The chart illustrates consumption of three kinds of fast food by teenagers in Mauritius from 1985 to

fast food consumption by mauritian teens

The graph compares the consumption of 3 categories of fast food, namely hamburgers, pizza and fried chicken by teenagers in Mauritius over the course of 30 years, starting in 1985.

Overall, it is clear that the amount of fast food consumed experienced an upward trend with the exception of Pizza which declined significantly. However, this type of food registered the highest figure in the first year of the 30-year period.

Looking at the graph more closely, one can see that in 1985, hamburgers were consumed 10 million times, while pizza and fried chicken were consumed 60 million times and about 5 million times respectively. Over the following 25 years, the consumption of fried chicken and hamburgers rose to 60 million times, but the figure for pizza fell steeply by around 40 million times.

From 2005 to 2015, the consumption of hamburgers increased steadily by about 20 million times, and fried chicken consumption stayed at 60 million times in the first five years of this period, before rising slightly between 2010 and 2015. By contrast, pizza saw a decline in consumption of approximately 20 million times over the same 10-year period. By 2015, pizza consumption had dropped 10 million times, while the respective times that fried chicken and hamburgers are consumed had risen to about 62 million times and 70 million times.

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The summary overview is based on individual sentence requirements. That means, it follows the one sentence, one idea structure. This is the format that is needed if the exam taker wishes to meet the GRA standards for the test, specifically the clarity of thought presentation. The clarity of thought also being part of the C+C scoring consideration. When there is more than 1 thought presented in a sentence, this signifies a run-on sentence and will result in low scores in the previously mentioned sections. A long sentence does not properly represent the simple, complex, and compound sentence mix necessary for a better scoring essay. Kindly remember to separate the topic ideas per sentence next time to gain a better summary score.


So what was the lowest figure? Complete the trending paragraph. This is incomplete presentation. A task 1 essay needs comparison presentations for each relevant reference. In this case, the high and low of the first year should be present or, it may also be skipped totally as only 1 trend is required anyway. As a trending sentence, it can be merged with the summary overview for a more comprehensive summary score.

Rather than implying that the reader should examine the graph (looking at the graph), rephrase that to indicate that an analysis has been made instead (A deep analysis of the figure indicates...). That way the incorrect reference that asks the reader to look at an image is avoided.

There is only a single image presented in this task so it does not warrant a 4 paragraph presentation. Such presentations are used for 2 or more image discussions / comparisons. In this case, the trending statement should follow the standard merged with summary overview format, as it should be for all presentations in task 1. The 2 or 3 paragraphs must represent the analysis of the report instead of using one paragraph for the trend alone. That is how the exam taker shows the examiner that he knows how to write an English college level, rather than representing the ESL and IELTS review class formats.