The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain. The graph shows the trends in consumption of fast foods.
Sample Response
The bar chart compares the weekly expenditureexpenditures by British consumersof the British on three fast food items in 1990 while the line graph shows the consumption of these items from 1970 to 1990. Overall, expenditure on fast foodexpenditures on fast foods varied depending on people’s income groupclass. Fish and chipsMoreover, 'fish & chips' was the most consumed item in the 1970s70’s, but in later decades, consumption of hamburgers increased remarkably, exceedingincreased remarkably - exceeding the consumption of the other two items. According to the bar graph, high-income consumershigh-income class people spent more money on hamburgers (more than 40 pence per person40 Pence/person) than on fish & chips and pizza. Their spending was also higher than average and low-income class people on pizza. Besides, the average income group spent more on hamburgers but their spending on fish and chips (25 pence) was higher than that of the other two income groupswas more than the other two income groups. Finally, the low-income groupclass spent comparatively less on fast foods and fish & chips cost them the most (about 17 pence). They spent the least on pizzathe least amount on purchasing pizza (around 7 pence per person7 pence/person). The line graph also showsMoreover, the line graph shows the consumption of these items by the British from 1970 to 1990. Initially, fish & chips consumption in Britain was highest (300 grams per person300 gm/ person) in 1970. This year, less than 80 gm of hamburgers and pizza were consumed by an average person. Over time, fish & chips consumption declined and hamburgers became the most consumed item in 1990 with 500 grams per person500 gm consumption per person.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response provides a clear overview across both visuals and accurately selects many useful expenditure comparisons, including the contrasting preferences of high- and low-income groups. Its main limitation is incomplete coverage of the consumption graph: pizza's sharp rise to nearly 300 grams and the slight late recovery in fish and chips are omitted. Prioritize a balanced set of key trends from both graphics, then refine a few awkward comparisons.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
Both visuals are addressed with a clear overview and mostly accurate data, but the major rise in pizza consumption and the final fish-and-chips uptick are missing.
Include the rise of pizza from about 30 to 290 grams and note that fish and chips edged up after 1985.
Coherence and Cohesion
The report progresses logically from overview to expenditure and consumption, but the single-paragraph format and repeated use of 'Moreover' weaken grouping.
Place the overview, bar-chart comparisons and line-graph trends in separate paragraphs with distinct organizing functions.
Lexical Resource
A varied and generally precise range of vocabulary describes expenditure, consumption and change, despite a few awkward class and comparison phrases.
Use concise forms such as 'high-income consumers' and make comparison targets explicit when discussing spending on pizza.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A good range of sentence structures is mostly controlled, with occasional article, comparison and phrasing errors that do not impede meaning.
Polish comparative clauses so spending by one income group is directly and grammatically compared with spending by the others.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain. The graph shows the trends in consumption of fast foods.
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