The pie charts compare ways of accessing the news in Canada and Australia.
Sample Response
The pie charts show the principalprinciple ways of accessing the newsfinding out the news in Canada and Australiain two different countries, Canada and Australia. The two nations show a common preference for TV and online newsbroadly similar patterns, though there are notable differences in the proportionssome differences, both significant and minor. A prominent feature ofOne of the most prominent features of thesethis data is that, while in Canada 36%over a third of people access the news online, in Australia the figure is more than half, at 52%. DeleteIt is apparent that accessing news on TVviewing the TV news is popular in both countries, with 40%about two fifths of the Canadian populationCanadian population favouring this mode of delivery and only 3 percentage points lower3% fewer in Australia. One major difference between Canada and Australia is that twice as manyover twice as many people read the news in print in Canada as in Australiain the former, compared with the latter. The figures are 14% and 7% respectively. Similarly, listening to the news on the radio is preferred by three times more people in Canada than in Australia. Overall, it can be said that the high levels of internet use in Australia mean that other methods such as radio and print are used less in comparison with Canada.
Why this response received Band 7.5
The response compares the dominant news sources clearly and uses accurate figures and relationships for most categories, with particularly effective cross-country contrasts. The main limitation is incomplete precision: the small unspecified shares are omitted, print use is described as more than double when it is exactly double, and radio figures are not stated. Add those remaining values and divide the report into purposeful paragraphs.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The main patterns and dominant categories are clearly compared, although the unspecified shares are omitted and two proportional comparisons lack full precision.
Include the 3% and 2% unspecified categories and state that print is exactly twice as common in Canada, while radio is 7% versus 2%.
Coherence and Cohesion
The comparisons follow a clear sequence and referencing devices connect the two countries effectively, but the response is presented as one continuous paragraph.
Separate the overview from the detailed comparisons so the hierarchy of information is immediately visible.
Lexical Resource
The response uses a flexible range of comparative and reporting vocabulary, with only occasional imprecise word choice.
Replace principle with principal and favour natural expressions such as accessing the news over finding out the news.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Complex comparison structures are varied and mostly accurate, with meaning consistently clear.
Check article use in phrases such as the Canadian population and keep comparative structures exact when describing proportions.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The pie charts compare ways of accessing the news in Canada and Australia.
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