Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-11-04

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 below ilustrates the informtion about the average hours spent on the internet by European people of different age groups.

Overall,in male the highest range of spending hours on inernet is of age 16 to 20 and calculation of spending hours is 19 likewise female highest ratio is 18 hours spending on int of the same age like male that is 16-20.The biggest rank is of 16-20 age people including both male and female.

In male, age of 11-15 spend 8 hours while adults of age 16-20 spend 19 hours.Above twenties like 21-25 people of this age spend 7 hours and age of 26-30 spend 4 hours and rest of age 31-50 and 51+ spend 3 and 2 hours respectively.

In female, people of age 11-15 and 16-20 spend 6 and 18 hours respectively,age of 21-25 and 26-30 spend 5 and 4 hours respectively similarly rest peple of age 31-50 and 51+ spend 4 and 3 hours respectively.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You report the figures for both sexes across all six age groups, and the main peak is correctly identified: males aged 16–20 record 19 hours and females 18. However, the overview is repetitive and does not clearly summarise the broader pattern that usage generally declines with age after this peak. The comparison that males spend more time in most groups, while females are slightly higher in the 31–50 and 51+ groups, is also not drawn out. Some wording makes the data difficult to interpret, such as “highest range” and “biggest rank.” The response is 144 words, six short of the 150-word minimum; develop the overview and comparisons to meet the requirement and address the task more fully.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5

The response has a basic, useful structure: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for male and female figures. This makes the information broadly easy to locate. However, progression is limited because the overview repeats the peak-age point rather than setting out the overall pattern, and the body paragraphs mainly list values in sequence. Linking is often mechanical or unclear: “likewise,” “similarly,” and “rest” do not always show the precise relationship between the figures. Punctuation spacing also makes some transitions harder to follow. To improve, organise the data around comparisons—for example, the shared peak, the decline in older groups, and the small differences between sexes—and use clear linking phrases to connect those points.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use relevant basic terms such as “age groups,” “spend,” and “hours,” so the reader can generally understand the subject and figures. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, sometimes making the meaning awkward: “highest range of spending hours,” “highest ratio,” and “biggest rank” are not natural ways to describe the table. There are also noticeable spelling errors, including “ilustrates,” “informtion,” “inernet,” and “peple.” Use precise reporting language and check spelling carefully. For example, describe a value as the “highest figure” or say that a group “spent 19 hours,” rather than using “ratio” or “rank.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response uses mostly simple sentence patterns, with a few attempts to combine information using “while” and “similarly.” However, attempts at longer structures are often faulty, and errors occur frequently enough to make some sentences difficult to read. For example, “Overall,in male the highest range … is of age 16 to 20” lacks a clear grammatical structure, while “age of 11-15 spend 8 hours” has a subject–verb agreement problem. Articles and sentence boundaries are also inconsistent, as in “age of 26-30 spend 4 hours and rest of age…” Build clearer sentences with a subject and verb for each comparison, and check agreement, articles, and punctuation.

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