Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-17

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 5.0)

The tabulate form of data illustrates about the cummulative time utilise on the internet by European comminity of various six age groups from both gender.

Overall, it is clearly observed that, mid teen aged people are more likely to spent their time on internet. Whereas elder people are less intrestead in using phone internet.

To begin with, European comminities'male who are between 11 to 15 year old used one third day on internet. Despite, all age group, 16-20 year men used their majority time on it about 19 hours. While resident of europ who have age above 25 to 30 and 31- 50 are use their network connection 4,3 hours per day subsequently. Eldest community age group are spent least time on internet which is 2 hours.

Meanwhile, European females yougest ahe group between 11-15 are use their quarter of time on that. along with that there is a most time spending age group in female is also between 16-20 , which same has in male. 26-50 aged elder women are utilise 4 hours from their day.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 5.0

The response attempts to cover the main features of the table, noting that the 16-20 age group spent the most time on the internet and the 51+ group the least. However, there are significant inaccuracies in reporting the data. For instance, the text claims that 11-15 year old males used 'one third day on internet' (8 hours), which misinterprets the data. Furthermore, comparisons are inconsistently applied and sometimes confusing, such as mentioning specific hours for females without clearly contextualising them. The overview mentions key trends, but the lack of precise and accurate data reporting limits the score to a Band 5.0.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 5.0

The response is organised into an introduction, an overview, and separate body paragraphs for male and female data, which provides a basic structural framework. However, progression is frequently disrupted by awkward referencing and mechanical cohesive devices like 'To begin with,' and 'Meanwhile,'. Paragraphing is attempted, but internal cohesion within paragraphs is often faulty, making the flow disjointed. For example, jumping between different age groups without clear logical links impedes smooth reading. Overall, coherence aligns with a Band 5.0 level.

Lexical Resource — Band 5.0

The vocabulary used is very limited and contains frequent word-choice and word-formation errors. Examples include 'tabulate form' instead of tabular form, 'cummulative time utilise' instead of cumulative time utilised, and 'comminities'male' instead of male communities. Words are often misused grammatically, such as 'intrestead' for interested, 'ahe' for age, and 'subsequently' where 'respectively' was intended. While the topic is related to internet usage, the high density of lexical errors and lack of sophisticated phrasing restrict the score to Band 4.5, rounded to 5.0 based on the basic adequacy of task-related terms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

Grammatical control is weak throughout the response, featuring a very limited range of structures and frequent errors that impede understanding. Examples of errors include 'mid teen aged people are more likely to spent' (tense and form errors), 'European comminities'male who are between 11 to 15 year old used' (agreement and missing articles), and 'residents of europ who have age above 25 to 30' (awkward phrasing and preposition use). Complex sentence attempts are consistently faulty. Errors occur in almost every sentence, placing this performance firmly in Band 4.0.

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