The graph shows Underground Station passenger numbers in London.
Sample Response
The provided line graph shows information about the numbernumbers of people who use the underground station in London from 6:00 to 22:00 on a typical dayaround the clock of a typical day. As the graph showsAs is observed from the graph, the busiest times at the underground station are 8:00 am and 6:00 pm.
Passenger numbers peakThe highest numbers of people use the station in the morning and specifically at 8:00 ammore specifically at around 8:00 in the morning. A sharp riseA rapid growth can be observed between 6:00 am and 8:00 am6:00 am and 8:00 am in the morning when the figure reaches 400 passengers at 8:00 amaround 400 people use the station at around 7:30 am. This number then quickly drops to below 200 at around 10:00 am. The figure then risesAgain this number rises between 11:00 am and 2:00 pmbetween 11:00 and 3:00 pm with the figure reaching 300 passengers at 2:00 pmwhen around 300 people use the underground station with some fluctuations. In the afternoon, the figure declinesthis number decline, with 100 peopleless than 100 people using the station at 4:00 pm. At 6:00 pm, the figureAt 6:00 pm this number reaches 380reaches at 380. After 7:00 pm, the total number of passengers declines significantly and fluctuates for the last two hours from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. In summary, London underground station remains busy in the starting of the day at morning and in the early evening.
Why this response received Band 7.0
The response identifies the two rush-hour peaks and traces the day's main rises and falls in a logical sequence, with useful supporting figures. The principal limitation is precision: the morning peak is placed around 7:30 rather than 8:00, and several descriptions are grammatically or idiomatically awkward. Focus on matching every time and value exactly while expressing trends in cleaner, more natural sentences.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A clear overview and well-selected details cover the major peaks, troughs, and fluctuations, despite a few inaccurate time or value references.
Check plotted points carefully so the morning maximum is reported at 8:00 and the 16:00 low as about 100 passengers.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response progresses chronologically and uses referencing effectively, though repeated phrases such as 'this number' make cohesion slightly mechanical.
Vary reference and transition choices while keeping the clear chronological grouping of morning, afternoon, and evening changes.
Lexical Resource
There is sufficient range for trends and quantities, but awkward collocations and repetition occasionally reduce precision.
Replace unnatural phrases such as 'around the clock of a typical day' and 'in the starting of the day at morning' with concise idiomatic wording.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
The response uses both simple and complex structures with generally clear meaning, but agreement and preposition errors recur.
Correct forms such as 'this number declines' and 'reaches 380', and remove redundant time prepositions.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The graph shows Underground Station passenger numbers in London.
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