Mobile Phones and Landlines by Country

The chart shows the number of mobile phones and landlines per 100 people in selected countries.

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Key features: Mobile Phones and Landlines by Country

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

7 points

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Response 01
Estimated band6.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response covers the main comparisons and most data points from the chart reasonably accurately, which is its strongest aspect. However, sentence construction is frequently faulty and some statements are awkwardly expressed or repetitive, which reduces clarity despite generally adequate vocabulary.

TA

Task Achievement

The response presents an overview of the mobile-versus-landline contrast and reports most key figures (e.g., Italy ~90 mobiles, Canada ~37, Denmark ~88 landlines, Italy ~43) with acceptable accuracy, but some statements are muddled, repetitive, or imprecise, limiting it to a clear-but-not-fully-developed achievement level.

6.5
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas are arranged in discernible stages with basic linking devices, but progression is sometimes mechanical and cohesion breaks down in sentences such as the confusing overview and the mobile-usage paragraph.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate for the task with some attempts at comparison language, though expressions like 'gives the information about' and 'at the maximum rate' show imprecision and limited flexibility.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Grammatical errors are frequent and sometimes obscure meaning, as in 'people use more mobiles in different countries have different proportions', 'In Canadians used minimum rate', and 'about 43 use landlines', alongside a restricted range of accurate structures.

5.5

What to work on next

Revise sentence grammar, especially subject-verb structures and comparisons, and tighten the overview so key trends are stated clearly without repetition.

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