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Writing Academic Task 1 Band 5.0 Example
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- The coast grows overall despite a small dip between 1987 and 1992, then finishes with the highest visitor total.
- The lakes show the largest fluctuation: a sharp rise to a 2002 peak followed by a substantial fall.
- The mountains remain the least visited area at the end, but their numbers increase gradually rather than decline.
Suggested structure
- Introduce the graph, its subject, locations and time period.
- Give an overview of the broad trends, the lakes’ peak and the final ranking.
- Describe the coast’s starting point, brief decline and subsequent rise.
- Compare the mountains’ steady increase with the lakes’ rise and later fall.
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- rose steadily
- increased gradually over a period
Visitor numbers for the mountains rose steadily from about 20,000 to 35,000.
- peaked at
- reached the highest point
The number of visitors to the lakes peaked at approximately 75,000 in 2002.
- fell to
- decreased and reached a particular level
The lakes’ figure fell to around 50,000 by 2007.
- ended as the most popular destination
- had the highest visitor figure at the end of the period
The coast ended as the most popular destination, at about 75,000 visitors.
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The quantity of international tourists between 1987 and 2007 to three various places which include the coast, the mountains and the lakes in a European country is illustrated on the line graph. Overall, it can be easily seen that the amount of mountains visitor increased steadily between those years, however the number of people who visited the coast also rose over the period. The lakes, in contrast, showed a much sharper rise and fall, while the mountains remained the least popular area for most of the time.
In 1987, about 40 thousand visitors went to the coast, compared with 20 thousand to the mountains and 10 thousand to the lakes. The coastal figure dipped slightly to around 35 thousand in 1992, then climbed to 50 thousand in 1997 and 60 thousand in 2002. It finished at approximately 75 thousand in 2007, the highest figure at the end.
Mountain visits increased gradually, from 20 thousand to 25 thousand in 1992 and around 30 thousand in 1997 and 2002, before reaching roughly 35 thousand in 2007. Lake numbers rose from 10 thousand to about 25 thousand in 1992 and 40 thousand in 1997. They then peaked at approximately 75 thousand in 2002, overtaking the coast, but fell to 50 thousand by 2007.
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