Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · 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 5.0)

The table shows that the different age groups of European people who spend how much average hours on the internet. We saw in this table that by the increasing in age both male and female spend less time on internet

At the age of 11 to 15 males spend 8 hours and female spend 6 hours on average. While the age group of 16 to 20 are those who spend lot of hours on internet respective to other age groups, like male used internet averagely 19 hours and female spend 18 hours on internet.

In the age group of 21 to 25, Man used 7 hours on internet server while the women spend 5 hours on average. The next group is from 26 to 30 in which both male and female spend only 4 hours on internet. The spending hours on internet decreased more in the group of 31 to 50. They only spend 3 to 4 hours n average and above 50 male spend 2 hours while female spend 3 hours on average.

Table shows that those female who is more than 30 year old spend more hours on internet.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You report most of the table’s figures accurately and identify the main peak: people aged 16–20 record the highest Internet use for both sexes. You also note the generally lower figures among older groups and compare male and female use in several age bands. However, the overview is not fully reliable: “by the increasing in age both male and female spend less time” suggests a steady decline, although use rises sharply from ages 11–15 to 16–20 before falling. The final claim that women over 30 spend more time is true for the two older categories, but it is not clearly integrated into the overview. Select the key patterns more precisely and distinguish the peak from the subsequent decline.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.0

The response has a basic sequence, moving through the age groups from youngest to oldest, and the paragraph breaks help separate the introduction from the details. Linking expressions such as “While,” “The next group,” and “In the age group” show an attempt to connect information. However, progression is mostly a list of figures rather than a clearly organised comparison, and some links are awkward or unclear. For example, “While the age group of 16 to 20…” is not joined to a complete contrasting clause, and the final sentence introduces a separate comparison without explaining its relationship to the preceding data. Organise the body around the peak and the later decline, and use clearer links between comparisons.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use enough topic vocabulary to communicate the subject, including “age group,” “average,” “spend,” and “decreased.” However, the range is limited and several expressions are repeated, especially “spend … hours on internet.” Some word choices and collocations are inaccurate or unnatural, such as “spend how much average hours,” “spend lot of hours,” and “used internet averagely.” These choices make parts of the report less clear and less suitable for formal data description. Use precise reporting verbs and standard phrases for quantities, while varying repeated wording. For example, describe figures as “recorded” or “averaged” a number of hours, and refer to “Internet use” rather than repeatedly saying “spend hours on internet.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts some longer sentence forms, including “While the age group of 16 to 20…” and “In the age group of 21 to 25…,” but control is inconsistent. Frequent errors in agreement, verb forms, articles, and sentence construction sometimes make the meaning difficult to follow. Examples include “both male and female spend,” “female spend 6 hours,” and “those who spend lot of hours”; the opening sentence also lacks a clear grammatical structure. Punctuation and sentence boundaries need attention, particularly where “While” begins a clause that is left incomplete. Build accuracy first with clear subject–verb patterns, then combine clauses using correctly formed comparisons.

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