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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 6.0 Example
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Ideas to explore
- Central remained the busiest and had the largest numerical increase.
- Riverside grew moderately, while Hilltop was the only library to decline.
- Total visits rose from 260,000 to 325,000.
Suggested structure
- Introduce what the table measures, including units and years.
- Give an overview of the main pattern and the exception.
- Compare increases at Central and Riverside.
- Describe Hilltop and, if useful, the combined total.
Useful vocabulary & examples
- accounted for
- formed a share of a total
Central accounted for more than half of all visits in 2025.
- by contrast
- introduces a difference
By contrast, visits to Hilltop declined.
- be replaced by
- be removed and have another feature put in the same place
The car park was replaced by a playground.
Answer analysis
Task Achievement
Includes an overview and accurate figures, including the total increase. Main comparisons are relevant but expressed repetitively.
Lexical Resource
“Went up”, “increase” and “number” communicate the data clearly but offer limited variety.
Next step
Combine related figures into comparative sentences rather than giving each number a separate sentence.
Task Prompt
User Essay Analysis
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The table gives information about visits to three public libraries in a city in 2015 and 2025. All numbers are given in thousands. Overall, Central was the most visited library in both years, and two libraries received more visits while Hilltop received fewer.
Central had 120,000 visits in 2015. This number went up to 180,000 in 2025, which was an increase of 60,000. Riverside also became more popular. It had 80,000 visits in the first year and 100,000 in the second year. Its increase was much smaller than the increase at Central.
On the other hand, Hilltop had 60,000 visits in 2015 but only 45,000 in 2025. The number fell by 15,000. Hilltop was the least visited library during both years. In total, the libraries had 260,000 visits in 2015 and 325,000 visits in 2025. This means there were 65,000 more visits in the city by the end of the period. The biggest part of this growth came from Central.
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