You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
| The pie charts below compare the proportion of energy capacity in gigawatts (GW) in 2015 with the predictions for 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. |
Write at least 150 words.
The line graph illustrates the quantity of wheat exported by three different regions between 1985 and 1990. The calibration of data is in millions of tonnes.
Overall, the European Community has shown steady growth. In contrast, Canada fluctuated throughout the entire period. At the same time, the amount of wheat from Australia was always the least.
To begin with, in 1985, Canada was the major wheat exporter, just below 20 million tonnes, followed by the European Community and Australia nearly, of 15 million tonnes. That number of Canada had a slight dip approximately 3 million tonnes in the following year and peaked at 25 in 1988. It became the second-largest by shipping around 20 million tonnes in the final year.
On the other hand, the European region was the second-biggest supplier at the start. Although there was a tiny drop in 1986, it raised year on year steadily and became the first most extensive exporter in 1990 with 25. Australia was the minor supplier at 15 million in 1985 and sharply plummeted to just above 10 in 1990.
Task response: 5-6
✓ 150 -190 words
✘ overall summary incorrect statement ruins your otherwise good work
✘ all key data covered / data is highlighted well
✘ please consistently use million tonnes, sometimes you don’t give anything sometimes you just write million sometimes you write million tonnes, be consistent
✘✓ data is reported accurately
Cohesion and Coherence: 5
✘✓ logical separation of data into paragraphs – there are major issues with the way that you separated the data, because you repeated the data for the beginning in both body paragraphs
✘ body paragraphs start with a phrase that indicates the data in the paragraph – not done
✓ logical paragraph development
✘ too much repetition
✓ linking phrases are used well
Vocabulary: 7
✘ appropriate word choices / control of word endings/formsErrors and changes in green
✓ spelling is correct
Grammar: 7
✘ articles (a, an, the)
✘ sentence structures are correct
✘ the missing preposition “by” is very important, even though that is really the only significant error, it actually harms understanding for the reader
Overall: 6
you are making some careless errors here, I suggest that you can improve very easily to a 6.5 or even seven if you proofread your task well, avoid repetition of ideas by more logically separating data, and introducing each body paragraph signalling how you have separated that data.
Data Separation
Data separation is a fundamental component of an IELTS report. When separating data, you need to not only separate logically so that there is even coverage of the data using two or three data paragraphs, but you also need to signal your separation point to the examiner. In order to signal this to the examiner the first clause of each of the data paragraph should signal the data separation point. You can see an example of how to do this in the model report provided below. The aim of data separation is to achieve even coverage of the data using two or three data paragraphs without repetition
