The bar chart shows different methods of waste disposal in four cities; Toronto, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur and Amman.
Sample Response
The given bar chartThe given graph presents data on the various waste handling methods usedimplemented in Toronto, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, and Amman.
Overall, it cancould be seen that each cityeach urban area has a different preference for waste treatment. Meanwhile, in all of these cities, incineration and landfill are the two most widely usedmost important and widely used waste-disposal methodsgarbage disposal solutions.
As shown in the graph, Toronto sends to landfillis responsible for landfilling more than two-thirds of the waste. By contrastOn the contrary, Amman disposes of about half of its waste in this wayusing this manner. The samesimilar method is employed to get rid of about 16%15% and 29% of waste in Kuala Lumpur and Madrid, respectively. For incinerationIn terms of incinerating waste, Kuala Lumpur treats more than half of its waste using this approachutilising approach, which is the other prominent one. Furthermore, this technique simultaneously contributes to the elimination of 40% and 38% of the rubbish in Madrid and Amman.
In Madrid and Kuala Lumpur, approximately a quarter of the garbage is disposed of by recyclingthrough waste recycling. This technique is only applied to less than a tenth of the total trash in Amman and Toronto. CompostingCompositing, which accounts for just 2–98% of the total garbage generated across all cities, is the least popular option for waste removal.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response covers all four disposal methods with a clear structure, useful comparisons, and mostly accurate figures. Its main limitation is that the overview overgeneralises landfill as one of the two leading methods in every city, although recycling exceeds landfill in Kuala Lumpur, while several awkward phrases reduce precision. Make the overview city-specific and revise collocations such as “using this manner” and “utilising approach.”
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The main patterns and most figures are reported accurately, but the overview incorrectly generalises landfill as a leading method in every city.
State the dominant method in each city and note that recycling, rather than landfill, ranks second in Kuala Lumpur.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response is logically organised into an overview and grouped detail paragraphs, with generally clear progression.
Replace loosely used transitions such as On the contrary and simultaneously with links that express the exact comparison.
Lexical Resource
There is a good range of topic vocabulary, but several collocations are awkward and composting is misspelled as compositing.
Use precise phrases such as disposed of in landfill and treated by incineration, and proofread key category labels.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A range of complex structures is attempted successfully, though missing words and faulty noun phrases recur.
Proofread articles and demonstratives, especially in phrases such as this method and using this approach.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The bar chart shows different methods of waste disposal in four cities; Toronto, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur and Amman.
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