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

Introduce the two pie charts, the UK, the years and the percentage measure.
Give an overview highlighting the main increase, the main decrease and stable categories.
Compare the 2014 shares, grouping the larger sources before the smaller ones.
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%.

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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 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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165 words · Illustrative target band

The pie charts illustrates the percentage of energy generation by different types of fuels in the UK in two separate years: 2014 and 2018. Overall, the proportion of gas generation was the highest, while that of oil and other fuels was had the lowest figure throughout the period. In addition, the figure for nuclear and gas generation showed contrasting patterns. Gas remained steady at 30.1% in both years, whereas nuc…

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