The charts below give information about the weather for Glasgow, a city in Scotland.

Weather Information Glasgow Scotland Temperature Rainfall Sunshine - IELTS Writing Task 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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

Write at least 150 words.

A student's answer to this task, and the feedback on it

Written by an IELTSX user under exam conditions and published unedited and anonymously. Band 6.5 · 281 words.

The given line graph exhibits the average temperature of each month for Scottish city - Glasgow in Celsius degrees, while the table chart illustrates the average rainfall in centimeters and sunshine in hours per day.

Overall, it is apparent in the line graph that the maximmum and minimum temperatures fluctuate over the seasons change, and the highest index of temperature was in August. On the other hand, it can be observed from table chart that the most rainy days were in November and December, while the sunny days were in June.

Regarding the graph, maximum temperature in the city encounteeed significant increase starting with about 5 degrees in January reaching to roughly 19 degrees in July. Although, this figure faced a decrease by September, falling to nearly 8 degrees in December. Similarly, the minimum temperature remained stable in the first 2 months of winter at almost 2 degrees before rising to approximately 10 degrees, reaching its highest number in August. Then this number went down to about 2 degrees in December.

Focusing on the bigger numbers first, the table empasises that in November and December the average rainfall comprised 12.5 and 12 centimeters, while the average sunshine constituted 2.5 and 1 hours per day respectively. In January and October the number of rainfall stood at 11 centimeters, while that of February and September had 10, with respective figures of 1,3,2,4 hours of sunshine per day. In spring the highest number of average rainfall was in March at 7.5 centimeters and the longest hours of sunshine were in May at 5.5. Rainfall in summer was more or less simillar with the average number of 9.5 and for sunshine 5.5 hours per day.

Examiner feedback

This is a strong response that accurately identifies all main trends and provides a clear overview. The main areas for improvement are lexical accuracy (spelling) and more sophisticated data comparisons to reach a higher band.

Task Achievement - 7

- The response covers all requirements of the task, including a clear overview and detailed reporting of key features. - Data is accurately extracted from the charts, though there is a minor confusion in the overview regarding August/July for max temperature. - Comparisons are made between the different categories (rainfall vs. sunshine).

Coherence & Cohesion - 7

- Information is logically organized with a clear progression from temperature to rainfall/sunshine. - Cohesive devices like 'On the other hand' and 'Regarding the graph' are used to signal transitions between data sets. - Paragraphing is used appropriately to separate the overview, the line graph analysis, and the table data.

Lexical Resource - 6

- The range of vocabulary is sufficient to describe trends and data points effectively (e.g., 'fluctuate', 'encountered', 'comprised'). - There are several spelling errors ('maximmum', 'encounteeed', 'empasises', 'simillar') which, while not impeding communication, affect the score. - Good use of synonyms for data like 'index', 'figure', and 'number'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy - 7

- A mix of simple and complex sentence forms is used, generally with good control. - There are some minor grammatical errors, such as 'seasons change' instead of 'seasonal changes' or 'the seasons' change'. - Punctuation is generally well-managed, though some sentences are slightly repetitive in structure.

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