The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999. The bar chart shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999.
Sample Response
The line graph illustrates the number of UK residents travelling abroadgoing abroad from the UK and overseas residents visiting the UK between 1979 and 1999. The bar chart gives information about the numbers of UK residents who travelled to the five most popular countrieshow many UK residents travelled to five of the most popular countries in 1999. Units are measured in millions of people. Overall, visits both to and from the UK increasedthere was an increase in the number of visits to and from the UK and there were more visits abroad by UK residents than visits to the UK by overseas residents over the period given. Furthermore, the most popular destination for UK residentsthe most popular country to visit by UK residents was France in 1999. According to the line graph, the number of UK residents travellingvisiting overseas began at just under 15 million in 1979 and rose significantly to reach over 50 million in 1999. Around 10 million overseas residents visited the UK in the first year before climbing steadily to just under 30 million by the final year. Regarding the bar chart, in 1999, the two most popular countries were France and Spain (visited by about 11 million UK residents10 million UK residents and approximately 9 million respectively). The USA and Greece receivedhad about 4 million and 3 million visitors. The least popular country visited was Turkey, which had only about 2 million UK visitorsUK residents going there.
Why this response received Band 9.0
The response presents an exceptionally clear, well-selected account of both visuals, with an accurate overview and precise coverage of the principal trends, totals, and country rankings. Its only meaningful limitation is some repetition of visit-related wording and a couple of slightly awkward phrases, so the best refinement would be to vary this language while preserving the same concision and numerical accuracy.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The response fully and accurately identifies the main trends, relationship between the two series, and all five country rankings with appropriate figures.
Maintain this selective coverage while checking that every approximate value remains tied explicitly to the correct visitor group.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information progresses naturally from the overview to the line graph and then the bar chart, with clear paragraph roles and unobtrusive linking.
Retain this disciplined structure and use similarly concise transitions in future multi-visual reports.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is precise and suitably varied overall, although visit, residents, and popular recur and a few phrases are slightly awkward.
Vary repeated travel terms and prefer natural formulations such as the most popular destination among UK residents.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of accurately controlled sentence structures communicates comparisons and changes without noticeable grammatical disruption.
Continue using this level of control while refining the occasional heavy noun phrase for greater naturalness.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999. The bar chart shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999.
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