Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-16

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 shows how many hours European citizens from different age categories spend on the internet.

Overall, younger age groups use the internet more often than older age groups, Moreover , for most early age groups males spend more hours browsing the internet than the females.

The second group which are people aged from 16 to 20 hold the highest number of hours spent on the internet by 19 hours for male and 18 for female. However, the age group 11 to 15 is second by 8 hours and 6 hours respectively to boys and girls. Not very far from it, is the category of people from 21 to 25 with just one hour less for both genders than the privious group. And then an average of 4 hours spent for male and female aged between 26 and thirty. lastly, the lowest number of hours spent is for people from 31 to more than 50 by average of 2 to 4 hours.

Evenmore, we can notice that for most age groups from 11 to 25 males use the internet more than females. until the age of 26 to 30 where both genders use it for the same amount of time which is 4 hours. But in the category of age from 31 to 50 females spend 4 hours whilst males spend 3 hours also at the age of 50 + females precedes males by 1 hour which is 3 and 2 hours spent respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the main pattern that internet use is highest among younger people and lowest among older people, and you report several relevant figures accurately, including the peak for ages 16–20 and the equal four-hour figures for ages 26–30. However, some comparisons are unclear or inaccurate: ages 21–25 are not one hour below ages 11–15 for both genders (the figures are 7 and 5, compared with 8 and 6), and the final sentence groups ages 31–50 with 50+ as “more than 50,” obscuring the separate values. The overview also says males lead in most early groups, but does not clearly summarise the female advantage in the two oldest groups. Select and compare the key patterns more precisely to make the report more complete and clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a recognisable structure: an introduction, an overview, a sequence through the age groups, and a final comparison by gender. This gives the reader a generally coherent route through the information. However, progression is weakened by returning to gender comparisons after already discussing the age groups, and some linking phrases are awkward or mechanical, such as “Not very far from it” and “Evenmore.” The sentence beginning “And then an average of 4 hours…” is also difficult to connect clearly to the preceding comparison. Organise the body into two focused paragraphs—for example, peak and declining age-group figures, followed by gender differences—and use simpler, more precise transitions and references.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing the table, including “age categories,” “highest number,” “average,” and “respectively,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, several choices are imprecise or unnatural for a data report: people do not “hold” the highest number of hours, “browsing” is less suitable than a neutral description of time spent online, and “preceded” is not the right verb for saying that one gender recorded more hours. There are also spelling errors such as “privious” and “Evenmore,” alongside inconsistent forms such as “internet” and “Internet.” Build a more accurate set of reporting collocations, such as “recorded,” “spent,” and “was higher than,” and check spelling and word forms.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons introduced by “However” and “where,” but control is uneven. Agreement and sentence construction are problematic in “The second group which are people aged from 16 to 20 hold…” and “the category … is second by 8 hours,” while the fragment “And then an average of 4 hours spent…” lacks a clear verb structure. Punctuation and capitalisation also need attention, particularly the comma splice and capitalisation in “Overall, …, Moreover” and the lower-case “lastly.” These errors sometimes make relationships between figures harder to follow. Practise complete, direct reporting sentences with a clear subject and verb, and review agreement and punctuation when joining clauses.

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