Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-20

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 provides data about the average hours on the internet wasted by the European people of various ages. Table showed three columns namely Age(years), Male and Female. Most of the children in Europe use 6 to 8 hours per day. In which boys use 8 hours and girls use 6 hours of day on internet.

Futhermore, most of the internet is used by the young generation whose age is between 16-20. Majority teenagers spend 19 hours in using internet. The age which range from 21 to 25, people of this age use 5 to 7 hours. In the comparison of male and female internet usage, male always win by using extra internet.

Now, table shows that people from age 26 to 30, averagely consum internet less than the youngsters. Because most of the people at this age are busy in thier jobs and in other responsibilities. When age is between 31 to 50, usage of internet decreases to 3, 4 hours. This age of people are mature and responsible.

Finally, people of age 51+ are not interested in internet usage. They only use just 2 to 3 hours a day.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.0

You identify the main age groups and report several figures accurately, including the peak for 16–20-year-olds (19 hours for males and 18 for females) and the low figures for people aged 51+ (2 and 3). However, the response does not give a clear, concise overview of the table’s main pattern: usage peaks at 16–20 and then generally declines with age. Some comparisons are incomplete or inaccurate; for example, males do not always use the internet more, since females record higher figures in the 31–50 and 51+ groups, and usage is equal at 26–30. The explanations about jobs, maturity and interest are not supported by the table. Focus on summarising the data rather than speculating about causes.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response is divided into paragraphs and moves broadly from younger to older age groups, so the reader can follow its general direction. However, the progression is weakened by a lack of a distinct overview and by repetitive, list-like reporting. Connectors such as “Furthermore,” “Now,” and “Finally” mark stages, but they do not always show meaningful relationships between the comparisons. The sentence “In the comparison of male and female internet usage, male always win” also interrupts the age-by-age sequence and makes an unsupported generalisation. Organise the response around the overall trend, then compare the peak and the remaining age groups, using clearer links between related figures.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “average,” “usage,” “young generation,” and “decreases,” and the intended meaning is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several choices are inaccurate or informal for describing a table. “Internet wasted” suggests misuse rather than time spent online, while “male always win” is conversational and does not precisely describe a comparison. There are also noticeable spelling and word-form errors, such as “Futhermore,” “consum,” and “thier,” alongside awkward phrases such as “hours of day on internet.” Choose neutral, precise terms for reporting data and check spelling and collocations; for example, describe figures as hours “spent online” and say one group “recorded a higher average.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response uses mostly simple sentence patterns, with a few attempts to add subordinate clauses, as in “Because most of the people at this age are busy…” These attempts do not consistently form accurate sentences: that “Because” clause is left as a fragment, and “When age is between 31 to 50, usage of internet decreases…” has an incorrect age-range construction. Other recurring problems include missing articles and prepositions (“on internet”), subject–verb agreement (“This age of people are”), and awkward sentence formation (“Table showed three columns”). These errors sometimes make relationships between ideas less clear. Practise complete sentences, accurate comparisons using “between … and …,” and agreement between subjects and verbs, while varying sentence structures more reliably.

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