The three charts show the value in Australian dollars of Australian trade with three different countries from 2004 to 2009.
Sample Response
The provided charts compare three countries, namelythree countries namely China, Japan, and the United States in terms of Australia's imports from and exports to these countriestheir imports from and exports to Australia between 2004 and 2009.
Overall, there were sharp rises in Australian exports to China and Japan but only a slight increase to the USnotable increases in revenue from Australian exports to all surveyed countries, with China experiencing the most pronounced surge. In terms of imports, the greatest increase was also in imports from Chinamost dramatic growth was also demonstrated in the trade with China, while Japan and the US registered only minimal changes. Furthermore, it is evident that the highest value of imports originated from China, whereas exports to Japan reached the highest figure overallthe trade with Japan reflected the highest export figures.
Regarding importation, in 2004, the import valuetotal value of this sector was relatively similar across all three countries, at around 20 billion dollars each. However, over a 5-year period, import values from China rose to about A$31 billion in 2008 before ending at A$30 billionsurged to nearly 30 billion dollars, establishing the highest point. Meanwhile, imports from the other countries experienced modest growthexperienced a modest growth, with values reaching about A$24 billion for Japan and A$25 billion for the US in 2008around 22 billion dollars in 2008, and then fell to A$20 billion for Japan and about A$22 billion for the US in 2009subsequently reverted to the initial 20 billion dollars at the start of the period.
Concerning exports, the value of Australian exports to Japanthe value that Australia reaped from Japan was approximately 20 billion, nearly twice as high as the figures for China and the USChina and US, at around 10 billion each. From 2005 to 2008, the export values to China and Japan followed different patternsexperienced similar changes, with figures rising to nearly A$30 billion and about A$41 billion, respectivelywith figures all skyrocketing to nearly 30 and 40 billion, respectively, but at the end of the period, while China continued its rising trend and reached its highest point at roughly 35 billion, Japan fell to about A$31 billionplummeted to just 30 billion. The US, on the other hand, recorded a rise to about A$14 billionslight growth to nearly 12 billion before undergoing a slight decline to about A$11 billiondecline to 10 billion, resulting in the lowest exportimport value among the three countries examined.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response is clearly organized and provides a useful overview, with strong coverage of the main contrasts across the three trading partners. Its chief weakness is data precision: several import values are understated, and the final US figure is mislabeled as an import rather than an export. Prioritize checking every selected figure and trade direction against the charts before describing trends.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response presents a clear overview and most major trends, but several figures are inaccurate and the final US export value is mislabeled as an import.
Verify the Japan and US import peaks and consistently distinguish Australian imports from exports when reporting each series.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information is logically grouped by trade direction and progresses clearly, although the final export paragraph contains an overloaded comparison sentence.
Divide the long China-and-Japan comparison into shorter sentences so each country’s trend is immediately clear.
Lexical Resource
A varied range of trend and comparison vocabulary is used, but choices such as “reaped,” “sector,” and “skyrocketing” are occasionally imprecise or overstated.
Choose neutral graph-reporting verbs and nouns that match the scale and direction of each change exactly.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses a broad range of complex structures with generally good control, despite occasional article, agreement, and sentence-boundary lapses.
Review long multi-clause sentences for clean coordination, accurate reference, and complete noun phrases.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The three charts show the value in Australian dollars of Australian trade with three different countries from 2004 to 2009.
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