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

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The given table provides data on the proportion of six different internet utilizations by age groups. Overall, it is evident that using e-mail was the most common internet activities in all age groups. In addition, online games are shown to be popular among people below 20s, whereas travel reservations and online shoppings are more desirable among many adults than online games. Looking at the figures, e-mail use rema…

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220 words · Illustrative target band

The presented table compares the proportion of internet usage among 7 differentyear-old arrays of age with 6 activities. It is generally seen that 7 age groups using the internet for sending emails hold the lion’s share, while the figure for downloading music and videos accounted for the lowest utilization in all age groups. Teenagers don’t show the same pattern across the remaining activities. Email use is consisten…

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AI-completed learning example

210 words · Illustrative target band

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 activi…

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