Writing Academic Task 1 Band 8.0 Example

The line graph illustrates the consumption of three types of spreads (margarine, low-fat spreads, and butter) from 1981 to 2007. Overall, the consumption of butter and margarine decreased during this period, while the consumption of low-fat and reduced spreads increased. Butter and margarine started at approximately 140 grams and 90 grams, respectively. In the first six years, butter rose from about 140 to 160 grams, whereas margarine fell from 90 to 80 grams. By 1991, both stood at 100 grams. Margarine then remained at this level in 1996 before easing to around 90 grams in 2001 and dropping markedly to 40 grams by 2007. Butter, by contrast, declined after its 1986 peak, reaching about 100 grams in 1991, 70 in 1996 and 50 at the end. Low-fat and reduced spreads were first recorded in 1996, at roughly 10 grams. Their consumption climbed sharply to approximately 85 grams in 2001, moving above butter but remaining just below margarine, before falling to 70 grams in 2007. At the end of the period, butter remained slightly above margarine, while the low-fat and reduced-spread category was highest.