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Band 5+: IELTS Writing Task 1 - You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words. The charts below show the number of legal immigrants who entered the United States between 1990 and 2020, and the ethnic breakdown of these immigrants. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The image shows a line graph of legal immigrants to the U.S. from 1990 to 2020 and a pie chart depicting their ethnic composition. The line graph reports immigrant numbers as follows: 1.46 million in 1990, dipping to 0.60 million in 1995, rising to 1.10 million in 2000, peaking at 1.25 million in 2005, slightly decreasing to 1.10 million in 2010, reaching 1.20 million in 2015, and again dropping to 1.00 million in 2020. The pie chart reflects ethnic proportions: Asian 25%, Hispanic 40.4%, Other 14.8%, Black 10.3%, White 9.5%.

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The line and pie charts demonstrate summary of legal immigrants and their ethnic breakdown in US throughout the period from 1990 to 2020.

It is clear that over thr three decade period, there was considerable flactuation in number of legal immigrants.While the pie chart shows the percentage of ethnic compasition of legal immigrants, where Hispanic immigrants accounted just under half.

The figure for legal immigrants dropped sharply from 1990 until 1995, then soared dramatically in the following 10 years.The anticipation reveals that there will be a flactuation in the number of immigrants from 1.15 to 1.05 twice, between 2005 to 2020.During this period the total of legal immigrants reached a peak in 2005 and 2015 by 1.15 million.

With respect to ethnicity, Hispanics accounted for the largest of legal immigrants, at around 45% of the total.Asians constituted the second most significant ethnic group among legal immigrants, following Hispanics.By contrast Black, White and others group made up just a small fraction of the total

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
C1 - Intricate
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Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

immigrants: 8

legal: 7

ethnic: 3

period: 3

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Task Response

The report addresses the main requirements of the task by describing both the trends in the line graph and the proportions in the pie chart. An overview is provided, which is essential for a good score. However, there are some inaccuracies in data reporting (e.g., stating the peak was 1.15 million when the description suggests 1.25 million) and some awkward phrasing that slightly obscures meaning. To improve, ensure that all data points mentioned are accurately reflected from the visual information and work on the precision of your vocabulary when describing trends and comparisons.

Coherence & Cohesion

The report follows a logical structure with an introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. However, there are significant issues with sentence connectivity. For example, the second paragraph contains a fragment ('While the pie chart shows...') that is not a complete sentence, which disrupts the flow. Additionally, some transitions between ideas are abrupt. To improve, ensure every sentence is grammatically complete and use a wider variety of cohesive devices (e.g., 'In terms of...', 'Regarding...', 'Conversely...') to link observations more smoothly.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is somewhat repetitive and contains several spelling errors (e.g., 'flactuation', 'compasition', 'thr'). While you attempt to use varied verbs like 'soared' and 'constituted', some word choices are imprecise or used incorrectly, such as 'The anticipation reveals', which does not make sense in this context. Aim to improve spelling accuracy and focus on using academic collocations more naturally. Instead of 'the largest of legal immigrants', use 'the largest group of legal immigrants'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

There is a range of structures attempted, but errors are frequent and occasionally impede communication. Issues include missing articles (e.g., 'in US', 'in number of'), subject-verb agreement, and sentence fragments. The use of prepositions also needs attention (e.g., 'between 2005 to 2020' should be 'between 2005 and 2020'). To reach a higher band, focus on mastering complex sentence structures and ensuring that punctuation is used correctly to separate independent and dependent clauses.

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