Task 1 · pie chart · 18 samples

The pie chart below shows the energy generation by fuel type in the UK over two years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

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  • Renewables rose from 15.0% in 2014 to 26.2% in 2018, the most notable increase.
  • Coal fell from 28.4% to 18.1%, while nuclear declined slightly from 22.5% to 21.6%.
  • Gas remained the largest category at 30.1% in both years; Oil and Other stayed at 4.0%.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce the two pie charts, the UK, the years and the percentage measure.
  2. Give an overview highlighting the main increase, the main decrease and stable categories.
  3. Compare the 2014 shares, grouping the larger sources before the smaller ones.
  4. Describe the 2018 figures and directly compare them with 2014.
Useful vocabulary & examples
accounted for
made up a particular proportion of the total

Gas accounted for 30.1% of energy generation in both years.

remained unchanged
stayed at the same level

The share for Oil and Other remained unchanged at 4.0%.

recorded the largest increase
showed the biggest rise in the figures

Renewables recorded the largest increase between 2014 and 2018.

fell by 10.3 percentage points
decreased by the difference between two percentage values

Coal fell by 10.3 percentage points, from 28.4% to 18.1%.

Sample answers

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The pie chart provides key information about power generation from different types in the United kingdom during two years. The units are measuerd in years. Overall, it is clear from the graph that Renewables had increased. In addition, Oil and Gas stayed the same throghout the period. Wereas Nuclear and coal decreased. According to what the figures show, the share of Renewables went from 15.0% in 2014 to 26.2% in 201…

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The pie chart illustrates the proportions of energy generation using different fuel sources in the UK over two separate years, 2014 and 2018. Overall, while nuclear energy and coal recorded a decline in the production of energy over the 2014-2018 period, renewable energy followed an upward trajectory; however, oil & other and gas stood out for remaining unchanged in share. In 2014, gas was the largest source, at 30.1…

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The pie chart draws the colusion of the survey of that compares the energy generation by fuel type between the years of 2014 to 2018 Overall, between these duration the amount of oil and other and gas remained same throughout the years. The changes occured in the neculear, coal and renewable. Turning to the first chart, coal made up 28.4% of the energy in 2014, while gas was a little higher, at 30.1%. Renewable energ…

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The pie charts compare the proportions of energy generated from five different sources in the UK in 2014 and 2018. Overall, coal and nuclear experienced downward trends, albeit to varying degrees, over the four-year period. In contrast, energy production from renewable sources increased significantly, while gas and oil/other sources remained stable. Notably, gas continued to be the largest single source, accounting f…

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The pie chart illustrates the energy generation from five different types of fuel in two separate years, 2014 and 2018. In general, the proportion of energy manufactured from renewables experienced an upward trend, while coal and nuclear showed the reverse. Notably, energy generation from oil and other, as well as from gas remained stable throughout the period, at 4.0% and 30.1%, respectively. The most striking chang…

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The pie charts compare the proportion of energy generated from five fuel sources, namely coal, gas, nuclear, renewables, and oil and other fuels in the UK from 2014 to 2018. Overall, the charts show noticeable shifts in energy production over the given period, with nuclear and coal fuels seeing declines, whereas the reverse was true of renewables, whose share rose substantially. In 2014, gas was the largest source, a…

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The pie chart gives detailed information about the proportion of energy harnessed from different types of fuel – coal, renewables, nuclear, gas, and oil and other – between 2014 and 2018. Overall, the energy from renewables increased significantly, while there was a fall in the energy generated from nuclear and coal. Additionally, the energy produced by gas remained unchanged, while the share from oil and other sourc…

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In both pie charts, discussion about energy generation by fuel types in two yeas 2014 and 2018 in UK. In this types oil and others, nuclear, gas, coal, and renewable energy generation by fuel types are entered. In 2014, coal energy generation by fuel type use is 28.4%, gas energy generation used is 30.1%, nuclear energy generation was 22.5%, and renewable was 15%, while oil and other is only 4%. In 2018, gas still us…

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165 words · Illustrative target band

The pie chart shows energy generation by fuel type in the UK between 2014 and 2018. Overall, the most energy generation used in 2014 and 2018 was the gas as the highest, and the oil and others were the lowest at the same time. The coal showed a decrease while the renewables represented an increase. In 2014, gas accounted for 30.1% of energy generation, slightly more than coal, at 28.4%. Nuclear made up 22.5%, while r…

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