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Band 6+: The chart below gives information about the journeys to school by children aged 11 to 16 in the UK in a year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The image is a clustered bar graph titled "Journeys to school" displaying percentages of journeys to school via walk, bicycle, car, and bus within four distance ranges: 0 - 1 mile, 1 - 2 miles, 2 - 5 miles, and over 5 miles. Walk: 85%, 13%, 2%, 0%; Bicycle: 1%, 1%, 3%, 5%; Car: 10%, 36%, 72%, 80%; Bus: 4%, 50%, 23%, 15%. The y-axis measures the percentage of journeys to school from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis categorizes transportation modes and distance ranges.

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The bar chart illustrates information about how long it takes for children aged between 11 and 16 in the UK to go to school in a one-year period.

Overall, most children in the UK choose to go to school by walking for shorter journeys and for long journeys they prefer to use a bus.

First of all, there are 90 percent of journeys with up to 1 mile, around 60% of journeys with 1-2 miles, and just over 20% of journeys with 2-5 miles are by walk. Secondly, there are just under 70% of trips with more than 5 miles, 50% of trips with 2-5 miles, 10% of trips with 1-2 miles, and near zero percent of trips with up to 1 mile are by bus. There are also children who travel to school by car, but the percentage is below 30%. Only children who have trips with 2 to 5 miles by car have a percentage just over 30%.

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miles: 6

journeys: 5

trips: 5

children: 4

school: 3

there: 3

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The report provides a good overview of the main features of the chart, but it misses some key details and comparisons. For example, it doesn't mention the significant increase in car use as the distance increases, or the relatively consistent use of bicycles across all distances.

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The report is generally well-organized and easy to follow. However, the paragraph structure could be improved by grouping similar information together.

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The report uses a good range of vocabulary, but some phrases could be more precise and sophisticated.

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The report contains some minor grammatical errors, which could be improved with careful proofreading.

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