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Band 6+: The chart below shows how often people ate in fast food restaurants in the United States between 2004 and 2014.

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The image displays a bar chart titled "Frequency of people eating at fast food restaurants in the USA (2004-2014)", showing the percentage of people across six frequency categories for the years 2004, 2007, and 2014. For the "Every Day" category, percentages were approximately 4% in 2004, 3% in 2007, and 3% in 2014. For "Several times a week", the figures were 17% (2004), 20% (2007), and 16% (2014). The "Once a week" category shows percentages of 31% in 2004, 33% in 2007, and 27% in 2014. For "Once or twice a month", the data is 30% in 2004, 25% in 2007, and 33% in 2014. The "A few times a year" category accounted for 13% in 2004, and 15% in both 2007 and 2014. Lastly, for the "Never" category, the values were 5% in 2004, 4% in 2007, and 4% in 2014.

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The bar chart compares information about how often people ate in fast food restaurants in the United States between 2004 and 2014.

Overall, it is clear that once a week had the highest number of eating fast food, while every day had significantly fewer. Notably, once or twice a month were the only sectors to see considerable growth over the period.

In 2004, once a week had the highest number of eating fast food, with about 31 per cent, and this number significantly decreased to around 27 per cent in 2014. Following this, once or twice a month starting at just over 30 per cent and experiencing an increase of 3, reaching approximately 33 per cent, it became the second-largest frequency of eating fast food by 2014.

On the other hand, several times a week despite experiencing a slight growth-rising from just below 17 per cent to slight over 20 per cent eating fast food-ranked third by 2014.

In contrast, frequently eating fast food every day experienced turnovers. The number of people eating in the every day saw a modest decrease, dropping from around 4 per cent to just below 3 per cent by 2014. Making up smallest per cent throught the period was latter sector-never, with about 5 per cent frequency in 2004, a figure that dropped to approximately 4 per cent by 2014- about half the figure in 2014.

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Task Response

The report covers the requirements of the task and provides a clear overview of the main trends. You have successfully identified the highest and lowest categories and noted the growth in the 'once or twice a month' sector. To improve, ensure that your comparisons are more fluid and that your grammatical structures are more precise; for example, some sentences are slightly fragmented or awkward in their phrasing (e.g., 'Making up smallest per cent throught the period was latter sector-never'). Additionally, be careful with word choices like 'sectors' when referring to frequency categories, as 'sectors' usually implies parts of an economy rather than groups of people. Overall, the data selection is appropriate and the trends are well-highlighted.

Coherence & Cohesion

The report follows a logical structure with an introduction, overview, and body paragraphs. However, the cohesion is occasionally disrupted by awkward phrasing and sentence structures. For example, the use of dashes in the final paragraph makes the sentence structure quite heavy and difficult to follow. To improve, try to use more standard cohesive devices (e.g., 'In terms of...', 'Regarding...') and ensure that each sentence flows naturally into the next without over-relying on complex punctuation to connect ideas.

Lexical Resource

You have attempted to use a variety of vocabulary to describe trends (e.g., 'considerable growth', 'modest decrease', 'ranked third'). However, there are several instances of imprecise word choices. For example, referring to frequency categories as 'sectors' is inaccurate, as 'sectors' usually refers to parts of an economy. Additionally, phrases like 'the highest number of eating fast food' are unidiomatic; it would be better to say 'the highest percentage of people eating fast food'. Aim for more precise collocations related to data description.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The report demonstrates an attempt at complex sentence structures, but these often result in grammatical errors that impede clarity. There are issues with subject-verb agreement and sentence fragments (e.g., 'Following this, once or twice a month starting at... it became...' is a convoluted structure). There are also errors in article usage and phrasing (e.g., 'the every day', 'making up smallest per cent'). To improve, focus on mastering complex sentence constructions to ensure they remain grammatically sound, and practice using comparative and superlative structures more accurately.

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