The bar charts and line graph below show the results of a survey conducted over a three-year period to discover what people who live in London think of the city.
Sample Response
The illustration expresses the opinion of Londoners across three years about the best and worst aspectsparamount and poorest aspects of living in London. Overall, shopping, job opportunitiesjob, night life and places to visit were picked as the greatest things about living in London while cost, traffic jam and crime were picked as the worst thingsvilest thing there. Interestingly, cross-cultural people and transport were voted as both good and bad aspectsboth as good and bad aspects about this city. The highest percentage of Londoners, over 40%, believe that shopping experience in London is the best thing about living in this city. Around 35% of them picked employment facilities as the second most attractive aspects in London. Activities like night life, visiting places were mentioned by one-quarter of them as advantageous. On the contrary, half of them expressed their concerns about the cost of living. A similar percentagepresentence of the survey takers expressed traffic congestion as a hindrance for their living. Crime was another worst thing about London according to these survey participants. Interestingly, cross-culture and transporttransports were both mentioned as great and worst thingsthing about life in London. Finally, the majority of citizensmajority of the citizens expressed their apprehensions about litter, air quality and noiselitter, noise and air quality to be major issues.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response successfully identifies the principal positive and negative features of London and gives the survey a broadly logical overview. However, its broad approximations, single-paragraph presentation, awkward word choices, and especially the lack of year-by-year comparison leave the three visuals underdeveloped; the priority is to organise the report by chart and compare each year’s figures, including the relative patterns for litter, air quality, and noise.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The report identifies the main positive and negative survey categories and mentions the problem line graph. It is limited by broad approximations, little year-by-year comparison, and incomplete coverage of the three major problems.
For each chart, compare Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 trends and include the exact relative ranking of litter, air quality, and noise.
Coherence and Cohesion
The answer has an overview and moves from positives to negatives to problems, but it is compressed into one paragraph and some comparisons are underdeveloped.
Separate the response into an overview, best/worst features, and major problems so each visual receives enough space.
Lexical Resource
There is a reasonable range, but several choices are awkward or inaccurate, such as “vilest thing”, “presentence”, and “paramount”.
Use neutral reporting vocabulary and avoid dramatic synonyms that distort the survey tone.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Most sentences are understandable, but plural agreement, article use, and phrasing errors appear regularly.
Check countable plural nouns, especially after “one of”, “the majority of”, and category labels.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The bar charts and line graph below show the results of a survey conducted over a three-year period to discover what people who live in London think of the city.
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