Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · 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 6.0)

The given table illustrates data regarding mean time spent online by European males and females from different age groups.

Overall, people from younger age groups tended to spend more time on the internet than the older ones. While both of males and females from 16-20-year-old age brackets recorded the highest figure, citizens above 51 years old spent the least time on the internet.

Aged 11 to 15 years old European males spent 8 hours online while the females spent 6 hours. The figure had become more than double in the following age group (16 to 20 years) where males and females stood at 19 hours and 18 hours respectively. The trend continued in the 21 to 25 years old bracket as well where men recorded around 7 hours and women at 5 hours.

Turning to the 26-30-year-old aged European, both male and female had exactly same figure at 4 hours each. Trend of male domination reverses in 31 to 50 years old age range where females spent 4 hours online, one hour more than males. This trend continued in the above 51 years old group with females spending 3 hours on average online while males spent just 2 hours.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

The response identifies the main pattern accurately: the 16–20 group has the highest figures for both sexes, while people aged 51 and over have the lowest, and it reports the values across all six age groups. The overview also notes the shift from higher male figures in younger groups to higher female figures in the two oldest groups. However, some features are not fully developed: the overview could state more clearly that internet use rises sharply to a peak at 16–20 and then declines with age, and the description of the 21–25 group as part of a continuing trend is unclear because the figures fall substantially from the peak. A more explicit summary of this overall pattern would make the key features easier to grasp.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response is arranged in a clear sequence, moving from an introduction and overview to the younger age groups and then the older ones. Paragraphing supports this progression, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Turning to,” and “This trend continued” help connect the information. Cohesion is not always precise, however. “The trend continued” after the 16–20 figures does not clearly describe the fall in the 21–25 figures, and “This trend” in the final paragraph could refer either to female figures being higher or to the general age pattern. Use more explicit links, such as “After the peak, figures fell…” and “In both older groups, women recorded slightly higher averages,” to make relationships between comparisons clearer.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.5

There is an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “mean time,” “recorded,” “figure,” “age brackets,” and “spent … on average.” These choices allow the writer to describe the data without excessive repetition, and the meaning remains clear. Some less natural collocations and imprecise expressions limit flexibility: “the trend continued” does not accurately characterise the fall in the 21–25 group, while “male domination reverses” is an awkward way to describe the small differences between sexes. “Exactly same figure” also needs a more natural form. To move further, choose precise, neutral language for numerical comparisons and vary expressions for increases, decreases, peaks, and differences.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

The response uses a mix of simple and complex forms, including a contrast clause beginning “While” and relative clauses introduced by “where.” Most sentences communicate the comparisons clearly. Some grammatical errors remain, particularly with articles, agreement, and sentence construction. For example, “both of males and females” should be “both males and females,” and “both male and female had exactly same figure” needs plural agreement and an article: “both males and females had exactly the same figure.” The phrase “Aged 11 to 15 years old European males” is also awkwardly structured; “European males aged 11 to 15” is clearer. More consistent control of these patterns would improve accuracy while retaining the range of sentence forms.

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