Transport and Car Use in Edmonton

  • Transport
  • Cars

The diagrams below give information on transport and car use in Edmonton.

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Annotated response

3 correction notes

The pie chart shows the proportion of four major types of transport that people use in Edmonton and the table indicates why people use their cars in the city.

As can be seen from the pie chart, means of transport, accounting for 45% of the total. The second most popular form of transport is the LRT, which represents 35%, while the .

The table gives more detailed information about people’s purposes for using their cars. Surprisingly, 55% of people use cars to commute to work. Cars are also used a lot for business purposes (45%) and for taking children to school (40%). However, only 15% of people need the cars for shopping and, similarly, another 15% of them go for leisure activities by car.

Overall, there are multiple choices of transport for people living in Edmonton but a lot of people depend on cars for travelling.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The response covers all key features of both visuals with accurate data and a clear structure, which is its strongest aspect. Its main limitation is the fairly mechanical treatment of information, with an overview that states the obvious without drawing a stronger comparison between the dominance of cars and the stated reasons for car use.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The response covers the main features of both the pie chart and the table with accurate figures and a relevant overview, though the overview and comparisons remain somewhat general rather than fully developed.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

Ideas are organised logically across clear paragraphs with good cohesive devices and referencing, although the linking of data between the two visuals is somewhat mechanical.

Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible for the task, with appropriate terms for proportions and purposes, but some phrasing such as 'occupies 10%' and 'go for leisure activities by car' is slightly imprecise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.0

A good range of structures is used with generally strong control, including relative clauses and participial phrases. Minor errors include the missing article before the singular count noun in "car is the most popular means". The subject and verb in that phrase agree correctly.

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