Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-15

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 average hours spents on the internet by european individuals of certain age groups.

Overall, both young male and female spent major time on internet during their teenage to adulthood years as they aged usage of internet relatively declined, while youngest age group also used less internet.

Overall, men aged 16-20 spents 19 hours on internet females also take up 18 hours. secondly from age 21 to 25 internet useage dramatically declined as only for 7 hours by men and 5 by girls on average. whereas at age 26-30 roughly both genders used 4 hours worth of internet on average.

Gradually, men at 31-50 used 3 hours of data and 4 for girls in older age numericals declined further men spent 2 hours surfing while women 3 hours, Interestingly adolescent boys consumed 8 hours internet on average while females users were only spent around 6 hour on internet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

The response identifies several important patterns and reports the figures accurately: usage peaks among 16–20-year-olds (19 hours for males and 18 for females), then falls sharply in the next age group, and is lowest among people aged 51 and over. It also includes the youngest group and the near-equal figures for ages 26–30. However, the overview is unclear and partly inaccurate: “as they aged” suggests a continuous decline, although the table shows a rise from ages 11–15 to 16–20 before the decline. The response also does not clearly summarise the overall gender pattern, where males record higher use in most groups but females lead slightly in the two oldest groups. A more precise overview and clearer comparisons would make the main features more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response has an opening, an overview, and further details, and it generally moves through the age groups in a sensible order. However, progression is weakened by repeating “Overall” at the start of the second paragraph and by abrupt links such as “whereas” and “Interestingly,” which do not clearly show how the figures relate. The final paragraph combines the 31–50 and 51+ groups with the youngest group, making the sequence difficult to follow. Some sentences also run together without clear punctuation, for example the overview’s “as they aged usage of internet relatively declined.” Grouping the figures into a clear peak-and-decline comparison, followed by the youngest and oldest groups, would improve the organisation.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

The response uses some relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “dramatically declined,” “on average,” and “adolescent,” and the intended comparisons are usually understandable. However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or repetitive. Phrases such as “take up 18 hours,” “internet useage,” “hours of data,” and “older age numericals” are not natural ways to describe the table. “Spent” and “used” recur frequently, while “girls” is less suitable than “females” or “women” in this formal report. Spelling and word-form errors, including “spents” and “useage,” also reduce precision. Use standard reporting expressions such as “recorded,” “spent online,” and “the figure fell to” to describe the data more clearly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts a mixture of simple statements and longer sentences, but control is inconsistent, and errors sometimes make relationships between ideas difficult to follow. Examples include “both young male and female spent,” “men aged 16-20 spents,” and “females users were only spent,” where agreement or verb construction is faulty. The overview also joins clauses without appropriate punctuation: “as they aged usage of internet relatively declined.” Articles and sentence boundaries are often missing or unclear, as in “spent 2 hours surfing while women 3.” These problems occur across the response, so the reader must sometimes work out the intended meaning. Practise accurate past-tense reporting and build longer sentences with clear conjunctions and punctuation.

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