The bar chart below provides information about the top ten rice producing countries in the world in 2015.
Sample Response
The bar graph listslists down the global top ten rice-producing countriesrice producing countries in 2015 in a descending order of productionchronological order and the production is given in thousands of tonsin thousand tons. Overall, China and India occupiedcrowned the top two positions while Japan ranked tenthJapan ended on the tenth. It is evident that China produced the highest quantity of rice in 2015 and topped the global list of rice producing nations with production of just over 140 million tonsits over 140 million tons rice assembly. Second placeThe second top position was held by India with over 100 million tons. Indonesia and Bangladesh grew around 35 million tons and occupied the third and fourth places respectively in this list. NotablyIt is worth noticing that China and India cumulatively produced far more rice than the rest of the countries did in 2015. Vietnam’s production stood at nearly 28 million tons, which was about 70% of Indonesia’s productionalmost half of Indonesia’s production that yearin this year. Each of Thailand, Burma, the Philippines, Brazil and JapanEach country - Thailand, Burma, the Philippines, Brazil and Japan - yielded less than 20 million tons, though Thailand’s production was higher than the countries listed below itthe subsequent countries. Finally, The rice production figures for Brazil and Japan wereBrazil and Japan’s rice production were the lowest among the listed countries with underaround 10 million tons each.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The response identifies the ranking clearly, covers all ten producers, and makes useful comparisons between the leading and lower-output countries. Its main limitation is precision: Vietnam’s output is not almost half of Indonesia’s, and phrases such as rice assembly and chronological order misrepresent or obscure the chart. Prioritise exact comparisons from the scale and use conventional production vocabulary throughout.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The report identifies the main ranking and covers every country, but the Vietnam–Indonesia comparison is inaccurate and some values are only loosely reported.
Verify each comparison against the scale and state that Vietnam produced roughly two-thirds to three-quarters as much rice as Indonesia.
Coherence and Cohesion
The report follows the descending ranking coherently and uses clear transitions, though all information is compressed into one paragraph.
Use a separate overview and divide details into the two leaders and the remaining lower-producing countries.
Lexical Resource
There is a reasonable range of comparison vocabulary, but several choices are imprecise or unnatural, including chronological order, crowned, and rice assembly.
Use conventional chart language such as descending order, ranked first, and rice production.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Sentence forms show some variety and meaning remains clear, but article, agreement, and noun-phrase errors occur repeatedly.
Edit complex noun phrases and subject–verb agreement, especially forms such as were ranked and production was.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The bar chart below provides information about the top ten rice producing countries in the world in 2015.
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