Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-22

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 above-shown table represents data about the typical hours invested, using the internet by Europeans of 6 different age groups. Each age group is further categorised based on genders, male and female.

Overall, 16 - 20 year olds invested the most time on the internet, where men spent 19 hours and women spent 18 hours on average. The least amount of time devoted to the internet was by the oldest group (people over the age of 51 years), males in this category used internet for 2 hours on average whereas, females used it for 3 hours. Interestingly, both men and women of ages 26 - 30 passed time equally on the internet, 4 hours.

The first age group in the table is 11 - 15 year olds, the boys and girls allocated 8 and 6 hours to the internet, respectively. Surprisingly, The age group 21 - 25 shows a dramatic decrease in the trend from the previous age group in the table, where average time spent on the internet becomes 7 hours for men and 5 hours for women. Lastly, people between the ages of 31 and 50 invested 3 and 4 hours on the internet, by men and women, respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response selects the main features accurately: it identifies the 16–20 group as the highest for both sexes, the 51+ group as the lowest, and notes the equal figures for ages 26–30. The remaining figures are also reported correctly, and the overview gives the reader a useful summary of the extremes. This meets the task well, with relevant comparisons and a clear account of the data. To make the report more fully developed, describe the broader pattern across age groups: internet use peaks at 16–20 and then generally declines, while the male and female figures are usually close. The comment that the 21–25 group shows a “dramatic decrease” is understandable, but could be supported by a more precise comparison with the preceding group.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is organised into an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph reporting the other age groups, so its overall progression is easy to follow. Sequencing expressions such as “Overall,” “The first age group,” and “Lastly” help guide the reader through the table. However, the final paragraph largely lists age groups in table order rather than grouping related patterns, and some transitions feel mechanical. “Surprisingly” is also not needed to connect the figures, while “The first age group” does little to show how that data relates to the overall trend. For stronger cohesion, group the younger ages and the declining figures together, and use comparisons such as “by contrast” or “similarly” to make relationships between the data explicit.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

There is an adequate range of vocabulary for describing the table, including “categorised,” “dramatic decrease,” and “average time spent.” The writer also varies the wording for internet use with phrases such as “invested,” “devoted,” and “allocated.” However, several choices are awkward or imprecise in this context: people do not naturally “invest” or “allocate” hours to internet use, and “passed time equally” is an unnatural way to describe matching figures. “Using the internet” is also more idiomatic than “using the internet” after “hours invested” in the opening. These choices do not prevent understanding, but more precise collocations would make the report sound more natural and appropriately formal.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.5

The response uses a mix of simple and complex sentence forms, including a relative clause in “the oldest group (people over the age of 51 years)” and a contrast between male and female figures. Most sentences communicate the intended comparisons clearly. Some grammatical and punctuation errors remain, however. In “where men spent 19 hours,” “where” does not refer naturally to an age group; use “in which” or restructure the sentence. The sentence beginning “The least amount…” has an awkward clause boundary and a comma splice before “males.” Also, “Surprisingly, The age group” incorrectly capitalises “The” after a comma, and “by men and women, respectively” is misplaced at the end of the final sentence. More controlled sentence boundaries and clause links would improve accuracy.

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