Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-24

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 illustrate avarage hours spent on the internet by European people of the different age group.

Overall, it is evident that adolescent girls recorded the highest figure, whereas elderly man, had the lowest. Another notable feature is that adults above 26 years both male and female using internet.

Looking first at the age group of youngster around 16 to 20 years old both female and male have slighty different between them, making it the highest amoung the categories shown. This was followed by age group of 11 to 15, at male are sprending 8 hours and female 6 hours using. By comparison, 21 to 25 both female and male recorded a lower 1 hour less than the 11 to 15 male and female.

Turning to the remaining categories, 26 to 30 men and woman both sprent equal time using the internet. The different between the two figures was 31 to 50 female using 1 hours more than the male. Meanwhile, above 51 men and woman stood at 2 and 3 hours, female making it relatively higher tham male

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

You identify the main pattern that the 16–20 age group has the highest figures and that the oldest group has the lowest, and you include comparisons across all age categories. Most reported values and comparisons are consistent with the table: for example, 11–15-year-old males spend 8 hours compared with 6 for females, while the 26–30 figures are equal. However, the overview misidentifies the highest group as “adolescent girls”; the highest figure is for males aged 16–20 (19 hours), with females in that group at 18. The overview also says adults over 26 use the internet, which is too vague to convey the downward pattern. Develop the key comparisons more precisely and ensure the overview accurately summarises the data.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction and overview are followed by paragraphs covering the younger and older age groups. Phrases such as “Looking first” and “Turning to the remaining categories” help signal this progression, and the reader can generally follow the comparisons. Some links are less effective or unclear, however. “By comparison” introduces the 21–25 figures without clearly stating that both sexes are below their corresponding 11–15 figures, and “The different between the two figures was 31 to 50…” makes the relationship between the figures difficult to follow. Use linking expressions to show precise comparisons, and make each sentence’s reference explicit. This would make the cohesion less mechanical and the progression more consistently clear.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “recorded,” “figure,” “categories,” and “compared,” and you attempt to describe differences rather than simply list values. However, the range and control are limited by repeated general wording such as “using the internet” and several inaccurate or misspelled choices, including “avarage,” “slighty,” “amoung,” “sprending,” and “tham.” Some phrases are also unnatural, such as “making it the highest among the categories shown” and “stood at 2 and 3 hours.” These choices sometimes make the intended comparison less clear. Build a more precise range for describing data, such as “spent,” “peaked at,” “respectively,” and “the gap between,” and check spelling and collocations carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including the contrast introduced by “whereas” and the clause beginning “making it…”. The overall meaning is usually recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur. For example, “The table illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “both female and male have slighty different” lacks a grammatical construction for describing a difference. In “adults above 26 years both male and female using internet,” the verb phrase is incomplete. Articles, plurals, and sentence punctuation also need more consistent control, as in “elderly man, had the lowest.” Practise complete comparison structures, such as “Males spent X hours, compared with Y for females,” and check agreement and verb forms in each sentence.

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