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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190 words · Illustrative target band

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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189 words · Illustrative target band

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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200 words · Illustrative target band

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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