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 chart presents the donations allocated by a single company to six distinct charitable categories over the period from 2012 to 2014. Overall, social welfare consistently received the highest donations, whereas arts received the least financial support throughout the three years. In detail, donations for social welfare demonstrated a fluctuating trend: the contributions were at 22 units in 2012, before falling to 1…

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The bar chart illustrates the grants allocated to six different types of financial aid by a business from 2012 to 2014. Overall, while charitable benefaction received the highest level of funding in terms of social welfare, donations to the Arts consistently accounted for the lowest amount. On one hand, grants in 2014 generally reached the highest figures in most categories. Social welfare dominated throughout, at 22…

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192 words · Illustrative target band

The bar chart illustrates the amount of money donated by a company to six different types of charity from 2012 to 2014. Overall, it is evident that social welfare consistently received the largest donations, whereas wildlife and arts attracted the least funding throughout the period. Additionally, while some categories witnessed fluctuations, others experienced steady increases in donations to health, wildlife and ar…

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