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Car Manufacturer Sales by Region 2006 to 2010

The chart below shows the percentage of a car manufacturer’s total sales in various regions from 2006 to 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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Key features: Car Manufacturer Sales by Region 2006 to 2010

WhyThis is aBar chart — it asks you to compare the most important categories.

SoWe split the points intoOverview(the biggest differences or patterns)andKey features(figures and comparisons worth reporting).

Overview

3 points

Key features

6 points

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Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response is well organised and linguistically fluent, with a clear overview and effective comparisons across the whole period. Its main limitation is the systematic mislabelling of regions, so many reported figures are attributed to the wrong category and several stated values do not match the chart.

TA

Task Achievement

The response identifies the main trends and covers the full period, but repeatedly swaps North and South America: the 2006 shares are 30% and 11%, and the 2008 shares are 21% and 6%, respectively. It also places Asia’s overtaking of Europe in 2010, although the chart shows this occurred in 2009.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

The report progresses logically from an overview through two chronological detail sections. Existing line breaks mark these stages, although blank lines would separate them more clearly. Long sentences and the reversed former/latter reference sometimes make comparisons harder to follow.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

The response shows good lexical flexibility with phrases like 'near parity', 'overtaking', and 'a more than twofold rise', with only occasional awkwardness such as 'the dominant' and 'Similar changes, but to a great extent'.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A wide range of structures is used with generally good control, including complex sentences and participial phrases, though minor errors in agreement and article use occur.

7.0

What to work on next

Match every percentage to the chart legend, especially for North and South America, and check when Asia first overtakes Europe. Keep the measure as a share of the manufacturer’s sales.

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