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Band 6+: The charts below show what proportion of people's total expenditure in Scotland was spent on different commodities and services in 1978 and in 2018.

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The image displays two pie charts; the 2018 chart lists Housing 43%, Food 17%, Transportation 16%, Clothing 12%, Health 7%, Entertainment 5%; the 1978 chart lists Food 28%, Housing 32%, Health 13%, Clothing 12%, Transportation 8%, Entertainment 7%.
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The given pie graphs indicate the percentage of Scotland people who spent 6 categories of products and services between 1978 and 2018.

Overall, it can be observed that housing was the most popular in both years, while the proportions of the other category slightly changed from 1978 to 2018.

Moving to the details, in 1978, the rate of housing was the largest in this chart. The food rate was almost 30%, which was the second ratio in this graph. In addition, the share of health and clothing was about 13% and 12%, respectively. The data for transportation and entertainment were around 8%. In comparison with the contribution of housing, transportation and entertainment were lesser by 24%.

Meanwhile, in 2018, housing was the greatest in the graph. The proportion was less than half. The figure for food was the almost same with transportation. Clothing accounted for 12%, this percentage was approximately one-half of the housing rate. Health contributed 7% to the chart. Finally, entertainment accounted for the smallest part with 5%.

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Overall Band Score

6.5
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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Grammar Mistakes: N/A
Vocabulary Repetition:
housing: 5
transportation: 3
entertainment: 3
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Task Response

7
The report accurately addresses the task by summarizing the key trends in expenditure across the two years. Minor details could be more precise.

Coherence & Cohesion

6
The report is generally well-organized and easy to follow. However, some minor improvements in the flow and transitions between paragraphs would enhance coherence.

Lexical Resource

6.5
A good range of vocabulary is used, although some terms could be more precise and sophisticated for a band 9.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

5.5
While the grammar is mostly accurate, a few errors affect the overall flow and precision. Improving grammatical accuracy would significantly enhance the report.

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