Task 1 · bar chart · 18 samples

Task 1: The chart below shows the donation given to six different types of charity by one company from 2012 to 2014.

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Ideas to explore

Identify the category that dominates throughout: social welfare leads in all three years, reaching its highest figure in 2014.
Separate steady increases from fluctuating or recovering patterns: health and wildlife rise each year, whereas social welfare falls before rebounding.
Notice categories that finish at or near their starting values: education returns to 8, while environment ends at 7 compared with 8 initially.

Suggested structure

Introduce the chart by naming the measure, the six charity types and the 2012–2014 period.
Give an overview identifying the largest category and the broad direction of change.
Describe social welfare separately because its figures are much higher and fluctuate notably.
Group the remaining categories by pattern, comparing their starting, middle and final figures.
End with a concise comparison of which categories finished higher, level or lower than in 2012.

Useful vocabulary & examples

a steady upward path: A consistent increase across successive years.
Health followed a steady upward path, rising from 6 to 9.
fell before recovering: Decreased at first and then rose again.
Environment fell to 5 before recovering to 7.
returned to its starting figure: Ended at the same value as at the beginning.
Education returned to its starting figure of 8 in 2014.
edged up: Increased by a small amount.
Arts edged up from 3 to 4 in the final year.

Sample answers

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The bar chart illustrates how much money was funded to 6 types of charity, namely social welfare (SW), education, environment, health, wildlife, and arts, by a business between 2012 and 2014. Overall, increases could be seen in the amount of money for all types, except for a decrease in that of environment and a stability in donations to education. In 2012, social welfare received the largest donation, at 22, while t…

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The bar chart illustrates the percentage of donations allocated by a company to six different types of charity over the three- year period from 2012 to 2014. Overall, the donations to social welfare, health, wildlife, arts experienced an upward trend; however, the contribution to education and environment varied between relative stability and slight decrease. Besides, social welfare received the largest donation in a…

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183 words · Illustrative target band

The bar charts illustrate the amount of money that a company dedicated to six different types of charity between 2012 and 2014. Overall, different growth rates were observed. Social welfare topped the list in two years. There were upward trends in spending for health, wildlife and arts throughout the survey process. According to the charts, the donations to social welfare were 22, 16 and 24 in 2012, 2013 and 2014, re…

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