IELTS Writing Task 1
The chart below shows the proportions of the world’s oil resources held in different areas, together with the proportions consumed annually in the same areas.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
The chart below shows the proportions of the world’s oil resources held in Middle East, Canada, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, United States, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand and other countries, as well as the percentage of their annual oil consumptions.
From the red graph, the percentage of total world oil resources, Middle East has the highest percentage of 56.52%. Followed by Canada, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, United States, Western Europe, other and Australia and New Zealand with 14.48%, 8.12%, 6.58%, 6.38%, 2.89%, 1.85%, 1.47%, 1.05% and 0.30% respectively.
From the blue graph, the percentage of total world annual oil consumption, Asia has the highest percentage of 26.21%. Followed by United States, Western Europe, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, other, Canada and Australia and New Zealand, with 25.48%, 19.24%, 6.70%, 6.56%, 6.15%, 3.35%, 2.52%, 2.48% and 1.31% respectively. Countries like Africa, Asia, United States, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand and Other all consumed more oil than what they had.
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Number of Paragraphs: 3 4
better to have one more paragraph for conclusion: what did you get from the graph.
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 6.0 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 6 9
No. of Words: 172 200
No. of Characters: 885 1000
No. of Different Words: 80 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.621 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.145 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.266 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 68 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 41 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 21 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 18 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 28.667 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.534 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.167 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.633 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.729 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.135 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 4