UK Fuel Production Levels Between 1981 and 2000

The graph below shows the production levels of the main kinds of fuel in the UK between 1981 and 2000.

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

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Key features: UK Fuel Production Levels Between 1981 and 2000

WhyThis is aLine graph — it asks you to report the main trends and changes over time.

SoWe split the points intoOverview(the main trends over the period)andKey features(figures and comparisons worth reporting).

Overview

2 points

Key features

7 points

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Response 01

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Answer · 140 words · 4 paragraphs · 9 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response presents a clear overview, identifying the rise in petroleum and natural gas, the decline in coal, and petroleum’s consistently leading output. It meets the 150-word minimum. The main weaknesses are the incorrect unit attached to petroleum’s final value and limited detail about the substantial intermediate movements. Language is generally fluent, although some terms describe manufacturing or prevalence rather than fuel production.

TA

Task Achievement

The response identifies the main overall trends and petroleum’s leading position and meets the minimum length. However, “140 million units” misstates the unit, and the detail omits major intermediate movements in petroleum and coal.

7.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas are organised logically from overview to detailed stages, with cohesive devices such as meanwhile and conversely used naturally throughout.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary shows useful range in expressions such as “surging” and “overtaking”. However, “manufacturing level” is unsuitable for these fuel-production data, and “prevalent” does not precisely express a ranking by output.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Structures are generally accurate and varied, including a while-clause in the overview and participial clauses such as “ending the period” and “overtaking coal”. Some expressions are awkward, but sentence construction remains controlled.

7.0

What to work on next

Use energy units consistently and develop the detail by adding petroleum’s fall to about 100 units in 1990–91 and coal’s sharp early fall and rebound. These points would explain the fluctuations more clearly.

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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.

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