Band 8
A real candidate answer at Band 8, with every examiner correction marked on it. 16 corrections.
Band 8 answers are accurate and well organised. The few corrections marked here are mostly about naturalness rather than error.
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The task
The chart this describes is noted below.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The table shows the amount of coal used by different sectors in the UK.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The answer
Reproduced exactly as written, errors included.
The table provides information about coal consumed for different purposes in Britain from 1975 to 2000.
The total consumption declined steadily these 25 years, from in 1975 to in 2000, which was less than one third of the former figure. Power stations the leading sector in all 5 categories, in general though there was a rise in 1980, when used about 3 quarters of the total amount of coal.
The other 3 sectors, comprising the domestic, industry, and services industries, dropped in this period except a leveling off was found in 1990-1995 for domestic, 1995-2000 for services and other energy industries. The most dramatic decreases were in 1980 declined to less than 50% previous timeframe in all 4 sectors. used the least coal in all these years, which was less than 2% of consumption of sector, power stations, in 2000.
To sum up, less coal was used in general in Britain these 25 years, in in total consumption.
(177 words)
Examiner comments
The overall verdict, criterion by criterion.
There is a clear overview of the whole table, and the writer has referred to each of the sectors and has used an appropriate academic format throughout.
There are minor issues relating to vocabulary and grammar, but the structure is clear, sentences are extended and paragraphs are clearly divided.
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