Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-09

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 European male and female spending average hours on internet by different age groups.

Overall, Young male adults accounted the highest usage of internet.whereas, Female young adults comes the second position.while old group of male achieved the lowest usage of internet.

Age group between 11 and 15 male kids used a significant number of 8 and female kids used 6 hours on interenet.Adding that,16 to 20 male and female teenagers used highest number of hours among their groups with 19 and 18.However, adults from 21 to 25 male and female used a several number of hours with 7 and 5

Male and female between 26 and 30 both group used a few number of internet with equally 4 hours.but, age group between 31 and 50 used a small number of internet use where men used 3 hours and women used 4 hours.Finally,The last remaining group which is elderly male nad female, they ended up the chart with lowest usage of the internet with 2 and 3 hours on average.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern: internet use peaks among people aged 16–20 and is lowest among those aged 51+, and you report the figures for all six age groups. The comparisons are generally accurate, including the equal four-hour figures for ages 26–30 and the higher female figure for ages 31–50. This gives the response a relevant overview and adequate coverage of the table. However, the overview is not fully precise: “Female young adults comes the second position” is unclear, and the statement about the “old group of male” overlooks that women aged 51+ also record the minimum female figure. Some comparisons are listed rather than explained. State the overall age-related decline more clearly and distinguish the male and female patterns in the overview.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a recognisable structure, moving from an introduction and overview to details for the age groups, and words such as “Overall,” “However,” and “Finally” help signal progression. The figures are mostly presented in a sensible order. However, the progression is weakened by inconsistent punctuation and sentence boundaries: for example, “internet.whereas” and “hours.but” run ideas together, while “Adding that” does not clearly express the relationship between the figures. The body also reads as a sequence of similar data statements rather than grouped comparisons. Use separate, correctly punctuated sentences and organise the figures into broader age bands, linking the male–female comparisons more smoothly.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant vocabulary for describing the table, including “usage,” “age group,” “highest,” “lowest,” and “on average,” so the reader can generally understand the intended comparisons. However, the range is limited and several word combinations are unnatural or imprecise, such as “accounted the highest usage,” “used a significant number,” and “a several number of hours.” Repetition of “used” and “number” also makes the description less fluent. There are spelling errors, including “interenet” and “nad,” and some expressions, such as “young male adults,” do not fit the age categories precisely. Build a small set of accurate chart-description collocations, such as “spent an average of” and “recorded the highest figure,” and check spelling.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including a contrast with “whereas” and clauses beginning “which is elderly male and female.” The meaning of most comparisons can be recovered, but grammatical control is inconsistent. Examples include “Young male adults accounted the highest usage,” where the verb pattern is incomplete, and “Female young adults comes,” where the subject and verb do not agree. Several sentences also have faulty boundaries or punctuation, such as “internet.whereas” and “hours.but,” and the final sentence has an unclear clause structure. These errors sometimes make the relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Practise accurate past-tense reporting, subject–verb agreement, and sentence boundaries; use shorter, complete sentences before adding subordinate clauses.

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