The table below shows the sales at a small restaurant in a downtown business district.
Sample Response
The table shows daily sales at a restaurant in the downtown business district during the week of October 7–13during an October week. The data are divideddata is split into two parts, with the first showingthe first being sales generated at lunchsale generated for lunch and the second showing dinner salesthe second for dinner.
Overall, the restaurant’s dinner salesdinner sales amount were higher than lunch saleswas higher than that of lunch and weekend sales weresales during weekends was lower than those on regular weekdaysthat of a regular weekday.
For lunchFirstly, in lunch, the highest sales werethere is a maximum sale of $2595 on Wednesday and a minimum on Sunday, at $1,550which is $1550. The sale on Monday, Tuesday and Friday are almost similar as there is only a $50 difference between Monday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, respectively. Further, the sale is declined on weekdays.
ForAt dinner, the sale is maximum on Friday and minimum on Sunday, $4350 and $2450 respectively. There is a slight gap in sales on Tuesday and Thursday, and the gap is only $50 on these days. Besides, the sales figures were at least $3,445sales figure is above $3445 during weekdays but fell sharplydeclined rapidly on weekends.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response gives a clear overview and identifies the main lunch and dinner extremes, with generally logical organization. Its main weakness is precision: the claimed $50 Thursday-Friday lunch difference and the statement that weekday lunch sales declined do not match the table, while several grammar and collocation errors recur. Prioritize checking every numerical comparison against the visual and describing the weekday fluctuations accurately.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A clear overview and several correct extrema address the task, but some weekday trends and comparisons are inaccurate.
Verify each comparison against the table and describe lunch as fluctuating before falling at the weekend.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows a clear overview-to-detail structure, though a few comparisons are linked unclearly.
Group lunch and dinner details consistently and make each comparison refer to an unmistakable pair of days.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is adequate for reporting sales, but repeated use of 'sale' and awkward collocations reduce precision.
Use accurate combinations such as 'lunch revenue,' 'sales peaked,' and 'figures fell' to vary the description naturally.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mix of sentence forms communicates the main information, despite recurring agreement, article, and verb-form errors.
Check plural agreement and verb forms, especially in phrases such as 'sales were' and 'sales declined.'
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The table below shows the sales at a small restaurant in a downtown business district.
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