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 charts compare the amount of energy produced by five different energy sources, in the UK in 2014 and 2018. Overall, it is clear that gas was the majority of energy source in both years, although the use of renewable energy was almost double in the 4-year period. According to the first picture, gas accounted for 30.1% of energy generation, making it the largest category rather than a majority. In 2014, renewab…

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184 words · Illustrative target band

The pie charts provide information on energy generation by different type of resource in the United Kingdom in 2014 and 2018. Overall, it is evident from the chart that the proportion of coal increased, while renewables’ percentage decreased over the whole research period. As to the detail, the figure for coal declined significantly to 18.1% in 2018, down from 28.4% in 2014. This was the largest change among the fuel…

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The pie chart illuminates energy generation by different types of fuels including fossil fuels, and alternative energy in the UK in 2014 and 2018. Overall, expect to the percentage of energy produce by renewable energy , nuclear, and coal, the energy generation by gas and oil stay constantly in both years of 2014 and 2018. In 2014, gas was the largest source, at 30.1%, followed by coal at 28.4%. Nuclear accounted for…

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