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Task 1-Line Graph

The line graph depicts the consumption trends of beef, chicken, lamb, and fish in a European country from 1979 to 2004, highlighting a significant rise in chicken consumption while other meats declined. In 1979, beef was the most consumed at 225 grams per person per week, but by 2004, chicken consumption soared to nearly 250 grams, surpassing beef and lamb. Overall, beef and lamb saw marked declines, while fish consumption remained relatively stable.

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Task 1-Line Graph

The line graph depicts the consumption trends of beef, chicken, lamb, and fish in a European country from 1979 to 2004, highlighting a significant rise in chicken consumption while other meats declined. In 1979, beef was the most consumed at 225 grams per person per week, but by 2004, chicken consumption soared to nearly 250 grams, surpassing beef and lamb. Overall, beef and lamb saw marked declines, while fish consumption remained relatively stable.

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Line Graph

Example 1:

Band 6.5(from modal ielts)

Introduction
The line graph illustrates changes in the amount of beef,chicken,lamb and fish consumed in a
particular European country from 1979 to 2004.
Overview
Overall, the graph shows how the consumption of chicken increased dramatically while the
popularity of these other foods decreased over the period.

Detail 1
In 1979 beef was by far the most popular of these foods, with about 225 grams consumed per
person per week. Lamb and chicken were eaten in similar quantities (around 150 grams), while
much less fish was consumed (just over 50 grams).

Detail 2
However, during this 25-year period the consumption of beef and lamb fell dramatically to
approximately 100 grams and 55 grams respectively. The consumption of fish also declined, but
much less significantly to just below 50 grams, so although it remained the least popular food,
consumption levels were almost stable.

Detail 3
The consumption of chicken, on the other hand, showed an upward trend, overtaking that of
lamb in 1980 and that of beef in 1989.By 2004,it had soared to almost 250 grams per person
per week.

Band 9 Response:
Introduction

The line graph illustrates the trends in the consumption of beef, chicken, lamb, and fish in a
specific European country over a 25-year period, from 1979 to 2004.

Overview

Overall, the graph highlights a significant rise in chicken consumption, which contrasts
sharply with the steady decline in the intake of beef, lamb, and fish over the same period.

Detail 1

In 1979, beef was the most consumed of these four foods, with approximately 225 grams per
person per week. Both lamb and chicken were consumed in nearly equal quantities, around
150 grams each. In contrast, fish consumption was notably lower, standing at just over 50
grams.
Detail 2

Throughout the 25-year period, the consumption of beef and lamb experienced marked
declines, dropping to roughly 100 grams and 55 grams per person per week, respectively.
Fish consumption also saw a slight decline, though it remained relatively stable compared to
other foods, decreasing marginally to just under 50 grams, thereby maintaining its position as
the least consumed food.

Detail 3

Conversely, chicken consumption followed an upward trajectory. By 1980, it had surpassed


lamb, and by 1989, it had overtaken beef. This upward trend continued, with consumption
reaching almost 250 grams per person per week by 2004, making chicken the most consumed
food by a significant margin.

Example 2:Line Graph


The graph below shows the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and
2002 by four different modes of transport. Summarize the information by selecting and
reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Band 9
The line graph illustrates the amount of goods transported by four modes of transport—road,
water, rail, and pipeline—in the UK between 1974 and 2002. The data is measured in million
tonnes.

Overall, road transport was the most dominant form of transportation throughout the period,
while pipelines consistently carried the smallest volume of goods. Both water and rail started
at similar levels but showed contrasting trends by the end of the period.

In 1974, road transport accounted for the highest volume of goods at nearly 70 million tonnes.
Despite some fluctuations, the figure increased steadily, reaching its peak of just under 100
million tonnes in 2002. Water transport began at about 40 million tonnes, saw modest growth
with some dips, and by 2002, had climbed to around 65 million tonnes.

Rail transport, which also started at approximately 40 million tonnes, experienced significant
fluctuations. It dropped to its lowest point of about 30 million tonnes in the early 1990s, before
rebounding to end the period at roughly the same level as it began, around 40 million tonnes.
Pipeline transport, in contrast, began at just under 10 million tonnes in 1974, steadily
increased to over 20 million tonnes by 1994, and then remained stable at that level until 2002.

Vocabulary:
Verbs for Describing Trends (Increase/Decrease):

●​ Increase: rise, climb, grow, go up, soar, surge, escalate


●​ Decrease: fall, decline, drop, go down, plummet, dip, shrink, reduce

Adjectives/Adverbs for Describing the Extent of Change:

●​ Sharp Change: sharply, steeply, significantly, dramatically, drastically, rapidly


●​ Gradual Change: gradually, steadily, consistently, slowly, moderately
●​ Slight Change: slightly, marginally, minimally

Verbs for Stable Trends:

●​ remain stable, level off, plateau, stay constant, stabilize, maintain, remain unchanged

Verbs for Fluctuating Trends:

●​ fluctuate, oscillate, vary, experience variations, be erratic, zigzag


Expressions for Time Periods:

●​ over the period, throughout the period, between (year) and (year), in the first/last
(number) years, during the period of, from (year) to (year), in the subsequent years

Comparative Language:

●​ compared to, in comparison with, in contrast to, whereas, while, unlike, more than, less
than, overtook, surpassed

Describing Peaks and Lows:

●​ reach a peak of, hit a high of, peak at, hit the lowest point at, bottom out, reach a low of,
trough at

Describing Starting/Ending Points:

●​ begin at, start at, finish at, end at, initiate at, close at, commence at

Quantifying Change:

●​ by (an amount), to (an amount), of (an amount), increase/decrease by, rise/drop to

General Trends/Overall Descriptions:

●​ upward trend, downward trend, increase/decrease in, drop in, upward movement,
downward movement, growth in, decline in

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