The table below shows the sales at a small restaurant in a downtown business district.
Sample Response
The table data represents information on sales of a downtown small restaurant of a typical October week starting from the 7th October till 13th October. OverallAs is presented, the restaurant's dinner earningsrestaurant's earning from dinner is far higher than its lunch earningsthe earning from lunch throughout the weekexcept for the weekend - Sunday.
On MondayOn Monday, the beginning of the week, the restaurant's lunch sales were $2,400the restaurant sells lunch of 24 hundred dollars compared to the dinner sales of $3,623sale amount of dinner of 3623 dollars. The sells of dinner compared to lunch is significantly higher than the sell of lunch for the six days of the mentioned week except for the Sunday. The lunch sales on Tuesday remained almost the same as on Mondaysale of lunch on Tuesday remains almost same as it is on Monday but dinner salesthe dinner sells increased by just over $200increase by almost 200 dollars. Dinner revenueThe earning from the dinner was lowest on Sundayis lowest on Saturday and it is less than $3,000less than 3000 dollar. On SundayIn the weekend lunch sales were $1,550the lunches bring an amount of 1550 dollar compared with dinner sales of $2,450compared to 2450 dollar of dinner.
The restaurant earns about 15 thousand dollars a week by selling the lunch and on the contrary, earns about 22 thousand dollars by selling dinner.
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response is organised into an introduction, details, and totals, and it makes a few accurate weekday comparisons. However, its central overview and several key figures are inaccurate: dinner sales exceeded lunch every day, Sunday—not Saturday—had the lowest dinner sales, and the dinner total was about $24,400 rather than $22,000. The priority is to identify the true highs, lows, and overall pattern before selecting supporting data.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
Some daily values and the general advantage of dinner sales are reported, but the overview, lowest dinner figure, weekend comparison, and weekly total contain major inaccuracies.
State that dinner outsold lunch every day, identify Friday and Wednesday as the respective peaks, and calculate the weekly totals accurately.
Coherence and Cohesion
The three-paragraph structure gives the report a basic progression, but repetitive statements and loosely selected comparisons make development uneven.
Use one overview paragraph followed by a detail paragraph grouping weekday peaks and weekend lows instead of repeating the dinner-lunch contrast.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary communicates the basic topic, but frequent confusion among 'sell,' 'sale,' 'sales,' and 'earnings' makes expression repetitive and imprecise.
Use accurate noun phrases such as 'lunch sales,' 'dinner revenue,' 'the restaurant earned,' and 'sales rose.'
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Simple meanings remain understandable, but frequent errors in agreement, articles, countable nouns, and comparative structures limit grammatical control.
Make subjects agree with verbs and use plural currency nouns, for example 'dinner sales were higher' and '2,900 dollars.'
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The table below shows the sales at a small restaurant in a downtown business district.
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