Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-01

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 illustrates the information about the time spent on internet by Europian citizens of different age groups. Which includes male and female of age groups 11-15, 16-20, 21-30, 31-50 and above 50.

Overall it is noticeabe that male's are spending more time on internet in compare to women. However it is noticeable that youngerone's are spending more time on internet whereas when the number of age increases the low time is spent on internet.

A glance at the chart represents that students of age group between 11-15 boy's spent 8 hours sabsiquently girls spent 6 hours on internet. Then after the age group of 16-20 male has the highest time spent on internet that was 19 hours and female had 18 hours. Further the age group of 21-25 man had 7 hours whereas women had 5 hours spent on internet.

Further analysis reveils that man and women of age between 26 to 30 had same hours spent on internet that was 4 hours. Moreover the men of age between 31-50 had second lowest time spent on internet that was 3 hours whereas women had 1 hour extra then men. In addation above 50 man had only 2 hours and women had 3 hours spent on internet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response addresses all parts of the task by reporting the main features and making relevant comparisons across age groups and genders. However, some ideas are under-developed or less fully covered. For instance, the overview outlines general trends regarding gender and age, but contains slight inaccuracies or over-simplifications when describing how internet usage changes across age brackets, as the data shows fluctuations rather than a steady decline. The data is mostly reported accurately, such as noting the peak at 16 to 20 years with 19 hours for males and 18 hours for females, though minor data reporting errors occur, such as stating women had '1 hour extra then men' for the 31-50 age group where the table indicates 4 hours for women and 3 for men, which is correct, but phrasing is slightly awkward.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a coherent overall arrangement and attempts to organise information into an introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. However, cohesion is sometimes faulty or mechanical. The use of transitional markers like 'Which includes', 'Overall it is noticeabe', and 'Further analysis reveils' creates disjointed sentences rather than a smooth, logical progression. Paragraphing is present, but sentence boundary errors, such as starting a sentence with a relative clause ('Which includes male and female...'), disrupt the flow. Referencing between sentences is occasionally unclear, and cohesive devices are somewhat repetitive.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The vocabulary is adequate for the task, allowing the student to communicate basic trends and figures. However, the range is limited, and there are noticeable errors in word choice, spelling, and word form. Examples include spelling mistakes like 'noticeabe', 'sabsiquently', and 'reveils', as well as awkward lexical choices such as 'the number of age increases' instead of 'age increases' or 'as people get older', and using 'boy's' and 'man' instead of appropriate age-neutral or plural descriptors. These errors do not seriously impede communication, but they restrict the score to a moderate level.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The writer uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, attempting to construct comparative structures. However, there are frequent errors in grammar, articles, prepositions, and punctuation. Examples include missing articles ('time spent on internet'), preposition errors ('spent on internet in compare to women' instead of 'compared with'), subject-verb agreement issues ('male's are spending', 'youngerone\'s are spending'), and punctuation errors such as sentence fragments and comma splices. While these errors rarely completely impede communication, they persist throughout the response and prevent the demonstration of better grammatical control.

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