The graph shows the estimated oil production capacity for several Gulf countries between 1990 and 2010.
Sample Response
The provided bar chart illustratesenumerates the estimatedprojected oil production capacity for six different nations over a two-decade perioda two decades period of time. Besides, the units are calibrated in Millions of V barrels per day.
Overall, it is clearlucid that the highest oil production capacitymajority of oil consumption was in Saudi Arabia, whilst the lowest production capacityleast production was from Qatar. However, the remaining nations, namely, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and UAE, had broadly similar oil production levelshave an akin range of oil productions between 1990 and 2010over a period of time from 1990 to 2010.
Although the highest oil production capacity was from Saudi Arabia with 8 million barrels and reached the culmination of approximately 14 million barrels per day meanwhile, Iran’s oil production capacity was roughly three during the year 1990 and rose slightly to approximately 4 million barrels in the year 2010 even though the lowest oil production capacity was from Qatar with beneath 2 million barrels per day over two decades without any climb.
Meanwhile, the three other nations, IraqHowever, the remaining nations, Iraq, Kuwait, and UAE, have a similar oil production capacityproduction capacity for oil, starting at roughly 1.5–2.5 million barrelscommencing with 2 million barrels and rising steadilydramatically to about 3.5–3.8 million barrels across the three countries4 million barrels for all three countries. OverallAs a matter of fact, these three nations were below 4 million throughout the periodduring the period of time.
Why this response received Band 5.5
The response identifies Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the extremes and provides a usable broad overview, but several figures and trend descriptions are imprecise, while the coverage largely omits the intermediate years. Language is ambitious, yet awkward word choices and overloaded sentence structures regularly reduce clarity; prioritise accurate year-by-year comparisons in shorter, grammatically controlled sentences.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A broad overview identifies the highest and lowest producers, but several values and trends are inaccurate or insufficiently detailed.
Compare the four years explicitly and report each country's main change with figures that match the chart.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response has a clear introduction, overview, and detail structure, although some linking produces overloaded or loosely connected sentences.
Divide the long third paragraph sentence into separate comparisons and use connectors only where the relationship is clear.
Lexical Resource
There is some range in vocabulary, but frequent inappropriate choices such as describing production as consumption reduce precision.
Use straightforward chart language such as produced, rose, remained stable, and barrels per day accurately and consistently.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mix of sentence forms is attempted, but recurring article, agreement, and clause-control errors sometimes strain readability.
Build shorter complex sentences with one main comparison each, checking articles, plurals, and complete clause boundaries.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The graph shows the estimated oil production capacity for several Gulf countries between 1990 and 2010.
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