The charts below show the favourite takeaways of people in Canada and the number of Indian restaurants in Canada between 1960 and 2015.
Sample Response
The pie chart shows which type of takeaway food is the most popular in Canada, while the bar chart shows how many Indian restaurants existed in Canada between 1960 and 2015. We can see that Chinese and Indian takeaways are the favourites, and that the number of Indian restaurants in Canada rose steadily during this period.
The pie chart shows that Chinese and Indian takeaways are much more popular than all the others, at 34% and 26%. There are two other typesThere are another two types with notable sharesthat quite a lot of people like. These are Italian at 10% and Persian at 9%. Greek, Japanese and Mexican were eachonly chosen by 1% of people.
The pie chart indicates thatshows us that Indian food is popular and the bar chart shows how the number of Indian restaurants changedhow its popularity grew. There was a rising trend from 1960 onwards. The increase was greatest in the 1990s, from about 5000 restaurants in 1990 to almost 8000 in 2000. Since 2007, the number has fluctuated slightly around 9,000remained stable at just over 9000.
Why this response received Band 8.0
The response gives a clear overview, accurately highlights the dominant takeaway choices, and describes the restaurant trend with well-chosen figures in a logical three-paragraph structure. Its main limitation is incomplete selection from the pie chart, especially the unmentioned 11% who never order takeaway, alongside some repetitive wording. Add that notable category and use more varied, precise language to make an already strong report more comprehensive.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The key leaders and restaurant trend are accurately selected and supported, but the notable 11% never-order category and several smaller shares are omitted.
Include the 11% who never order takeaway and briefly group the remaining minor categories to complete the visual coverage.
Coherence and Cohesion
The overview and two detail paragraphs form a clear, logical progression, with comparisons and time trends easy to follow throughout.
Reduce repeated openings with The pie chart shows by varying references between the two visuals.
Lexical Resource
Vocabulary is accurate and sufficiently varied for the data, though repeated uses of shows and popularity slightly limit flexibility and precision.
Use alternatives such as accounted for, represented, and the number of outlets to sharpen the descriptions.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of sentence structures is used accurately, and the few minor stylistic lapses do not impede communication.
Refine occasional informal phrasing such as shows us while maintaining the same strong grammatical control.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The charts below show the favourite takeaways of people in Canada and the number of Indian restaurants in Canada between 1960 and 2015.
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