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

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194 words · Illustrative target band

The data given shows information on internet use in six group by age categories. Looking from an overall view, it can be seen that email is widely used by all of age groups. However, music, videos downloaded, and online games have downtrend percentage activities from young to older people. From a closer examination, electronic mail use was consistently high, ranging from 90% to 95%, and peaked among people in their 5…

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212 words · Illustrative target band

The internet usage in six various age groups is provided in the given table. Overall, it can be seen that the number of teens that rely on the internet mainly use it for news, online games, downloads and for buying products. As the age group increases, it can be seen that more and more people use it for travel reservations and online purchases, although these activities do not rise steadily in every older group. Emai…

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199 words · Illustrative target band

The tables shows the details on internet activities in six different categories by age group. Overall,it can be seen that the e-mail is most commonly used among all the age groups and recorded highest among all,while only a few individuals used internet to search for people. The e-mail was similarly prefered among all the age groups, at around 90% or above in every case. It was highest for people in their 50s, at 95%…

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