Bar Chart

Band 7+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the percentage of children in a European country who took part in four kinds of activities in 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. <

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The image contains a bar chart titled 'The percentage of children in four kinds of activities, 2009', comparing three age groups. Activity participation for 5-8 years old, 9-11 years old, and 12-15 years old respectively is as follows: Watch TV (~96%, ~80%, ~80%), Read comics (~62%, ~65%, ~65%), Play video games (~60%, ~57%, ~40%), and Ride bikes (~68%, ~62%, ~83%).

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The given diagram delineates the proportions of children who engaged in four types of activities in a particular European country in 2009.

Overall, across three groups of children, the most popular activity was watching TV, while the least popular was playing video games.

In 2009, for approximately 95% of children aged from 5 to 8 years, watching TV was the most frequent type of activity. 80% of kids from both 9 to 11 years old and 12 to 15 years old groups watched TV that year. Riding bikes and reading comics were of mediocre popularity among children of all ages, with nearly 65% of youngest kids, nearly 60% of kids from second age group, and about 80% of oldest kids engaging in bike riding, and about 60% of youngest kids, and 65% from both second and third age groups read comics the observed year.

Conversely, the video games were the least favourite activity across all three age gaps – almost 60% of the youngest children, approximately 56% of kids from 9 to 11 years old, and nearly 35% of the oldest children were playing video games in 2009.

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B2 - Upper Intermediate
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Grammar Mistakes: N/A

Vocabulary Repetition:

children: 6

years: 4

groups: 3

activity: 3

video: 3

nearly: 3

youngest: 3

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Task Response

The report effectively addresses the task by identifying the main trends and providing a clear overview of the data. The comparison between age groups is well-handled, and the selection of key features is appropriate. To improve, ensure that the grouping of data in the body paragraphs is even more organized to avoid slightly dense sentences, and maintain consistent terminology when describing age groups. The response is well-structured and meets the requirements of the task.

Coherence & Cohesion

The report is well-organized, following a logical structure with a clear introduction, overview, and detailed body paragraphs. The progression of ideas is easy to follow. To reach a higher band, ensure that transitions between sentences are even more seamless. For instance, when moving from discussing TV to riding bikes, a more sophisticated cohesive device could be used to link the contrasting trends more effectively.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is generally appropriate and used accurately to describe the data (e.g., 'delineates', 'proportions', 'engaged in'). However, there is some repetition of terms like 'kids' and 'age groups'. Using more varied synonyms for 'children' (such as 'juveniles', 'youngsters', or 'adolescents' for the older group) and 'age groups' (such as 'age brackets' or 'demographics') would enhance the lexical sophistication. Additionally, the phrase 'mediocre popularity' is slightly informal for an academic report; 'moderate popularity' would be more suitable.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The report demonstrates a good range of structures, including complex sentences. However, there are some minor grammatical inconsistencies, particularly with article usage (e.g., 'the video games' should be 'playing video games' or just 'video games') and some slightly awkward phrasing in the long sentence describing bike riding and comics. Breaking down very long sentences into two smaller, more precise ones would improve clarity and grammatical control.

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