Writing Academic Task 1 Band 7.0 Example

The graph illustrates the consumption rates of three spreads – margarine, low-fat and reduced spreads, and butter – from 1981 to 2007. It is evident that margarine and butter were used earlier compared to low-fat and reduced spreads. Butter was the preferred spread from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. Margarine consumption showed fluctuations between 1981 and 2007, although it rose and fell over the period. Butter started at about 140 grams in 1981 and climbed to a peak of roughly 160 grams in 1986. It then declined sharply to around 100 grams in 1991 and continued falling, reaching approximately 70 grams in 1996 and 50 grams by 2007. Margarine, by contrast, began at about 90 grams. After slipping to 80 grams in 1986, its consumption recovered to around 100 grams in both 1991 and 1996. It then decreased to approximately 80 grams in 2001, before dropping more markedly to about 40 grams in 2007. Low-fat and reduced spreads first appear in 1996, at roughly 10 grams. Their use rose rapidly to around 85 grams in 2001, making them the most consumed spread at that point, before falling to approximately 70 grams in 2007. By the end, butter consumption was slightly higher than margarine's.