Shop Closures and Openings 2011-2018

The response includes an overview and covers both series, but it distorts the data extensively, claiming 65,000 and 85,000 closures and openings against graph values of about 6,400 and 8,500, misplacing the closure peak in 2015 when the graph shows roughly 600 that year, and describing unsupported trends such as a drop to 200 openings, so key features are inaccurately reported.

Ideas are arranged in logical paragraphs with an overview and clear sequencing devices such as 'To begin with' and 'Looking at', giving generally coherent progression, though internal contradictions between statements like a 'significant reduction' followed by 'minimal variations' weaken the flow.

There is a sufficient range of topic-appropriate vocabulary including 'fluctuated', 'surpassed', 'considerable drop' and 'significant turning point', with mainly accurate usage, though some phrases such as 'public preference' are unsupported and slightly imprecise.

A variety of complex structures, including concessive and temporal clauses and passive voice, are used with generally good control, and errors are minor and rarely impede understanding.

The response covers both lines with an overview, but key data is inaccurate or unsupported (e.g., 65000 closures in 2011, about 200 openings in 2015, a 2018 drop of 200 that actually occurred in 2015), and some details are misplaced chronologically, so key features are reproduced only partially and inaccurately.

Progression is broadly clear with linking devices such as 'Overall', 'Likewise', and 'Turning to', but referential confusion (e.g., 'the counting of it', unclear year references) and some mechanically used phrases reduce the coherence of the message at points.

There is a sufficient range of vocabulary for describing trends (dramatic reduction, plummeted, fluctuations, peak point), though expressions like 'data is calibrated', 'crystal clear', and 'the counting of it' are formulaic or imprecise and word choice is occasionally awkward.

A mix of structures is attempted, but errors recur, including faulty tense ('had been closing'), inaccurate prepositions ('drop with 500', 'touched to above 6000'), and flawed clause construction, though meaning is mostly recoverable.

The response covers the main trends of both lines with a clear overview and mostly accurate data, though it is 13 words short of the minimum and rounds some values, such as closures from 2016 to 2018, a little loosely.

Ideas progress logically from overview to closures then openings, with cohesive devices like 'subsequently' and 'nevertheless' used naturally and referencing handled clearly.

Vocabulary is flexible and precise for describing change, including 'oscillated', 'surged', 'rebounded' and 'plummeted', with only minor imprecision in phrases like 'maintained this level'.

A wide range of structures is used accurately, including complex sentences with participial and relative clauses, and errors are rare and non-impeding.

The response covers both series with largely accurate data and a clear overview, but at 116 words it is 34 words under the minimum and the 2016–2017 data are barely addressed, while the claim about the lines becoming 'increasingly independent' is vague and partly unsupported.

Ideas progress logically through an overview followed by chronological body paragraphs, with appropriate linking devices such as 'Conversely' and 'However' used naturally.

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible for the task, with good use of terms like 'notable drop', 'steady increase', and 'significant drop', and no errors impede meaning.

A range of structures, including varied tense forms and complex sentences, is used with good control and only minor, non-impeding lapses.