The chart shows the percentage of people who accessed news from 4 sources from 1995 and projection to 2025
Sample Response
The chart illustrates the proportion of people using different methods to access news from 1995 and the prediction to 2025.
Overall, while the internet gained more popularity during the given period, the opposite was true for the remaining figures. These trends are likely to continue in the future.
The percentage of people who watched news programs on TV was nearly 70% in 1995. The figure then decreased gradually to 55% in 2020, despite a slight rise of 3% in 2010. It is then likely to finish at exactly 50% in 2025. Additionally, starting at about 55%, the figures for newspapers and radios experienced similar downward trends, declining to about 30% in 2020. The expectation is that approximately 30% of people will use newspapers, and roughly 23% will listen to the radio to get news.
Despite only becoming available in 1995 and attracting only a small proportion of people in 2000, the internet quickly became prevalent in the next 20 years, with 40% of people using it. The figure is predicted to increase to about 55% in 2025, overcoming newspapers to become the most common method to access news in 2025.
IELTS Writing Correction
- 1. Clarify the time span Original: from 1995 and the prediction to 2025 Suggested revision: from 1995 to 2020, with a projection for 2025 Why it matters: The original phrase does not grammatically distinguish the historical period from the projected year.
- 2. Use natural wording Original: gained more popularity Suggested revision: became increasingly popular Why it matters: This collocation expresses the upward trend more naturally.
- 3. Name the compared sources Original: the remaining figures Suggested revision: the other three news sources Why it matters: The chart compares sources, so naming them as sources makes the overview more precise.
- 4. Correct the TV change Original: a slight rise of 3% in 2010 Suggested revision: a rise of about 2 percentage points between the early 2000s and 2010 Why it matters: The TV line rises from roughly 56% to 58%, which is about two percentage points rather than three percent.
- 5. Distinguish starting values Original: starting at about 55% Suggested revision: starting at about 55% and 50%, respectively Why it matters: Newspapers begin near 55%, whereas radio begins close to 50%.
- 6. Use the medium name Original: radios Suggested revision: radio Why it matters: The uncountable medium is called radio in this comparison.
- 7. Identify the correct crossover Original: overcoming newspapers Suggested revision: overtaking television Why it matters: By 2025 the internet is projected to pass television, while it has already passed newspapers by 2020.
- 8. Name the chart categories Original: different methods Suggested revision: four sources Why it matters: Sources describes the four chart categories more precisely than methods.
- 9. State the direction clearly Original: the opposite was true Suggested revision: the three traditional sources declined Why it matters: This replacement makes the contrasting downward trend explicit.
- 10. Match the measured activity Original: watched news programs on TV Suggested revision: accessed news via television Why it matters: The chart measures access to news by source rather than only watching programs.
- 11. Allow for the fluctuation Original: decreased gradually Suggested revision: declined overall Why it matters: The TV series includes a small rise before continuing downward, so the decline is not wholly gradual.
- 12. Mark the forecast clearly Original: then likely to finish at Suggested revision: then projected to fall to Why it matters: Projected accurately signals that the 2025 value is a forecast.
Suggested Rewrites
- from 1995 and the prediction to 2025 from 1995 to 2020, with a projection for 2025
- gained more popularity became increasingly popular
- the remaining figures the other three news sources
- a slight rise of 3% in 2010 a rise of about 2 percentage points between the early 2000s and 2010
- starting at about 55% starting at about 55% and 50%, respectively
- radios radio
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response presents a clear overview and organizes the four news sources into readily understandable trends, supported by mostly accurate figures. Its main limitation is precision: the internet's early date is misstated, one newspaper projection is high, and the final claim identifies the wrong source as being overtaken. Prioritize checking every date, value, and comparison against the chart before finalizing the report.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A clear overview and well-selected figures cover the principal trends, although several dates, values, and comparisons are imprecise.
Verify that the internet's small initial figure belongs to 2005 and state that it overtakes TV, rather than newspapers, by 2025.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response progresses logically from the overview to declining traditional sources and then the rising internet trend.
Make the final comparison explicitly connect the internet's projected lead with TV's projected decline.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is sufficiently varied for trend description, with generally appropriate terms such as gradually, downward trends, and prevalent.
Replace awkward or imprecise choices such as radios, finish at, and overcoming with radio, fall to, and overtake.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A good range of complex and simple structures is used with only occasional non-impeding errors.
Refine noun forms and prepositions, particularly in phrases such as the prediction to 2025 and the figures for newspapers and radios.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The chart shows the percentage of people who accessed news from 4 sources from 1995 and projection to 2025
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