Task 1 · multiple graphs · 1 samples

The charts show the number of members of a library and the number of books borrowed in 2015 and 2025. Members: 2015 — 2,000; 2025 — 3,000. Books borrowed: 2015 — 30,000; 2025 — 36,000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

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Ideas to explore

  • Separate absolute increases from percentage changes.
  • Calculate loans per member but avoid claims about each individual.
  • Keep the description within the information supplied by the task.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the two measures.
  2. Summarise growth and its different rates.
  3. Compare the changes.
  4. Explain the derived ratio carefully.
Useful vocabulary & examples
percentage points
the absolute difference between two percentages

A change from 40% to 35% is a fall of five percentage points.

remain unchanged
stay at the same value or position

The administration share remained unchanged.

be replaced by
be removed and have another feature put in the same place

The car park was replaced by a playground.

Sample answers

Target Band 9 · Original model answer

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The figures compare the membership of a library and the number of books borrowed in 2015 and 2025. Overall, both membership and borrowing increased. However, the growth in membership was considerably greater in proportional terms, so the number of loans per member was lower in the later year. The library had 2,000 members in 2015, rising to 3,000 a decade later. This increase of 1,000 represented growth of 50%. Dur…

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