The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain. The graph shows the trends in consumption of fast foods.
Sample Response
The column graph shows how much money the British citizens spent on three fast food items in 1990 while the line graph reveals the consumption of these items between 1970 and 1990. Overall, high-income British consumersrich British spent more on junk food than the low-income groupclass in 1990 and hamburgers became the most widely consumed fast foodhamburgers became the most consumed junk food over the period. In detaildetails, wealthy British spent more on hamburgers while less on fish & chips. They spentdrained around 45 pence per person per week45 pence per person in a week for hamburgers and spent roughly 15–20 pence onwhile roughly 15-20 pence on the other two items. The moderate-income class prefered hamburgers but spend approximately 33 pence on that. They spent the least on pizzaspent the least to purchase pizza at nearly 12 pence per person per weekwhich amounted to nearly 12 pence. The low-income group, on the contraryLow-income class, on the contrary, spent less on fast foodfoods and they spent between 7 and 17 pencebetween 7 to 14 pence for each item, with the largest amount spent on fish and chipsdespite fish and chips being their favourite. According to the line graph, British citizens consumed more fish and chips than either of the other itemsconsumed fish & chips more than the other two items in 1970. Their consumption of fish & chips was about 300 grams per personaccounted for 300 gm per person while consumption was below 100 gramsit was less than 100 gm for the other two items. Over time, hamburgers became the most consumed fast food at 500 grams per personwith 500 gm consumption in 1990.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response has a clear overview and presents the main expenditure pattern with generally accurate figures, supported by logical sequencing and a useful range of trend vocabulary. Its main limitation is incomplete coverage of the consumption graph: the changes in pizza and fish-and-chips consumption, and most intermediate trends, are omitted. The highest priority is to select and compare the major movements in both visuals, then proofread tense, articles, and awkward word choices.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A clear overview and mostly accurate expenditure figures address the task, but the consumption graph is substantially underdeveloped and one low-income range is inaccurate.
Describe and compare the full trajectories of all three foods, especially pizza's sharp late rise and the decline in fish and chips.
Coherence and Cohesion
Information progresses logically from the overview to expenditure and consumption, with generally clear linking despite the response being presented as one dense paragraph.
Separate the overview and the two sets of details into purposeful paragraphs and use less mechanical linking phrases.
Lexical Resource
The response uses a useful range of reporting vocabulary, but imprecise or awkward choices such as "drained" and "junk food" reduce accuracy.
Prefer precise chart language such as "spent," "consumption," "rose," and "declined," and check spelling carefully.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mix of simple and complex structures communicates meaning clearly, although recurring errors in tense, articles, and range expressions remain noticeable.
Proofread for consistent past tense and accurate forms such as "the low-income group" and "between 7 and 17 pence."
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The chart below shows the amount of money per week spent on fast foods in Britain. The graph shows the trends in consumption of fast foods.
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