The chart below gives information about Someland’s main exports in 2005, 2015, and future projections for 2025.
Sample Response
This bar chart illustrates the valueperformance of Someland’s primary exports in 2005 and 2015. It also indicates future projections for 2025. According to the data, it seems likely that international tourism will become the largest export categorywill become the dominant industry, although dairy exports will remain strong. In 2005, we can see that tourism was the largest export earnergreatest exports earner of the three industries, with revenue standing at just over $6 billion.
This figure has increased slightly, so that now, in 2015, it has reached almost $7 billion. It is estimated that international tourism will continue to grow, so that by 2025, it will be earning around $8 billion for the country. In 20052000, dairy exports were worth around $5 billion, but since then there has been a dramatic increase, and dairy export revenue in 2015sales for this year are approximately $8 billion. The chart projectsExperts are predicting that dairy exportsexports in this area may fall slightly, so a figure of $7.5 billion is expected for 2025. Meat products are the third key industry in Someland, but export revenue has fallen since 2005sales have dropped since 2000 and now stand at $3.5 billion. It is expected that sales will continue to decrease in the future.
Why this response received Band 7.5
The response gives a clear overview and tracks all three export categories with fluent, well-controlled language and logical progression. Its main limitation is the repeated use of 2000 instead of the chart’s 2005 baseline, alongside the omission of the projected final meat figure. Correct the time references first, then complete the meat comparison with its 2025 value so that every reported trend is anchored accurately.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
The overview identifies the principal future pattern and all three categories are covered, but the baseline year is twice misstated and the final meat value is omitted.
Replace both references to 2000 with 2005 and report meat products falling to about $3 billion in 2025.
Coherence and Cohesion
The report progresses clearly from the overview into category-based detail, with cohesive referencing used effectively despite a very long second paragraph.
Divide the detail into two balanced paragraphs, grouping the growing tourism category separately from dairy and meat.
Lexical Resource
A sufficient range of generally precise vocabulary describes trends and projections, though phrases such as greatest exports earner are slightly awkward.
Refine collocations by using forms such as largest export earner and revenue from dairy exports.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A wide range of complex structures is used flexibly and accurately, with only occasional minor wording or agreement slips.
Proofread noun modifiers and number agreement, especially constructions such as export earner, while retaining the strong sentence variety.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The chart below gives information about Someland’s main exports in 2005, 2015, and future projections for 2025.
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