The charts below show the percentage of food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals in different years. The graph shows the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants.

Task Achievement

Band 6.0

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 6.0

Lexical Resource

Band 6.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 6.0

Given are two kinds of figure concerning how much the average family spent on food in four years from 1970 to 2000. The first chart provides information about the spent on restaurant meals (in percentage), while the second one illustrates how many fast food meals and sit-down restaurant meals were in each year.

Task Achievement

Band 8.0

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 7.5

Lexical Resource

Band 7.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 6.5

The pie chart illustrates the percentage of food budget spent by an average family on restaurants meals and at home in 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000, while the graph compares the meals eaten in fast food shops and sit-down restaurants in those years. It can be clearly seen that the proportion of food budget spent on restaurant meals had increased over the period.