Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-09-29

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 table illustrates how many hours are european of different age groups spending on the internet. Overall, its clearly show that the highest groupe using internet are teenagers of both genders, and the lowest users are older adults.

Firstly, teenagers are taking over with a significant amount of hours spent on the internet for both genders between 18 and 19 hour. kids between 11- 15 years old are the next to be the staying on their phone for hours its indicate 8 hours of males and 6 for females. people aged between 21 and 25 years are less common to spend a lot of time on internet (7 hours for male- 8 hours for female).

older people from 26 years to 30 have the same amount of hours spent on the internet with only 4 hours for both genders. the last category are the people aged 31 and over 51 seems not intrested in the internet as younger individuals they only spent between 2 and 4 hours.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

The student attempts to address the task by summarizing the main features of the table regarding average internet usage hours across age groups and genders. An overview is provided in the second sentence, identifying teenagers as the highest users and older adults as the lowest. However, there are several data inaccuracies and misreadings of the source text. For instance, the student states that the 16-20 age group spent between 18 and 19 hours, whereas the table lists 19 for males and 18 for females. For the 21-25 group, the student reports '7 hours for male- 8 hours for female', which reverses the true data of 7 for males and 5 for females. Additionally, the categorization of the 31-50 and 51+ groups becomes confusing and inaccurate, stating they spent between 2 and 4 hours while misinterpreting the numbers. These data errors pull the task achievement score down.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response is organized into three paragraphs, featuring a brief introduction, an overview sentence, and body text attempting to describe the data categories. However, the logical progression is hindered by poor paragraphing choices and abrupt transitions. The overview is awkwardly attached to the introductory sentence ('Overall, its clearly show...'). Cohesive devices are minimal and basic, such as 'Firstly' and 'the last category', and referencing is occasionally unclear or confusing due to grammatical breakdowns. Paragraphing lacks clear structure, as sentences addressing disparate age groups are clustered together without clear topical boundaries.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is generally basic and repetitive, with frequent word-choice errors and awkward phrasing. Examples include 'european of different age groups spending' instead of Europeans, 'highest groupe using internet', 'taking over with a significant amount of hours', and 'staying on their phone for hours its indicate'. While the student attempts some descriptive vocabulary, lexical control is weak. There are also spelling errors such as 'groupe' and 'intrested', and word formation/collocation issues like 'less common to spend a lot of time on internet'. The range is minimally adequate for the task but causes difficulty for the reader in places.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

The student displays a very limited range of grammatical structures, relying mostly on simple or faulty complex sentences. There are frequent, heavy grammatical errors throughout the response, including subject-verb agreement issues ('how many hours are european... spending', 'kids... are the next to be the staying', 'the last category are the people... seems not intrested'), tense confusion ('its clearly show', 'kids between... is the next'), and punctuation errors like comma splices and missing periods. Furthermore, sentence boundaries are blurred, leading to run-on sentences that impede smooth reading.

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