Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-20

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 4.0)

this is the table of people of european countries of every age group that use internet like sociamedia, and many other things on internet what they use.

so the age group of 11 to 15 years kids where boys are using more hours then girls and the reason is in this generation we put the mind of our kids to social media like youtube where they watch alot of cartoons and play alot of games as well.

so the the table shows the group of 16 to 20 years peoples where again males are higher then females like male use internet for 19 hours and women use for 18 hours.

and the age of 21 to 25 year peoples who uses internet for average 7 hours where male use for 7 and female for 4 hours.

and it is becoming lower where age of 11 to 15 year old kids were using phone for more then 10 hours where age of 26 to 30 year of male and female both are using internet for 4 hours.

and the age of 31 to 50 years people are using this more more lower like males are using it for only 3 hours and females for 4 hours.

and finally the elders who's are above 50 years are using much lower like males use internet for just 2 hours and female uses it for 3 hours.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response — Band 4.0

The response attempts to summarize the provided table regarding internet usage across different age groups. However, the candidate struggles significantly with the core requirements of Academic Task 1. Crucially, the student introduces personal opinions and external explanations not found in the prompt, such as 'the reason is in this generation we put the mind of our kids to social media like youtube where they watch alot of cartoons'. An IELTS Task 1 report must rely strictly on the provided visual data without speculation or outside commentary. Furthermore, the overview lacks a clear summary of main trends, and some data points are misreported (e.g., claiming the 21-25 age group uses the internet for an average of 7 hours, whereas the table lists male at 7 and female at 5, meaning the overall average is different, or misquoting the 11-15 group's phone usage). Consequently, the response falls into Band 4.

Coherence and Cohesion — Band 4.0

The text suffers from severe organizational and structural issues. The response is written as a single block of continuous text separated by arbitrary line breaks rather than cohesive paragraphs, failing to group data logically. Cohesive devices are extremely limited and repetitive, with almost every sentence beginning with 'and' or 'so' (e.g., 'so the the table shows...', 'and the age of...', 'and finally...'). There is no clear progression of ideas, and referencing is faulty throughout, making the flow disjointed and difficult to follow. These features reflect the descriptors for Band 4, where information is not arranged coherently and cohesive devices are inadequate or over-used.

Lexical Resource — Band 4.0

The vocabulary used is very basic, repetitive, and restricted to everyday conversational language (e.g., 'people of european countries', 'kids where boys are using more hours then girls', 'elders who's are above 50 years'). There are frequent lexical limitations and word choice errors, such as 'peoples' (an incorrect plural form) and 'more more lower'. The writer fails to utilize appropriate vocabulary for reporting data, such as proportions, averages, intervals, or comparative adjectives like 'significantly' or 'substantially'. This vocabulary profile aligns with Band 4, where basic and repetitive vocabulary is used and inaccuracies strain the reader.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy — Band 4.0

The grammatical range is extremely limited, consisting almost entirely of poorly constructed run-on sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions ('and', 'so'). There is a near-total absence of complex structures, and where complex sentences are attempted, they are heavily flawed grammatically (e.g., 'the age group of 11 to 15 years kids where boys are using more hours then girls and the reason is...'). Errors in tense, subject-verb agreement, and prepositions are very frequent (e.g., 'women use for 18 hours', 'female for 4 hours'). Punctuation is virtually nonexistent, with sentences strung together without proper terminal punctuation or comma usage. This performance sits firmly at Band 4 due to frequent errors that distort meaning and a very limited structural range.

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