, and sentence construction, as in “the age group near to adult state has large number.” Some sentences are fragments or awkwardly joined, and punctuation does not consistently clarify the relationships between ideas. Practise writing direct comparisons with a clear subject and verb, for example, “Male users spent 19 hours, compared with 18 hours for females.”

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