IELTS Writing Task 1 report sample 3273 – Band 6.5

Academic IELTS Writing Task 1 - Report

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Candidate’s Response:

The line graph given illustrates the trends of visitors’ number of one Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017. The vertical axis shows the number of tourist in millions , and the horizontal axis represents the time period by years . Overall , there was an upward trend of the total number of tourist for all over the period , and it reached a peak at 3.5 (millions of tourists) in 2017 . The graph provides also an detailed information about the accomodation preferences , the dotted line demonstrates the visitors who stayed on cruise ships , and the dashed line shows the numbe of tourists stayed on island.

Looking at the dotted line , cruise ships werw unpopular to stay at the beginning of the period (about 0.25 million visitors) , then it fluctuated till 2013 , and from that time , the popularity of the cruise ships increased significantly . As a result , cruise ships overtook the usage of on-island accomodations in the middle of 2015 , and reached a peak of 2 million in 2017 .

As for the dashed line , the number of tourist staying on island leveled off between 2010 and 2011 at 0.75 million , after that , there was a rapid rise till 2013 ; the number of visitors almost doubled during this time and reached 1.5 million . It was followed by the period of stability till 2015 . From that time there was a brief dip in 2016 (about 1.25 million visitors) , and then the trend recovered to 1.5 million .

The totalnumber of island visitors , represented by the solid line , showed an gradual increase from 2010 to 2012 (the actual number increased from 1 million to 1.5) . Then it rose dramatically , and in 2014 , the number of tourist reached 2.5 million . After that , there was a slight increase , and between 2016 and 2017 it rocketed reached a peak (from 2.75 to 3.5 million) .

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Presented By: Shahab Hosseinzadeh

February 15, 2024

This is an IELTS writing band 6.5 sample

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IELTS Writing Band Descriptors:

Task Achievement (Ac)

9.0 fully satisfies all the requirements of the task

7.0 clearly presents and highlights key features

7.0 could be more fully extended

9.0 presents a clear overview of main trends, differences, or stages

7.0

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0 logically organizes information and ideas

7.0 there is clear progression throughout

7.0 uses a range of cohesive devices appropriately although there may be some under-/over-use

6.0 may not always use referencing clearly or appropriately

7.0 presents a clear central topic within each paragraph

6.0

Lexical Resource

9.0 uses a wide range of vocabulary

8.0 skillfully uses uncommon lexical items but there may be occasional inaccuracies in word choice and collocation

7.0 may produce occasional errors in word choice, spelling and/or word formation

9.0 the communication is completely natural

7.0

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

9.0 uses a wide range of structures

7.0 produces frequent error-free sentences

6.0 makes some errors in grammar and punctuation

7.0 they do not impede communication

6.0

6.5

Feedback:

Thank you indeed for writing this report. It is true that the island name is not given by the rubric, but we still need to refer to it as “the island”. Here’s a good read:

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The line graph depicts the total number of tourists visiting a Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017, along with the breakdown of those who stayed on the island and those who stayed on cruise ships. It reveals a consistent increase in overall tourist numbers, coupled with an interesting shift in accommodation preferences.

In 2010, the island welcomed roughly 1 million tourists, with approximately 700,000 opting to stay on the island itself and the remaining 300,000 choosing cruise ship accommodation. The following two years saw a modest rise in total arrivals, reaching 1.5 million in 2012. Notably, the number of visitors staying on the island increased to roughly 1.25 million, while the cruise ship segment, after experiencing a slight rise, remained relatively constant.

From 2013 onwards, the total number of tourists witnessed a more pronounced upward trend. By 2015, it had climbed to 2.75 million, marking a significant 175% increase from 2010. Interestingly, this surge was driven by a boom in island-based stays, which doubled from 700,000 in 2010 to 1.5 million in 2015. In contrast, the cruise ship segment grew substantially at a much faster pace, reaching just under 1.25 million in 2015.

The final two years of the graph, 2016 and 2017, (and especially in 2017) saw a jump in the growth of overall tourist numbers hitting a record high of 3.5 million. Although the trend towards island-based struggled to stay at 1.5 million, visitor numbers who decided to stay on the ship kept climbing up, reaching nearly 2 million in 2017.

Overall, the graph reveals a prosperous tourism industry for this Caribbean island, characterized by a steadily increasing influx of visitors. Notably in the end of the 8-year period, the popularity of cruise ship tourism has outpaced that of island-based accommodation.

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