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Cinema Attendance by Age Group in the UK

The line graph below gives information on cinema attendance in the UK.

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

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Response 01
Estimated band6.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response identifies the main pattern of the graph, namely that older age groups attended the cinema more, and it tracks changes over time with mostly accurate figures. However, it repeats ideas, blurs the age-group labels, and contains frequent grammatical and word-choice errors that reduce precision.

TA

Task Achievement

The response gives an overview that older groups attended more and reports several largely accurate figures, such as about 15% for the youngest group in 1990 and the 1995-2000 dip, but it restates the same features, conflates the 44-54 group with 'people over 40', and makes a vague average-increase claim, giving relevant coverage with some imprecision and repetition.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Information is arranged in a broadly clear sequence and the writer uses basic linking devices, but the opening ideas are duplicated, referencing is sometimes loose, and the progression feels mechanical in places.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate for describing trends and proportions, with terms like 'increased gradually' and 'dominated', though awkward expressions such as 'trend to attend', 'attended in cinema', and 'cinema goer's number' show limited flexibility and occasional inaccuracy.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A mix of simple and complex structures is attempted, but errors are frequent, including 'more than 35% people over 40 years attended', faulty comparatives like 'increased by 5% ... than the percentages were in 2005', and article and preposition mistakes, although the intended meaning generally remains clear.

6.0

What to work on next

Remove repeated sentences, use the graph's exact age-group labels, and revise grammar so each data point is stated once and accurately.

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