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Band 6+: The pie charts show how a city's budget was spent in 2000 and 2020 across five categories.

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The image displays city budget allocation by sector for two years, 2000 and 2020. In 2000, the allocation was: Education 30%, Transport 25%, Healthcare 20%, Housing 15%, and Other 10%. In 2020, the allocation was: Transport 35%, Education 25%, Healthcare 18%, Housing 10%, and Other 12%. The change in percentage points for each sector was: Transport +10, Education -5, Healthcare -2, Housing -5, and Other +2.

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The two charts illustrate a city’s budget wich was allocated among five different categiries over 20-year period between 2000 and 2020.

Overall, education made up the largest figure at the beginning of the period, while transport became the highest share of city’s budget by 2020. By comparison, housing and healthcare demonstrated a decline over tha span. The proportion allocated to other segments showed slight increase within the period.

In 2000 education accounted for the highest percentage at 30%, followed by transport with 25%. The segments of other recorded only 10%, while housing and healthcare had 15% and 20% proportion in the beginning.

By contrast, despite the fact that transport was at the second place initially, in 2020 it experienced the most significant growth, overtaking education which fell by 5%. In addition, housing and healthcare showed slight approximately 10% for housing and 18% for healthcare by the end. Other was only category which rose to 12%

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Grammar Mistakes: N/A

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housing: 4

healthcare: 4

education: 3

transport: 3

other: 3

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Task Response

The report effectively addresses the task by providing a clear overview and highlighting the key trends and comparisons between the two years. The structure is logical, moving from a general overview to specific details. To improve, ensure that all data points are presented with complete grammatical structures (for example, in the final paragraph, the sentence regarding housing and healthcare is slightly fragmented). Overall, the response is sufficient and covers all requirements of the task.

Coherence & Cohesion

The report follows a logical structure, moving from an introduction and overview to specific details. However, the progression is occasionally interrupted by awkward phrasing and punctuation issues. To improve, ensure that transitions between sentences are smoother and that the relationship between ideas is more clearly defined. For example, the final paragraph contains a somewhat fragmented sentence regarding housing and healthcare that disrupts the flow.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is appropriate for the task (e.g., 'accounted for', 'overtaking', 'demonstrated a decline'), but there are several spelling errors ('wich', 'categiries', 'tha') and some imprecise word choices. To reach a higher band, focus on accuracy in spelling and aim for more sophisticated collocations. Avoid repetitive structures and ensure that terms like 'segments of other' are phrased more naturally, such as 'the 'other' category'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The report attempts a variety of complex structures, such as 'despite the fact that', but these are often undermined by grammatical inaccuracies. There are issues with article usage (e.g., 'the most significant growth', 'was only category'), preposition errors, and sentence construction (e.g., 'showed slight approximately 10%'). To improve, practice using complex sentences more accurately and pay close attention to subject-verb agreement and the correct use of articles and quantifiers.

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