Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-17

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 6.5)

The information tabulated as rows and columns compares the average time in hours spent online by Europeans of different age groups from both male and female category.

Overall, it is evident that the age group of 16-20 years spent more hours online than any other age groups, regardless of the gender differences while 51+ is the category that spent the least time.

Age group of 16-20 used Internet on an average for 19 hours and 18 hours in the male and the female category respectively. However, both the genders of 11-15 year olds spent only half the the time of the corresponding 16-20 year olds, which was closely followed by 21-25 year old category with mean values at 7 hours and 5 hours for both male and female category respectively.

Moreover, a decreasing trend is observed in the rest of the categories with an average of 4 hours each for both genders in 26-30 year old category, 3 hours in males and 4 hours in females in 31-50 year old category. Additionally, the least users of Internet were 51+ year olds with 2 hours in male and 3 in females.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response identifies the main pattern accurately: the 16–20 group records the highest figures for both sexes, while people aged 51+ record the lowest. It also reports the values for all six age groups, and the comparisons for 11–15 and 21–25 are grounded in the table. This gives the report clear coverage and relevant support. To make the overview more fully developed, highlight the broader pattern that usage generally declines after the 16–20 peak, while noting the small exceptions: the 11–15 figures exceed those for 21–25, and female usage is slightly higher than male usage in the 31–50 and 51+ groups. The current phrase “a decreasing trend” is somewhat broad because the decline is not uniform across every age band.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The four-paragraph structure is appropriate: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting the figures. Information generally progresses from the peak age group to the remaining groups, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Moreover,” and “Additionally” help signal the stages of the report. However, some connections feel mechanical or imprecise. “However” does not express a clear contrast when introducing the 11–15 figures, and “which was closely followed by” makes the relationship between the age groups slightly difficult to follow. The final paragraph also groups several figures into a long sequence. Use clearer comparisons and vary the organisation—for example, group the age bands by their relative levels—to make progression more effortless and cohesion less dependent on linking words.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

The response uses a suitable range of task-related vocabulary, including “average,” “age groups,” “decreasing trend,” and “least users,” and the meaning remains clear throughout. There are also attempts to avoid repeating the same wording, such as “spent more hours online” and “used Internet.” Some choices are awkward or imprecise for a formal data report: “from both male and female category” and “mean values at” do not sound natural, while “least users of Internet” describes people rather than the lowest usage figures. “The information tabulated as rows and columns” is also unnecessarily wordy. Aim for concise, conventional reporting language, such as “for males and females,” “figures of,” and “recorded the lowest average usage.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

There is a mix of simple and more complex sentence forms, including the overview clause beginning “while” and the comparison introduced by “which.” Most sentences communicate the intended figures, but some grammatical inaccuracies remain. In the opening, “compares … by Europeans … from both male and female category” has an unclear construction; “the age group of 16–20 years spent” would be more naturally formed as “people aged 16–20 spent.” The phrase “half the the time” contains a repeated article, and “3 in females” omits the unit and has an incomplete parallel structure with “2 hours in male.” Check articles, plural forms, and parallel phrasing when presenting paired figures. More consistently controlled sentence patterns would make the report smoother and more precise.

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