Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-07

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 spent on computer by the people who lives in europe in various ages.

it can be clearly seen that most of young age childrens spent most hours in internet around 18 to 19. and seniour citizens about age of 51 over spent less hours in internet nearly 2-3 hours.

young boys uses data connection for 7 hours while young girls uses that for 5 hours.

overall the most use of internet in 16 -20 age group both male and female and the least use of data connection in old age .

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the main pattern that internet use peaks among people aged 16–20 and is lowest among those aged 51+, and you include a relevant comparison between the sexes for ages 21–25. However, the response covers the table only partially: the sentence about “young boys” and “young girls” refers to the 21–25 figures, not the youngest group, so the age description is misleading. Several important comparisons are omitted, including the near-equal peak figures (19 and 18) and the shared value of 4 for ages 26–30. The overview is present but brief, and the figures are not reported with enough detail to summarise the table fully. The response is also 53 words below the required minimum, limiting its coverage further.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

There is a basic sequence: an introduction, a statement about the highest and lowest age groups, a specific comparison, and a concluding overview. This gives the reader some organisation, and “overall” signals a summary. However, the response is very short and the ideas do not develop into a clear, sustained progression. The opening and final sentences repeat the peak and lowest-use points, while the middle comparison is not clearly connected to the age group it describes. Cohesive links between the figures are limited, and the separate lines do not form well-developed paragraphs. Grouping the peak ages, the decline across older groups, and male–female comparisons into a logical order would make the summary easier to follow.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses a small set of relevant terms, including “hours,” “age group,” “male and female,” and “least,” so the general subject is understandable. However, vocabulary is limited and some choices are inaccurate or repetitive: “computer” and “data connection” do not consistently describe the table’s measure of internet use, and “young age childrens” is unclear. Spelling errors such as “seniour” and “internet” written inconsistently also reduce accuracy. More precise language for describing quantities and trends would help, for example “average time spent online,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “declined with age.” Aim to vary the wording without replacing the table’s subject with a different one.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 4.5

Most sentences are simple, and attempts to form longer statements are not consistently controlled. Errors in agreement and verb forms occur in phrases such as “people who lives,” “childrens spent,” and “young boys uses”; these should be “people who live,” “children spend,” and “young boys use.” Articles and sentence construction are also problematic in “most of young age childrens” and “overall the most use of internet.” Capitalisation and punctuation are inconsistent, with the response beginning in lowercase and lacking clear sentence boundaries in places. These errors do not make the overall topic impossible to understand, but they frequently interrupt fluency. Practise accurate simple comparisons first, then combine them using controlled clauses such as “while” or “whereas.”

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