Task 1 · table · 18 samples

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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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.

Sample answers

AI-completed learning example

223 words · Illustrative target band

The data presented in the table illustrates changes on internet usage to six different categories by age group. Overall, it can be seen that two activities, online games, download music and videos, teenagers and 20+ people more usage than old people. On the other hand, travel reservations and online purchase, old people (30-70+) more usage than teenagers. Email was used by almost all age groups, with figures between …

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AI-completed learning example

234 words · Illustrative target band

The given table provided data on the proportion of six internet utilisation among different age groups. Overall, it is evident that using e-mail was the highest percentage between all ages groups,In addition online games are shown to be the most popular among individuals below 20s, whereas, Travel reservation and online purchase are more desirable for people in their 30s and 40s. The table shows that e-mail use was h…

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212 words · Illustrative target band

This table illustrates the respective of internet use by the generations. Overall, while some Internet activities were widely used by different ages others were commonly used between Teenagers and 70s. E-mail was by far the most popular Internet function since over the 90% of all generations into it. The popularity of the Online games was also very high with the two youngest groups, at 80% of teenagers and a peak of …

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