The table below shows information about three different types of restaurants.
Sample Response
The tabletable data gives information on the average cost of lunch and dinner in three types of restaurants and also reveals the average time people spend inon these restaurants. Overall, sit-down restaurants are more expensive and people spend more time inon sit-down restaurants than they do in cafeterias and fast food restaurants. As can be seen from the given data, lunch costscost $10 in a sit-down restaurant which is $33 dollars higher than the cost of lunch in a cafeteria. Finally, the cheapest lunch was availablecould be found in a fast food restaurant at $4.50which costs 4.5 dollars. At lunchtimeDuring the lunch, people spend 45 minutes in a sit-down restaurant while they spendstay 30 and 20 minutes respectively in a cafeteria and a fast-food restauranta café and fast food shop. By comparisonOn the other hand, dinner is more expensive than lunchdinners are expensive than the lunch and people spend more time in a restaurant eating dinneron a restaurant for having the dinner than they do during lunch. Dinner costs $17 in a sit-down restaurant which is $7 higher than the cost of lunch in the same type of restaurant. People spend an hour to have their dinner. Similarly, dinner in a cafeteria costs $9.50 which is almost doublealmost double than the cost of dinner in a fast food shop. People spend 45 minutes to have their dinner, on an average, when they dine in a cafeteria but take only 20 minutes when they have their dinners in a fast food shop.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response gives a clear, accurate overview and systematically covers the costs and dining times for all three restaurant types. Its main weakness is language control: recurring comparative, article, and preposition errors make otherwise precise information sound awkward, and the single-block presentation limits readability. Prioritise editing comparison structures such as "more expensive than" and "almost double," then divide the report into overview, lunch, and dinner paragraphs.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The overview is clear, and the report accurately covers the principal cost and time figures for lunch and dinner across all three restaurant types.
Preserve this comprehensive selection while making the fast-food dinner cost explicit rather than conveying it only through a comparison.
Coherence and Cohesion
The information progresses logically from an overview to lunch and dinner details, but the single paragraph and occasionally mechanical connectors limit clarity.
Separate the introduction and overview from two detail paragraphs organised around lunch and dinner.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is sufficient for precise cost and duration comparisons, though repeated wording and awkward collocations reduce flexibility.
Use natural alternatives such as "diners spent," "the meal cost," and "on average" while avoiding unnecessary articles before meal names.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses several complex comparison structures, but recurring errors with comparatives, articles, and prepositions remain noticeable despite clear meaning.
Correct patterns such as "more expensive than," "almost double," and "spend time in a restaurant" throughout the report.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The table below shows information about three different types of restaurants.
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