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    The document provides information on the police budget for 2017-2018 in an area of Britain. It includes a table showing the sources of funding and two pie charts displaying how the money was allocated each year. The main points are: - Funding from national government and local taxes increased each year, as did the total budget. - The majority of funding went to salaries each year, decreasing slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. - Spending on technology rose sharply from 8% to 14% between 2017-2018, while spending on buildings/transport remained at 17% each year.

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    The document provides information on the police budget for 2017-2018 in an area of Britain. It includes a table showing the sources of funding and two pie charts displaying how the money was allocated each year. The main points are: - Funding from national government and local taxes increased each year, as did the total budget. - The majority of funding went to salaries each year, decreasing slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. - Spending on technology rose sharply from 8% to 14% between 2017-2018, while spending on buildings/transport remained at 17% each year.

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    The document provides information on the police budget for 2017-2018 in an area of Britain. It includes a table showing the sources of funding and two pie charts displaying how the money was allocated each year. The main points are: - Funding from national government and local taxes increased each year, as did the total budget. - The majority of funding went to salaries each year, decreasing slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. - Spending on technology rose sharply from 8% to 14% between 2017-2018, while spending on buildings/transport remained at 17% each year.

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    The document provides information on the police budget for 2017-2018 in an area of Britain. It includes a table showing the sources of funding and two pie charts displaying how the money was allocated each year. The main points are: - Funding from national government and local taxes increased each year, as did the total budget. - The majority of funding went to salaries each year, decreasing slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. - Spending on technology rose sharply from 8% to 14% between 2017-2018, while spending on buildings/transport remained at 17% each year.

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    Test 2

    WR IT I NG

    W RITIN G TAS K 1
    You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

    The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and
    2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and
    the charts show how it was distributed.

    Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and
    make comparisons where relevant.

    Write at least 150 words.

    Police Budget 2017–2018 (in £m)


    Sources 2017 2018
    National Government 175.5m 177.8m
    Local Taxes 91.2m 102.3m
    Other sources (eg grants ) 38m 38.5m
    Total 304.7m 318.6m

    How the money was spent

    | | Salaries (officers and staff)


    I I Technology
    |Buildings and transport

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    WR ITIN G TAS K 2
    You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

    Write about the following topic:

    Some children spend hours every day on their smartphones.

    Why is this the case? Do you think this is a positive or a negative


    development?

    Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
    knowledge or experience.

    Write at least 250 words.

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    Sample Writing answers

    TES T 2, WR ITING TAS K 1


    This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 7.5 score.
    The table illustrates the data on the police budget in which the money came from and the two pie
    charts describe the distribution of the amount of money in the two of year 2017 and 2018 in an
    area of Britain. Overall, there was an upward trend in all three different sources while the money
    spent on salaries was always the majority of contribution.
    Looking into more details, the highest amount of money on the police budget belonged to ‘National
    Government’, 175.5 million pounds in 2017 and it kept rising to 177.8 million pounds. Thus was
    followed by ‘Local Taxes’, at 91.2 million pounds in 2017, after one year, it increase significantly to
    102.3 million pounds.
    In term of the how the money was spent, the majority of police budget goes to salaries which was
    for officers and staff, dropping slightly from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. Meanwhile, the proportion
    of ‘Buildings and transport’ remained constantly, at 17% each year. An opposite pattern can be seen
    in the category of technology, its figure rose sharply from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018, which was
    always the lowest rate during the given period.
    Here is the examiner’s comment:

    This is a strong response. The candidate provides a clear overview at the end of
    the first paragraph which highlights the consistently increasing trend from the table
    and identifies the largest category from the pie charts. Full details are given for the
    first two sources of the budget but, to achieve a higher rating, key features in the
    table could be more fully extended.

    Information is presented in the order of the table first and then the charts, in a
    logical manner. The test taker demonstrates a good range of cohesive devices
    [while | which was] and uses three paragraphs appropriately to organise and
    sequence the required data.

    There is a wide range of vocabulary [figure rose sharply | during the given period]
    with accurate spelling, although there are occasional errors in word choice. The
    range of grammatical structures is wide, including modal [can] and continuous
    forms [kept rising] – although there are occasional errors e.g. using present tenses
    [goes on] to describe data from 2017 and 2018.

    To improve this response, the key features presented from the table could be
    more fully extended. The candidate could also reduce the few errors in sentence
    structure.

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    TE S T 2, WR ITING TAS K 2
    This is an answer written by a candidate who achieved a Band 6.5 score.
    Mobile phones, nowadays, contains essential features with entertainment also. There has been a
    large growth seen in usage hours of smartphones among youngsters. There are several reasons
    behind this situation and I find this development more beneficial than negative. Both the reasons
    and my view is elaborated further.
    The first reason for overusage of smart devices by youngsters is the social benefit they provide.
    The smart phone connected with internet opens up the large possibilities, from creating new friends
    to communicating with them over social media. For instance, a child in my neighbourhood chats
    for hours with his school friends over Facebook (a social media) and also spend time over online
    video sharing phone application. Moreover, the mobile gaming, specially multiplayer games, is
    another major reason for the situation. Children plays different kind of games over mobile for the
    entertainment purpose and they involve themselves in games in such a manner, that they forget
    about the timing and other work to do.
    However, I believe that smartphones have also increased the knowledge of pupils. It has developed
    some important social skills, such as communication skill, team work and many more, by allowing
    them to work and play in groups, without the restriction of distance. In addition, children can
    learn through internet by watchin online videos and reading articles, which ultimately helps them
    in their studies as well as language skills. For example, whenever my niece require to know about
    something, he searches it over the internet and learns from it. Moreover, multiplayer online gaming
    improves their multitasking ability and it also gives them a competitive environment
    Overall, I agree that overusage of smartphones on regular basis is harmful for them, but if given
    proper guidance, mobile phones can help them in learning some life-long skills.

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    Here is the examiner’s comment:

    This response addresses both parts of the question. A range of ideas is expressed
    and the candidate gives their position in the opening paragraph and then provides
    evidence and relevant examples.

    Ideas are logically organised and there is clear progression throughout the four
    paragraphs. A range of cohesive devices are used [The first reason | For instance |
    Moreover] with referencing used appropriately [they | themselves | their studies | it].

    The range of vocabulary is good with examples of higher-level items [social skills |
    restriction of distance | ultimately] and there are few errors [overusage / overuse |
    niece … he / niece … she | watchin / watching | require to know / needs to know].
    Similarly, the range of grammatical structures is reasonable, but the level of error
    means the Band Score cannot be higher than 6.5.

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