Band 4.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 4.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-04

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)

the information about the average hours spent on the internet by european people of different age group.the age between the eleven or fifteen male spent on the internet eight hours and female spent six hours.and the age between sisteen or twenty male spent on the internet ninteen hours nad female spent eiegtheen hours on the internet.and the age group between

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 3.0

The response falls significantly short of the 150-word minimum, containing only 45 words of student-generated text (with 15 words copied directly from the prompt). Because the word count requirement is not met, the response can only attempt the task minimally. It begins to report a couple of figures from the table for the youngest age groups (11 to 15 and 16 to 20), but it breaks off abruptly and fails to provide an overview, omits the remaining age categories entirely, and lacks meaningful comparisons across the data. To reach higher bands, the writer must ensure the word count exceeds the minimum, cover all key features of the visual data, and provide a clear overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 3.5

The response is extremely brief and consists of only a few fragmented sentences that trail off mid-thought, meaning there is no clear overall organization, logical progression, or proper paragraph structure. Cohesive devices are largely absent, except for repetitive and misused conjunctions like 'and' to link raw data points. Referencing and paragraphing are not demonstrated here. To improve coherence and cohesion, the writer needs to structure the text into logical paragraphs—typically an introduction, an overview, and body paragraphs—and use a wider range of appropriate cohesive devices to connect ideas smoothly rather than listing isolated figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 4.5

The vocabulary used is very basic and repetitive, relying entirely on simple terms found in the prompt such as 'average', 'hours', 'spent', 'internet', 'european', 'people', 'age', 'group', 'male', and 'female'. There are also several spelling errors (e.g., 'sisteen', 'ninteen', 'eiegtheen') and formatting issues like a lack of capitalization. The range of vocabulary is severely limited and inadequate for a complete academic task response. To achieve a higher band, the writer must expand their lexical range by using synonyms, less common vocabulary to describe data trends (such as 'proportion', 'considerably', or 'majority'), and accurate spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.0

The grammatical structures attempted are extremely basic and repetitive, consisting of fragmentary and run-on sentences. There is a lack of control over basic syntax, evident in missing articles (e.g., 'the information about', 'european people'), incorrect prepositional phrases, and a complete absence of punctuation such as capital letters and full stops. Complex sentence forms are not attempted, and the frequent errors and lack of sentence boundaries impede understanding. To improve in this area, the writer needs to practice forming complete, grammatically correct sentences with proper punctuation, subject-verb agreement, and a mix of simple and complex structures.

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