The table below shows the cinema viewing figures for films by country, in millions.
Sample Response
The given data compares the audiences for four film genresmovie audiences from four different genres in four countriesacross four different countries. In general, action movies were the most popular among viewersamong the audiences while India had the largest total audienceIndian cinema goers were the highest in number. According to the table data, 24.5 million viewersapproximately 25 million audiences in India watched films, representingwatched movies which represented the highest number of movie audiences while with slightly more than 23 million viewers, Ireland hadproclaims the second position. New Zealand hadhas got about 20 million movie goers while Japan had the lowest total, at 17.8 millionit was the least (about 18 million) in Japan. Indian audiences preferred action, romance and comedy movies while they watched fewer horror filmsignored the horror movies. Action movies attracted the largest total audiencegot the highest number of audiences in these countries with a total audience of 29.9 millionabout 30 million total audiences. Romance movies were enjoyed by just over 20 million people and it was the least preferred movie category in Ireland. Comedy stoodstands at the third position in terms of its total audience and was least popular in New Zealand. Horror movies attracted the least number of moviegoersmovie lowers and had their largest national audience in Irelandbut were most popular in Ireland. More than 6 million Irish watched horror movies and that was higher than the figures for romance and comedyhigher than the audiences of romantic and comedy movies.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The response identifies the two clearest overall patterns and supports them with mostly accurate country totals and genre comparisons. The strongest feature is its purposeful selection of India, action films and Ireland's unusual horror preference, while the main limitation is occasional overstatement and imprecise language; the priority is to replace claims such as Indians ignoring horror with measured numerical comparisons and polish audience-related collocations.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response gives a clear overview and accurately selects most major totals and contrasts, with only minor overstatement about Indian horror viewing.
Support the overview with exact comparisons and describe India's 2.5 million horror viewers as its smallest genre figure rather than saying the genre was ignored.
Coherence and Cohesion
Ideas progress logically from national totals to genre totals and notable country preferences, but the absence of paragraph breaks weakens the visual organisation.
Separate the national comparison from the genre comparison so each detail paragraph develops one clear analytical grouping.
Lexical Resource
There is a useful range of language for popularity and ranking, although awkward choices such as million audiences, proclaims the second position, and movie lowers reduce precision.
Use natural forms such as million viewers, ranked second, cinema-goers, and attracted the smallest audience.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Most sentences communicate comparisons clearly, but tense shifts, article use, agreement, and some overloaded clauses create recurring inaccuracies.
Maintain past tense throughout and divide long comparative sentences so every country or genre has a clear grammatical subject.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The table below shows the cinema viewing figures for films by country, in millions.
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