Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-31

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)

This table illustrate the details about the overall hourly usage of internet by people in Europe of five different categories, starting from the age 11.

Overall, teenage people (16-20) used more internet on daily basis and became the dominant group, whereas the people above 50 showed less interest on internet usage. Compared to Female, Male came predominant in internet usage across many age categories.

Regarding the time spent on internet, the age group (16-20) spent 37 hours altogether and became the leading category, followed by younger children(11-15) with total 14 hours, afterwards early 20's with sum 12 hours, then late 20's with 8 hours in total. People in the middle ages (31-50) and over 50 spent just 7 and 5 hours per day, respectively.

With regard to gender, Male accounted for more hours spent on internet across the age groups (11-15), (16-20), (21-25) and over 50 with 8, 19, 7 and 2 hours, in the order, whereas both gender in the age group 26-30 spent equal 4 hours each. Between 31 and 50 years, female dominated male with an hour extra, at 4 and 3 hours respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.5

You identify the main pattern clearly: the 16–20 group records the highest figures, while people aged 51+ record the lowest, and you compare male and female use across the age bands. The totals you calculate for each age group are accurate, and the gender comparisons reflect the table. This gives the report a relevant overview and good coverage of the data. However, the overview says the figures are on a “daily basis,” although the table only reports average hours and does not specify a daily period. Also, describing the 16–20 group as “teenage people” is imprecise, since the band includes people aged 20. To strengthen the report, state the overall pattern without adding an unsupported time frame and make the age-group descriptions exact.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response is organised into an introduction, an overview, a paragraph comparing age-group totals, and a final paragraph on gender. This sequence is easy to follow, and linking expressions such as “Overall,” “Regarding,” and “With regard to” help signal the focus of each section. The comparisons also progress from the highest-use group to the lowest. Some cohesion is less natural or precise: “afterwards” does not clearly express the ranking relationship, and “in the order” makes the final gender comparison harder to process. The repeated use of “spent” and “hours” also makes the report somewhat mechanical. Use a small range of clear comparison links, and ensure each reference—such as “both gender”—has an unambiguous grammatical form.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant vocabulary for describing data, including “dominant group,” “leading category,” “accounted for,” and “dominated.” These choices show an attempt to vary the language rather than simply repeat the table labels. However, several collocations and word choices are noticeably unnatural, such as “overall hourly usage,” “became the dominant group,” and “less interest on internet usage.” “Teenage people” is also not an accurate label for the full 16–20 age band. These expressions remain understandable, but they limit precision and fluency. Aim for standard report language such as “average time spent online,” “recorded the highest figure,” and “lower usage,” and prefer exact age-group labels when describing the data.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt a mix of sentence forms, including comparisons and longer sentences with clauses, as in “whereas both gender in the age group 26-30 spent equal 4 hours each.” The overall meaning is generally recoverable, but some grammatical errors recur and make parts less smooth. For example, “This table illustrate” has subject–verb disagreement, while “both gender” needs a plural form and “spent equal 4 hours” needs a different construction. The opening sentence also has an awkward structure, and articles and prepositions are not consistently controlled. Work on agreement, countable plurals, and comparison patterns such as “both genders spent the same amount.” More accurate control of these forms would make your varied sentences clearer.

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