Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-01

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 the knowldge about the time in hours that European individuals utilized on to the internet from different age groups.

Overall, there were larger number of internet users both in males and females between the ages of 16-20, while aged men and women were recorded as the lowest users of internet. Another significant point is that at the early age groups men spend more time on internet compared to women, while at elder ages women had the higher number of internet users compared to males.

Looking at the details, Eropean male used the internet 8 hours between ages 11-15, while females spent only 6 hours in the same ages. Internet usage were peaked both in men and women ages between 16-20 that were 19 and 18 hours respectively. Then it declined and reached to 7 hours in males and 5 hours in females.

However, it was recorded as the same in both genders in the ages between 26-30 that was stood at 4 hours. Then it went down in males and stood at 3 hours but leveled off in womens in the ages of 31 to 50. The elder persons above 51 spend only 2 hours on internet, while older womens used internet 3 hours.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

The response identifies the main pattern accurately: internet use peaks among 16–20-year-olds for both sexes, then falls with age, and the oldest group records the lowest figures. It also reports the key values and comparisons, including the equal four hours for ages 26–30 and women’s slightly higher use in the older groups. This gives a clear, relevant account of the table. The overview’s wording about “larger number of internet users” is imprecise, however, because the table measures hours spent online, not numbers of users. To strengthen the response further, describe the overall pattern directly in terms of average hours and make the shift in the gender comparison especially clear.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting the figures in age order. This makes the information easy to follow, and transitions such as “Overall,” “Looking at the details,” and “However” help signal the stages of the description. The progression is mostly logical, though the final paragraph’s “Then” and “However” do not always make the relationship between the age groups explicit, and “it” in “it was recorded as the same” has an unclear reference. The overview also repeats the idea of older people being the lowest users. More precise links between each age band and its figures, with less repetition, would make cohesion more flexible and natural.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

The response uses enough topic vocabulary to communicate the main comparisons, including “declined,” “peaked,” and “leveled off.” However, word choice and collocation are often inaccurate or awkward, which limits precision: “knowledge about the time” does not describe the table naturally, and “utilized on to the internet” is not an appropriate expression. “Internet users” also suggests a count of people rather than hours of use. There are noticeable spelling errors, including “knowldge,” “Eropean,” and “womens,” alongside repeated use of basic terms such as “ages” and “hours.” Aim for accurate, consistent phrases such as “time spent online” and “average internet use,” and check spelling and word forms carefully.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

The response attempts a mixture of simple and more complex sentences, including comparisons with “while” and clauses beginning with “that.” The meaning is generally recoverable, but errors recur in sentence structure, agreement, tense, and articles. For example, “Internet usage were peaked” has incorrect agreement and verb form, while “European male used” needs a plural noun and article or determiner. In “that was stood at 4 hours,” the verb construction is faulty, and “women had the higher number” is grammatically awkward. The present tense is also inconsistent, as in “men spend” and “persons … spend” alongside past-tense forms. Practise accurate comparative sentence patterns and maintain consistent present-tense reporting.

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