WRITING TASK 1 The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time.

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The bar chart comparescompares between the number of males and females whomale and female who received further education in Britain across three periods, which are 1970/71, 1980/81, and 1990/91.

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Regarding the overall pattern, the number of people who received part-time education substantially exceeds full-time education.

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In the case of males,In case of male, the number of men receiving part-time education slightly decreasedhas slightly decreased from 1 million in 1970/71 to about 850 thousand in 1980/81, and then rose back to over 900 thousand in 1990/91. The number of men receiving full-time education grew steadily from over 100 thousand in 1970/71 to around 250 thousand in 1990/91about 300 thousand in 1990/91. The proportion of men receiving full-time education was also growing steadily.

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In the case of women,In case of women, the number of women receiving part-time education grew slightlyslightly grew from a bit lower than 800 thousand in 1970/71 to a bit over 800 thousand in 1980/81, and then grew sharply to about 1.1 million1100 thousand in 1990/91. As for the number of women who received full-time education, while the figure increased greatly from lower than 100 thousand in 1970/71 to over 200 thousand in 1980/81, its growth slowed downthat of slowed down the growing path fromduring 1980/81 to 1990/91 and only reached about 250 thousand.

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Comparing the two genders,To compare between the two genders, the number of men who received further education exceeded that of womenexceeded women during 1970/71-1980/81, though it showed a narrowing gap. ByUntil 1990/91, the number of women who received part-time education had overtaken that of men,had overtaken men, and the number of men and women who received full-time education reached nearly the same level.

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Why this response received Band 7.0

文章对图表核心趋势和数据细节的提取非常准确,且包含清晰的总结段落与合理的两性对比。整体结构清晰、逻辑顺畅,但在介词搭配、个别代词指代及句式表述上仍有微小瑕疵。建议重点优化“In case of”等固定搭配的准确性,并提升复合句句法的连贯度。

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IELTS Writing Criteria Scores

TA

任务完成度

7.0
Scoring rule

全面覆盖了主要特征并提供了准确的数据支持,总结段落清晰指出了全日制与非全日制的显著差异。

Next step

可进一步提炼概述,将性别对比的关键转折点直接整合进总体趋势段落中。

CC

连贯与衔接

7.0
Scoring rule

文章分段清晰合理,组篇逻辑严密,段落间与句子间的衔接词使用较为恰当。

Next step

尝试丰富段落引出句的多样性,避免重复使用“In case of”等较为机械的衔接词组。

LR

词汇资源

7.0
Scoring rule

准确使用了描述图表数据和趋势的词汇,表达方式较为丰富且符合学术写作规范。

Next step

注意名词与形容词搭配的精准度,例如将“number of male”修正为“number of men”。

GRA

语法多样性与准确性

7.0
Scoring rule

熟练运用了多种复杂句式结构,大部分时态和比较句型的控制良好。

Next step

修改“compares between”及“that of slowed down”等语法和句型指代上的小错误。