Step 10 · The whole report
Step 10 of 10 – one move: 3 minutes: four questions and grouping · 15 minutes: introduction, overview, Body 1, Body 2 · 2 minutes: check the numbers. Read the rule, do the two short exercises, then write only your part of 2 short reports – and read the rest of each report: it has small gaps.
4 / 6 Report 1 of 2
Your part: everything. 20 minutes, at least 150 words. Plan first: four questions for the overview, then which lines go together.
The graph below shows the number of holidays of four types taken by UK residents between 2000 and 2020.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Your part · Introduction
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Start with the type of graph: “The line graph …”.
- ✗Use a present verb: shows / illustrates / compares.
- ✗Add the period from the graph: from YEAR to YEAR.
- ✗Six or more words in a row are copied from the task – change some of them (the three swaps).
- ✗“between … and …” or “from … to …” – not “between … to …”.
- ✗Give the exact years from the graph instead of “nowadays / in recent years”.
- ✗The introduction is one sentence – save the trends for the overview.
- ✓Looks fine.
Your part · Overview
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Start the overview with “Overall,”.
- ✗No numbers in the overview – only the main trends (years are OK).
- ✗No reasons or opinions in Task 1 – only what the graph shows.
- ✗Join two trends: “…, while …” / “…, whereas …”.
- ✗Two sentences: the main trends (questions 1–2), then the biggest or a crossing (questions 3–4).
- ✓Looks fine.
Your part · Body 1
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Every body sentence needs a number from the graph – at least one sentence has none.
- ✗Too few numbers: give at least two figures from the graph in each paragraph.
- ✗Write about the people or things, not about “the graph / the line”.
- ✗The data is in the past: rose, fell (not rises, has risen, is rising).
- ✗People, cars, tourists can be counted: “the number of”, not “the amount of”.
- ✗“between … and …” or “from … to …” – not “between … to …”.
- ✗Give the exact years from the graph instead of “nowadays / in recent years”.
- ✗This paragraph is very short – two or three sentences.
- ✓Looks fine.
Your part · Body 2
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Start Body 2 with a linker: By contrast, / In contrast, / Meanwhile,.
- ✗Every body sentence needs a number from the graph – at least one sentence has none.
- ✗Too few numbers: give at least two figures from the graph in each paragraph.
- ✗Write about the people or things, not about “the graph / the line”.
- ✗The data is in the past: rose, fell (not rises, has risen, is rising).
- ✗People, cars, tourists can be counted: “the number of”, not “the amount of”.
- ✗“between … and …” or “from … to …” – not “between … to …”.
- ✗Give the exact years from the graph instead of “nowadays / in recent years”.
- ✗This paragraph is very short – two or three sentences.
- ✓Looks fine.
✗ Some gaps are not right yet – look at the graph and the words around them, then press Check again.The answers to the gaps are shown in amber.Fill in your part, then press Check.✓ Now compare your part with the model.
The model – your part is highlighted
IntroductionThe line graph compares how many beach holidays, city breaks, countryside holidays and cruises British people took between 2000 and 2020.
OverviewOverall, city breaks and cruises became more popular, while beach and countryside holidays declined. Beach holidays were the most common type at the start of the period, but city breaks had overtaken them by 2015.
Body 1In 2000, beach holidays were by far the most popular choice, with 20 million trips. This figure rose slightly to 22 million in 2005 but then fell steadily to 16 million in 2020. Countryside holidays followed a similar but gentler downward trend, decreasing from 10 million to 8 million.
Body 2By contrast, the number of city breaks tripled, from 8 million to 24 million, overtaking beach holidays between 2010 and 2015. Cruises remained the least popular option throughout the period, but they grew sixfold, from just 1 million to 6 million.
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5 / 6 Report 2 of 2
Your part: everything. 20 minutes, at least 150 words. Plan first: four questions for the overview, then which lines go together.
The graph below shows the average number of minutes per day that adults in Canada spent on four activities between 2004 and 2024.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Your part · Introduction
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Start with the type of graph: “The line graph …”.
- ✗Use a present verb: shows / illustrates / compares.
- ✗Add the period from the graph: from YEAR to YEAR.
- ✗Six or more words in a row are copied from the task – change some of them (the three swaps).
- ✗“between … and …” or “from … to …” – not “between … to …”.
- ✗Give the exact years from the graph instead of “nowadays / in recent years”.
- ✗The introduction is one sentence – save the trends for the overview.
- ✓Looks fine.
Your part · Overview
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Start the overview with “Overall,”.
- ✗No numbers in the overview – only the main trends (years are OK).
- ✗No reasons or opinions in Task 1 – only what the graph shows.
- ✗Join two trends: “…, while …” / “…, whereas …”.
- ✗Two sentences: the main trends (questions 1–2), then the biggest or a crossing (questions 3–4).
- ✓Looks fine.
Your part · Body 1
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Every body sentence needs a number from the graph – at least one sentence has none.
- ✗Too few numbers: give at least two figures from the graph in each paragraph.
- ✗Write about the people or things, not about “the graph / the line”.
- ✗The data is in the past: rose, fell (not rises, has risen, is rising).
- ✗People, cars, tourists can be counted: “the number of”, not “the amount of”.
- ✗“between … and …” or “from … to …” – not “between … to …”.
- ✗Give the exact years from the graph instead of “nowadays / in recent years”.
- ✗This paragraph is very short – two or three sentences.
- ✓Looks fine.
Your part · Body 2
- ✗Write your part first.
- ✗Start Body 2 with a linker: By contrast, / In contrast, / Meanwhile,.
- ✗Every body sentence needs a number from the graph – at least one sentence has none.
- ✗Too few numbers: give at least two figures from the graph in each paragraph.
- ✗Write about the people or things, not about “the graph / the line”.
- ✗The data is in the past: rose, fell (not rises, has risen, is rising).
- ✗People, cars, tourists can be counted: “the number of”, not “the amount of”.
- ✗“between … and …” or “from … to …” – not “between … to …”.
- ✗Give the exact years from the graph instead of “nowadays / in recent years”.
- ✗This paragraph is very short – two or three sentences.
- ✓Looks fine.
✗ Some gaps are not right yet – look at the graph and the words around them, then press Check again.The answers to the gaps are shown in amber.Fill in your part, then press Check.✓ Now compare your part with the model.
The model – your part is highlighted
IntroductionThe line graph illustrates how many minutes a day, on average, Canadian adults spent watching TV, using social media, reading and exercising from 2004 to 2024.
OverviewOverall, adults spent more time on social media and exercise and less time watching TV and reading. Although TV remained the most time-consuming activity throughout the period, the gap between TV and social media narrowed considerably.
Body 1Watching TV took up 150 minutes a day in 2004, far more than any other activity. However, this figure fell steadily to 90 minutes by 2024. Reading time also declined, remaining stable at 30 minutes until 2009 and then dropping to 20 minutes.
Body 2In contrast, social media use soared from just 5 minutes to 70 minutes a day, overtaking both reading and exercise between 2009 and 2014. Time spent exercising rose more gradually, from 20 to 35 minutes, and by 2019 exercise had overtaken reading.
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