UK Daily Fruit and Vegetable Consumption 2001-2008

  • Diet and nutrition
  • Food

The chart below shows the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK from 2001 to 2008.

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Annotated response

6 correction notes

The bar chart shows the proportion of men, women, and children in the UK consuming five portions of fruits and vegetables daily between 2001 and 2008.

Overall, there is a notable increase in this kind of food consumption across all the mentioned groups, followed by a gradual decline towards the end.

To begin with, in general, there was an upward trend in consumption for all categories throughout the entire period. Notably, children and men experienced significant increases, while women showed a more moderate rise. The proportion of women consuming fruits and vegetables started at in 2001 and at 35% in 2006 before declining to 30% by the year 2008.

On the other hand, children’s fruit and vegetable consumption in the UK rose from 12% in 2001 and reached up to 27% in 2007, with a slight decline to 25% in 2008. Similarly, at a stagnant percentage of for the first three years (2001-2003), gradually increasing to 27% by 2007 before a slight decrease thereafter.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The response gives a clear overview and organises the three groups logically, using generally fluent language. Its comparison of the smaller net rise among women is supported by the chart. The main limitation is inaccurate reporting of the early figures for men, alongside some imprecise expressions for the measured consumption.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

6.5

The response covers all three groups and provides an overview of the rise and later decline. It correctly identifies women as having the smallest net increase. However, it wrongly places men at about 12% in the early years; their level is about 17.5%.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

Ideas progress logically from an overview to group-by-group detail, with cohesive devices such as 'Similarly' and 'On the other hand' used naturally, though the opening of paragraph three partially repeats the overview.

Lexical Resource

7.0

Vocabulary is sufficiently flexible for the task, with terms like 'notable increase', 'steadily peaked', and 'gradual decline', though some phrasing such as 'the mentioned diet' and 'this kind of food consumption' is imprecise.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.0

A good range of structures is used with generally accurate control, including varied tense forms, participial phrases like 'before declining to 30%', and complex sentences, with only minor awkwardness such as 'rose from 12% ... and reached up to 27%'.

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