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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Ideas to explore

  • 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 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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The pie chart gives information about how many different fuel sources were used in UK between 2014 and 2018. Overall, the amount of coal production reduced dramaticly, and nuclear energy also decreased slightly, while renewable energy production saw rapid increase. Additionally, gas production and oil and others remained stability. In 2014, gas was the dominant source, at 30.1% of energy generation. Coal was the seco…

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182 words · Illustrative target band

The pie chart gives information about how much electricity was generated from different sours of fuel in UK between 2014 and 2018. It is clear that, three categories remained the same, which were gas, oil and others, nuclear, but gas was by far the most significant source of energy. Coal saw slight, while, renewables increased. More precisely, the charts show that only gas and oil and other fuels remained unchanged; …

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