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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 6.0 Example

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210 words AcademicTask 1Table
Task 1

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Ideas to explore

  • Email use is remarkably stable across the age groups, staying between 90% and 95%.
  • Downloading music and videos shows a clear age-related decline, from 52% among teenagers to 6% among people aged 70 and over.
  • Some activities have an age-group peak rather than a steady trend: gaming is highest in the 20s, while online shopping and searching for people peak in the 30s.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the table, its subject and the age groups.
  2. Give an overview of the most consistent pattern and the clearest age-related change.
  3. Compare email and gaming using their highest, lowest and contrasting age-group figures.
  4. Describe downloads, shopping and searching, grouping figures by trend or peak.
  5. Add the travel-reservation comparison using only values that can be matched confidently to their age groups.
Useful vocabulary & examples
remain consistently high
stay at a high level with little change

Email use remains consistently high across the age groups.

reach a peak of
rise to the highest recorded value

Online shopping reaches a peak of 69% among people in their 30s.

decline steadily
decrease gradually and consistently

Downloads decline steadily from 52% among teenagers to 6% in the 70+ group.

by contrast
used to introduce a different or opposing pattern

Email use changes little; by contrast, gaming varies considerably by age.

Task Prompt

The table below gives information on internet use in six categories by age group. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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Band 6.0

The information on Internet activities by age group demonstrates quite interesting patterns. First of all, it`s amazing that there is no visible difference between various age groups using e-mail. In contrast, there is a direct dependence between age and online gaming. Young people are more likely to play games online than older ones. A similar pattern can be seen in downloading music and videos, although this activity falls steadily with age, from 52% of teenagers to 6% of people aged 70 and over. Travel reservations show a different trend: the figure is 0% among teens, rises to 51% in the 20s and peaks at 74% in the 30s. It then stays between 58% and 65% in the four older groups. Online purchasing is highest for people in their 30s, at 69%, and remains fairly similar among those in their 20s, 40s, 50s and 60s (64–67%). The rates for teens and the 70+ group are lower, at 39% and 40% respectively. Searching for people is generally uncommon, ranging from 3% among teens to a peak of 33% in the 30s. Overall, e-mail use is consistently high, while gaming and downloading are more popular among younger users. Travel booking and online shopping are comparatively common among adults in their 30s.

Targeted Improvement Tips

1
Write a one-sentence overview before the details, noting that e-mail use is consistently high and that music/video downloads decline with age.
2
For online gaming, report the peak of 88% in the 20s and the low of 20% in the 50s instead of describing the trend as a direct dependence.
3
Replace conversational expressions such as “it`s amazing” with neutral reporting language, and proofread apostrophes and age-group wording.

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